Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
The US Gets A Chief Of Cybersecurity – You Read That Right. Howard is a great fit and a guy with impeccable credentials and work ethic. We served on the advisory board for Airtight Networks and he was always highly spoken of. Congratulations Howard!
Via Thenextweb
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Neo Technology Commercializes Next Generation Graph Based Database. This is a very cool technology for specifics uses. The social networking example given in this article really show the amazing latency benefit one can get using Neo Technologies product. It is true that relational databases are not always the best answer, but definitely the most popular. [...]
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Arch Rock Launches Monitoring Tool « Data Center Knowledge. – Very interesting product…it makes a lot of sense. Cabling in data centers can be a complex game of rip and replace and sometimes even the best layed out data centers have issues tracing cables. The interface is clean and intuitive and good monitoring of environmentals [...]
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Inorganic Growth » Microsoft pals up with Opalis?. – Consolidation continues in the systems management space. It is an amazing time in this space as the big boys continue to innovate through strategic acquisitions.
Via The 451Group.com
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies for 2010. Interesting Top Ten, I would add Business Service Management as it strategically aligns the provisioning and operation of IT-based services like email, ERP, CRM, etc… It is amazing when an organization aligns their business information with their IT data. Ex. Bus. Question: Why is the number of trades [...]
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Schmidt: Enterprise is Google’s next opportunity | Deep Tech – CNET News. – This could be an interesting move for Google as the margins and brand would rise even further. I wonder where in Operations they are going to go first.
Via CNET.com
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Unified Monitoring – Powered by Nimsoft. – Same old story being replayed by the folks over at Nimsoft. Numerous companies have been showing services with colored status and images and then link it to detail about that given service, for a few years. This is just marketing attempt to create buzz…not that impressive.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
HP’s Hurd dings cloud computing, IBM | Deep Tech – CNET News. I think Hurd is right from the perspective that most business leaders do not have a clear understanding of cloud computing and it’s benefits. For now, in most cases “cloud computing” is more bling than reality.
Monday, October 19th, 2009
BMC Software to Acquire Tideway – BMC Software. – This should be a positive acquisition for BMC as Tideway’s discovery is good. It should enable them to update their aging product line and help reposition their BSM platform in a more credible manner.
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Cutting costs in IT Operations is a business imperative and should be important all the time, but the truth is it gets the most play during a downturn. It is no longer enough to just push projects that drive efficiency, integrity or productivity, now any major project must include cost savings or be highly [...]
