Why not AlterPoint, NCCM continues to consolidate?
Now 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...
View ArticleHow to be a network admin god?
Simple, 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...
View ArticleIT Operations Process Automation – aka “Run Book” continues to mature!
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...
View ArticleWhat are the Six Functional Areas of Data Center Automation
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); Building out a...
View ArticleRecent activities in Configuration Management, tis’ the season of webinars
December is a time when things typically “slow” down for the holidays. Many data centers are under a freeze where no major changes can occur (or should occur), etc. So I guess it’s a great time to do...
View ArticleAnalytics; What are the top capabilities?
Recently, I made some adjustments to the Data Center Automation Blueprint where we combined 2 original areas and added a new one for Analytics. Steve Henning just posted a great guest blog entry over...
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