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by Michael Procopio The new offerings include enhancements to HP Server Automation , HP Client Automation , HP Storage Essentials , HP Network Automation , and HP Operations Manager software. According to a recent report from Gartner (1) , "Virtualization’s impact on the overall IT industry...
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Michael_Procopio
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09-01-2009
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Filed under: BSM, IT operations, infrastructure management, Business Service Management, Network management, announcment, Michael Procopio, VMware, systems management, Virtualization, Client Automation, Network Automation, Level 3 Communications, Storage Essentials, Server Automation, Erik Frieberg, NA
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By Mike Shaw IBM recently made some incorrect claims on their web site about HP's management products. The network side of those claims was handled on our network management blog. I wanted to handle the application management claims here. J2EE Diagnostics Claims IBM claimed that HP ’ s BAC...
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By Peter Spielvogel (Operations Center product marketing) I had the pleasure of moderating one of the customer roundtable discussions. The topic was Consolidated Event and Performance Management. Ten customers joined three HP product experts for a guided discussion about their concerns. The goal of these...
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What a great start to Software Universe . The keynotes were great, and the speech by Dick Hoyt on “Yes you can!” was inspirational. I had the pleasure of moderating one of the customer roundtable discussions. The topic was Consolidated Event and Performance Management. Ten customers joined...
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pspielvogel
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06-18-2009
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Filed under: Operations Center, Business Service Management, BSM, CMDB, virtualization, Peter Spielvogel, Business Availability Center, SiteScope, Software Universe, HPSU09, Consolidated Event and Performance Management, Network Node Manager
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by Michael Procopio Today was the first day of Software Universe . I had customer meetings all day today. Here are some interesting items from my conversations. Most said budgets were down in 2009 and will be flat to down in 2010. But a few who were related to government stimulus said theirs will be...
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Michael_Procopio
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06-16-2009
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Filed under: BSM, IT operations, IT efficiency, Application Management, infrastructure management, Business Service Management, Network management, User Experience Monitoring, User Experience Management, Automated Business/IT Service Management, Michael Procopio, recession, HPSU09, HP Software Universe, Las Vegas
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by Michael Procopio HP Software Universe is next week, 16-18 June, in Las Vegas. Business Service Management (BSM) will be well represented. In the Business Transaction Management area there are 13 sessions. Most of them are lead by customers. The sessions are listed below. In the Network Management...
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Michael_Procopio
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06-11-2009
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Filed under: BSM, IT operations, infrastructure management, Business Transaction Management, Business Service Management, Network management, Consolidated infrastructure, Michael Procopio, HPSU09, HP Software Universe, Las Vegas
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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 specific plays for HP OpenView Operations (now called...
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pspielvogel
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06-10-2009
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Filed under: BSM, TBEC, Peter Spielvogel, Operations Manager, IT infrastructure monitoring, OMi, SiteScope, topology-based event correlation, rip and replace, OpenView Operations, OM
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By Bryan Dean: BSM Research In part 1 of this post I introduced some research conducted a couple years ago where we explored the IT professional’s perception of the role that their IT played in the business. I think the bottom line is whether you are an IT Executive, Director, vendor, or analyst… do...
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by Michael Procopio, Product Manager, BAC In the world of advanced analytics, two areas that are of interest to the IT management world are: detection of a problem and isolation of a problem. Previously I wrote Advanced analytics reduces downtime costs – detection ; in this post I’ll cover...
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By Bryan Dean: BSM Research. One of the benefits of performing blind, unbiased research (if there is such a thing) is hearing the meek voice of IT’s huddled masses… versus the boisterous song of the advanced early adopters. When concentrating solely on early adopters, one might believe that IT organizations...
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By Ian Bromehead – BSM Product Marketing, HP Software Had déjà vu lately? Can be terrifying and exciting at the same time can’t it. Well it gripped me today, and so strong that I felt compelled to drown the screen with virtual ink. It came when I was reading an Art Wittman’s “buzz” on the wire. He wrote...
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My previous BSM evolution postings focused on mega-corporations and large IT organizations with a myriad of personas. In this post, I will contrast the experience of a relatively small IT shop of roughly 30 full time IT operations personnel. Back when the economy was cooking along, an up and coming commercial...
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There are many potential culprits for why IT organizations struggle to make substantive progress in evolving their ITSM/BSM effectiveness. A customer research project we did a few years ago offered an interesting insight into one particular issue that I rarely see the industry address. The research showed...
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adsey007
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04-03-2009
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Filed under: BSM, IT operations, IT efficiency, Application Management, infrastructure management, Business Transaction Management, Business Service Management, application performance management, User Experience Management, quality of experience, BSM evolution, Consolidated infrastructure, Bryan Dean
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HP made an announcement about new cloud computing management capabilities today: HP Unveils "Cloud Assure" to Drive Business Adoption . HP currently offers Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) for individual management applications such as HP Business Availability Center (BAC) and HP Service Manager...
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Michael_Procopio
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03-31-2009
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Filed under: BSM, IT efficiency, Application Management, infrastructure management, Business Service Management, application performance management, Cloud Assure, announcment, cloud computing, Michael Procopio, SaaS
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Forrester just posted on how the recession is hitting capital budgets (CapEx) and that you should consider using operating expenses (OpEx) to purchase software ( http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=lcUS21765009 ). About 18 months ago, we introduced one year term licenses on the Business Availability...