April 17, 2008 9:58 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alcatel-Lucent,
Analytics,
Apparent Networks,
Application monitoring,
BMC,
Brix Networks,
CA,
cittio,
Compuware,
DCAB,
eg innovations,
Entuity,
Firescope,
Fluke Networks,
Gomez,
Groundwork,
HP Software,
Hyperic,
IBM Tivoli,
Indicative,
InfoVista,
Integrien,
Keynote,
Nagios,
NetIQ,
NetQoS,
NetScout,
Netuitive,
Network Instruments,
Network monitoring,
nimsoft,
OpenNMS,
Opnet,
Packet Design,
Performance management,
Quest Software,
SolarWinds,
Systems monitoring,
Xangati,
ZenOSS I've had an opportunity to be briefed over the past couple months by a number of current Data Center Automation Blueprint's Performance & Availability vendors (e.g., CITTIO, eG...
March 5, 2008 7:59 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Analytics,
Application monitoring,
BMC,
CA,
CMDB,
DataCenter,
DCAB,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
InfoVista,
IT Process Automation,
NetQoS,
Netuitive,
Network Configuration,
Network monitoring,
Networkingchannel,
Opnet,
Performance management,
RBA,
RealOps,
Run Book Automation,
Systems monitoring,
TidewayI was doing some "light" reading this morning and came upon this recent article: Top 10 Enterprise Management Tools
It's focused on Complete Enterprise Management, not...
December 28, 2007 11:31 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alcatel-Lucent,
Apparent Networks,
BMC,
Brix Networks,
CA,
Compuware,
DataCenter,
EMC,
Entuity,
Fluke Networks,
Gomez,
Groundwork,
HP Software,
Hyperic,
IBM Tivoli,
InfoVista,
Integrien,
Keynote,
Nagios,
NetIQ,
NetQoS,
NetScout,
Netuitive,
Network Instruments,
Network monitoring,
OpenNMS,
Opnet,
OSS,
Packet Design,
Performance management,
Quest Software,
Symantec,
Systems monitoring,
Xangati,
Zabbix,
ZenOSSFirst things first, we have many of the same vendors from the Availability & Notification functional area of this Data Center Automation Blueprint in this category. Which probably begs the question, do we combine Availability & Notification with Performance & Capacity? I know in the...
December 17, 2007 5:59 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Application monitoring,
CMDB,
DataCenter,
eTOM,
FCAPS,
IT Process Automation,
ITIL,
Network monitoring,
Performance management,
RBA,
Run Book Automation,
Security,
Storage,
Systems monitoring,
Systemschannel,
Virtualization,
WAN optimizationThanks for the feedback, I've incorporated some points that have been made into an updated version of the Data Center Automation Blueprint (DCAB).
November 12, 2007 10:54 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
DataCenter,
NCCM,
Network monitoring,
Networking,
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November 6, 2007 5:17 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenter,
Network monitoring,
Performance management,
Security,
Systems monitoring,
VirtualizationSo as this blog is just getting rolling I'm quickly realizing I need to come up with a graphical reference model, key approaches and metrics to reference. So to get that process started, i'm going to brainstorm some items here and hope to get some feedback on areas I should make sure I don't...
October 31, 2007 8:12 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Accellent,
Application monitoring,
BMC,
CA,
DataCenter,
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
InfoVista,
Microsoft Windows,
Network monitoring,
Networking,
Performance management,
Quest Software,
SolarWinds,
Symantec,
Systems monitoringBig item to post about right out of the gate! We all are familiar with the "Performance Management" sector within the Data Center. Quick couple sentence summary. Software that automates the collection and identification of potential performance bottlenecks within the data center. ...