Mark this up as another Big4 vendor opening up “a bit” and making some really useful content available now via their BMC Developers Network (BMCDN).

While they haven’t opened up access to all of their product resources and documentation, there’s some really good stuff up there now, especially related to the ITSM platform and Atrium CMDB.

In addition to IBM’s complete transparency and openness, this makes the second vendor to show “a bit” of what’s under the covers to the broader community. What’s up with HP, CA, Compuware, Quest Software, Digital Fuel, Oblicore, Managed Objects, etc.?

Links that I have found interesting for August 5th:

• Bay Partners, Bain Invest $12.9 Million in dynaTrace - $12.9 Million in Series B financing led by Bay Partners, joined by original investor Bain Capital Ventures to expand the SAM and enlarge the technical advantage enjoyed by its industry-leading Lifecycle APM solution
• IBM Redbooks | Best Practices for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console to Netcool/OMNIbus Upgrade - This IBM Redbooks® publication should be used when planning and implementing an integration and upgrade strategy from TEC to OMNIbus.

  ** Congrats Dietger on getting "published"! **

• Musings on Service Level Management | Advice and Opinion - “Put Service Level Management in place for me.” It’s a request I get all the time. Typically, the problem is: there’s nothing to measure. What’s gone wrong?
• TRUE Application Performance with Symphoniq's Joe Hsy - DevCentral interview, Joe talks to Joe Hsy, VP of Technology at Symphoniq
• Netuitive Wins Network Products Guide 'Readers Trust' Award - "Netuitive Service Analyzer is a recipient of the 'Readers Trust' Award for its use of automated statistical analysis to tackle one of the toughest challenges in IT today.

  ** Who votes on this stuff???? **

• Oblicore and Torokina Establish the Service Level Management Centre of Excellence in the AsiaPacific Region : Companies will Showcase Oblicore Guarantee Integration with CAs eHealth, SPECTRUM and Service Desk Solutions - signed a partnership agreement with Torokina Networks to provide joint service level management solutions to the Telecommunications and Service Provider markets.
• FireScope Named 2008 InformationWeek 'Startup of the Year' Finalist - "After a stunning year in which we saw our 1,000th customer, this acknowledgement is yet further validation that we are offering the very features necessary to simplify enterprise IT management and increase business productivity."
• Anue 5200 Series Tool Aggregator - # Extend the range and depth of network tool coverage
  # Share SPAN ports and TAPs
  # Use 1G tools to monitor 10G networks
  # Cut network infrastructure and monitoring costs
  # Speed troubleshooting time