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VMware: the Next Infrastructure Management Behemoth?

I read an interesting blog post on virtualization.info that discussed how “ VMware is becoming an infrastructure management company .” It walks through all their recent acquisitions and how these may point to a long-term goal of a much larger market presence...

Published 03-04-2009 7:46 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: infrastructure management, availability, virtualization, Peter Spielvogel, UCMDB, virtual server, problem isolation, diagnostics, performance monitoring

Using SiteScope to monitor VMware Infrastructures (free webinar)

Virtualization is a hot topic for all our customers. In every customer meeting, we discuss their virtualization plans and how to make sure they are monitoring the virtual infrastructure using the same tools they use to monitor the physical infrastructure...

Published 08-26-2009 4:46 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: virtualization, Peter Spielvogel, Operations Manager, SiteScope, Genilogix, Amy Feldman, VMware

Making the Best Use of the Tools You Have

I spent the day today at our executive briefing center with a customer that provides online spend management services. They have a number of our data center products, so we spent most of the day discussing integration. The agenda was simple. They wanted...

Published 02-26-2009 5:27 AM by pspielvogel

Filed under: data center consolidation, virtualization, Peter Spielvogel, Operations Manager, Operations Orchestration, DDM, Discovery and Dependency Mapping, end user management, Configuration Management Database, Service Manager, Network Management, UCMDB

Rip and Replace - Never (Operations Manager has 15 years of stability)

There has been some FUD thrown around by one of our competitors about HP’s commitment to our Operations management products. This nameless competitor is calling for HP customers to migrate to this competing suite of BSM products. They even have...

Published 06-10-2009 1:00 AM by pspielvogel

Filed under: BSM, TBEC, Peter Spielvogel, Operations Manager, IT infrastructure monitoring, OMi, SiteScope, topology-based event correlation, rip and replace, OpenView Operations, OM

The best way to manage VMware environments

Virtualization management seems to be the hottest topic for discussion, among both customers, partners, and my product marketing and product management peers. I was recently involved in a conversation with some sales people about why HP’s approach...

Published 11-18-2009 1:28 AM by pspielvogel

Filed under: Virtualization SPI, virtualization, Jon Haworth, Peter Spielvogel, Operations Manager, Consolidated Event and Performance Management, virtualization management, VMware, vCenter

Cost Optimization “Top 10” Video

He’s back. This time, comic genius and Director of Solutions Marketing, Mark Leake, interviews Mark Ferrer, Head of Worldwide Sales for HP Software & Solutions. They give 10 ways to optimize costs using HP Software . The video includes cameo...

Published 09-17-2009 12:20 AM by pspielvogel

Filed under: Peter Spielvogel, Mark Leake, cost optimization, video, YouTube, Leakerman, Mark Ferrer

Managing Virtualization and BlackBerry Ecosystems (Q&A from Vivit technical webinar)

Thank you to the 90 people who attended the Vivit webinar on What's New In Operations Management: Virtualization & BlackBerry Smart Plug-Ins Demo". Jon Haworth and Dan Haller presented on how to get more from your existing Operations Management...

Published 10-09-2009 11:30 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: Smart Plug-in, virtualization, Jon Haworth, BlackBerry, virtualization management, SPI, Dan Haller

When is a NOC an Operations Bridge

I've been pondering about recognition of the term "Operations Bridge" for some time now and decided I'd air some thoughts and see what people think. The term "NOC" (Network Operations Center) has been floating around for years...

Published 04-24-2009 4:40 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: Operations Bridge, Jon Haworth, NOC, IT infrastructure monitoring

Is Managing Virtual Servers Just Like Managing Physical Servers?

As I travel and speak with customers, partners and analysts firms, I keep hearing that ownership for virtualization management is fragmented within the IT organization. Some companies have even created a new role called the Virtualization Administrator...

Published 01-09-2009 11:30 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: Smart Plug-in, server virtualization, HP OpenView, infrastructure management, Virtualization SPI, HP Operations Center, Dennis Corning

Introducing Operations Manager on Linux

Thanks to Lillian Hull, Product Manager for Operations Manager on Linux for providing the background information and customer quotes for this blog post. - Peter HP Operations Manager has long had the ability to monitor Linux servers. We are now getting...

Published 08-07-2009 9:39 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: Operations Center, Peter Spielvogel, OMU, Lillian Hull, Linux, OMW, OML, Operations Manager on Linux

Virtualization Management - Only Part of the Consolidation Picture

Last week, I posted about VMware’s move toward becoming one of the major infrastructure management vendors . Since then, there has been much dialog about virtualization and the vendors that provide management consoles for virtual servers and their physical...

Published 03-11-2009 10:47 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: infrastructure management, Operations Bridge, data center consolidation, virtualization, Peter Spielvogel, end-user management, service level agreements

Capacity Planning: A long dead mystical art

.... well, maybe not. Back in the mid-80s and early 90s I made my living doing performance analysis and capacity planning for HP customers. The roots of capacity planning as a discipline come from the mainframe days where enormously expensive hardware...

Published 03-23-2009 4:18 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: Jon Haworth, virtual server, performance management, capacity planning, virtualized environment

Driving down OpEx with technology

It's been a good number of months since I traveled in Europe but I just spent a couple of weeks hopping around on business. There were some interesting changes to the travel experience which got me thinking about parallels in the IT Operations world...

Published 03-30-2009 7:02 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: event correlation, Jon Haworth, OpEx, automation, quality of service, service levels, customer experience

SiteScope at HP Software Universe

There is only one week until HP Software Universe in Las Vegas and I can hardly wait. We have lots of amazing track sessions, demo exhibits, roundtable sessions and an overall great opportunity to network with other people excited about HP Software. If...

Published 06-08-2009 10:50 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: HP Software Universe, Operations Manager, SiteScope, agentless, Genilogix, HPSU09, Amy Feldman, HP Software

Consolidated IT event management: five requirements for greater efficiency (free white paper)

We just released a new white paper called “Consolidated IT event management: five requirements for greater efficiency.” It talks about the challenges of managing IT with severely constrained budgets and how to make better use of your existing...

Published 07-22-2009 8:47 PM by pspielvogel

Filed under: Operations Bridge, Peter Spielvogel, event management, correlate events, managing IT

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