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January 25, 2008  9:00 AM

Couple recent notes on CMDB, aka Resource Reconciliation



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BMC, CA, CMDB, DataCenter, NetIQ, Opalis, Scalent, Symantec

Another great post by Glenn O'Donnell; CMDB is the new integration mechanism. I'm looking forward to seeing his forthcoming book on the same topic!

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January 2, 2008  11:10 PM

Digging into the DCAB 6′s functional areas: Configuration and Change



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
BladeLogic, BMC, CA, Cassatt, Configuresoft, DataCenter, Ecora, EMC, HP Software, IBM Tivoli, mValent, Scalent, Solidcore

There seem to be two key components or approaches to this functional area. Some vendors are focused on auditing & monitoring the configuration/state of a device while others are focused on that and the provisioning/deployment of configuration/software to a device. Typically, the vendors going...

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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);

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November 29, 2007  5:16 AM

Recent news in managing server virtualization



Posted by: Ryan Shopp
Cassatt, DataCenter, PlateSpin, Scalent, Veeam, Virtualization, Vizioncore

I still haven't forgot my previous promise to talk further about system virtualization automation. I'm still researching and formulating my...

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