Home > IT Blogs > Adventures in Data Center Automation/

Adventures in Data Center Automation:

RealOps

1
March 17, 2008  1:22 PM

BMC makes the big move, buys BladeLogic for $800M



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic, BMC, CA, EMC, HP Software, IBM Tivoli, RealOps

So BMC is the one, not IBM or EMC that decides to piece it all together.  Responding to HP acquiring Opsware (July '07); BMC, in less then a year, has acquired RealOps (July '07), Emprisa (Oct '07) and now BladeLogic...

  Bookmark and Share     2 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend

March 5, 2008  7:59 PM

Top Enterprise Management Tools vs. Data Center Automation Blueprint



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, Tideway

I 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...

  Bookmark and Share     1 Comment     RSS Feed     Email a friend

January 17, 2008  7:14 PM

What are the most desired features in IT Process Orchestration (e.g. RBA)?



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BMC, DataCenter, Enigmatec, HP Software, IBM Tivoli, IT Process Automation, LANDesk, NetIQ, Opalis, OpTier, Optinuity, RBA, RealOps, Run Book Automation, Scapa Technologies, Stratavia

Alright, looking for feedback on this one. After talking about the players in the IT Process Orchestration space, I'm wondering what are...

  Bookmark and Share     5 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend

December 4, 2007  10:04 PM

What are the Six Functional Areas of Data Center Automation



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, Vizioncore

Alright, 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);

  Bookmark and Share     3 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend

November 28, 2007  8:22 PM

IT Operations Process Automation – aka “Run Book” continues to mature!



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Alterpoint, BladeLogic, BMC, DataCenter, HP Software, IT Process Automation, NetIQ, Opalis, Optinuity, RBA, RealOps, Run Book Automation, Stratavia

This 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.

  Bookmark and Share     1 Comment     RSS Feed     Email a friend

1