December 12, 2007 8:32 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BEA,
BMC,
Cisco,
DataCenterGreat article by Jim Duffy, NetworkWorld, called "Cisco to accelerate shift to software and data center in 2008" had some really interesting thoughts.
One statement that got those...
December 4, 2007 10:04 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
BladeLogic,
BMC,
Cassatt,
DataCenter,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
InfoVista,
Integrien,
IT Process Automation,
Microsoft Windows,
NetIQ,
Netuitive,
Opalis,
Optinuity,
PlateSpin,
RealOps,
Scalent,
Stratavia,
Veeam,
VizioncoreAlright, here is my first pass at a graphic I'm attempting to build that will capture the spirit of my previous posts (this is a work still in progress as previously mentioned);
November 28, 2007 8:22 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
BladeLogic,
BMC,
DataCenter,
HP Software,
IT Process Automation,
NetIQ,
Opalis,
Optinuity,
RBA,
RealOps,
Run Book Automation,
StrataviaThis is an area I haven't hit on yet but will also need to fit into the reference model (that one of these days I'll get back on track)
Lots of action what Gartner and others are calling Run Book Automation or RBA!!! So let's summarize the latest.
November 19, 2007 2:44 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
DataCenter,
Virtualization,
WAN optimizationAs mentioned during our Microsoft thread last week, Virtualization and the management of it is something all vendors are already doing or starting to offer. It's been...
November 12, 2007 10:54 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
DataCenter,
NCCM,
Network monitoring,
Networking,
OSSSimple, take advantage of FREE but powerful tools to do your job better/faster/easier! Then share these cool tool finds with your friends.
I had the chance to take a look at ZipTie, a free network administrator "cockpit", over the weekend. The utility, available for download from
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...
November 2, 2007 3:11 PM
Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint,
BladeLogic,
BMC,
CA,
DataCenter,
EMC,
HP Software,
IBM Tivoli,
InfoVista,
Microsoft Windows,
NCCM,
Network ConfigurationNow let me be clear here. I'm very biased on this topic. Full disclosure, I spent almost 4 years of "blood, sweat and tears" at AlterPoint from it's version 1.0, no revenue days through it's last leadership transition. Back in Summer of 2006 we had a new leadership team come in with new...
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. ...
