Vendor Watchlist

This is my new way of tracking vendors in the broader BSM Value Proposition space (BSM and BSM Enabling Technology). I do not endorse any one vendor, but they each have things that I personally find valuable to a BSM strategy. I try hard to keep this up to date, but as you know, the industry is very dynamic!

Startups

AccelOps (formerly ProspectHills) – hybrid-BSM
Firescope – hybrid-BSM
OpTier – BTM, BQE
Correlsense – BTM, BQE
Correlix – BTM, Latency
B-Hive
Aternity – BQE
Symphoniq (acquired by Coradiant) – BQE
Knoa – BQE
Serden – BQE
SeaNet Technologies – BTM, Latency
Trading Metrics (closed)
Netuitive – Predictive/Proactive Monitoring Analytics
Integrien – Predictive/Proactive Monitoring Analytics
SevOne – NMS/ESM, Fault, Perf

Emerging

Interlink Software – hybrid-BSM
Nimsoft – NMS/ESM, BSM, BQE
SL – NMS/ESM, APM, BSM, BAM
West Global – BAM, BQE, BSM
Zyrion – hybrid-BSM
Manage Engine – hybrid-BSM
Precise – BTM
Dynatrace – BTM
AmberPoint – BTM
Radware
Jinspired
Digital Fuel – SLA
Oblicore – SLA
Nastel – BTM
Avicode
ManagedMethods
SOA Software
Tidal Software
Truviso
MQSoftware (acquired by BMC)
Corvil
TS Associates

Established

Novell (Managed Objects)
ASG
Quest Software
Systar
Opnet
Tealeaf
Coradiant
Tevron
Progress (Actional)
NetQoS

Incumbent

IBM
HP
BMC Software
Compuware
CA
Oracle
Keynote
Gomez

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BSM/ITSM

  • IBM Tivoli / Micromuse / Maximo (MRO)
  • HP, Mercury Interactive, Appilog
  • CA, Concord, Aprisma, Spectrum, NetQoS, Wily
  • EMC/SMARTS, nLayers, Voyance
  • Compuware, Proxima
  • Managed Objects, now Novell
  • PerformanceIT
  • BMC, ProactiveNet
  • Interlink Software
  • Quest Software, Magnum Technologies
  • ProcessWorx http://processworx.com/
  • Axios Systems http://www.axiossystems.com/
  • Netuitive
  • Integrien
  • Nimsoft, Indicative
  • FireScope
  • Digital Fuel
  • ServiceFrame
  • Oblicore
  • UpTime
  • ASG (Allen Systems Group)
  • Manage Engine
  • Zyrion
  • AccelOps
  • ScienceLogic

BAM

  • Systar
  • Celequest
  • (acquired by Cognos / IBM)
    West Global

BPM / BPM 2.0

Dashboards

Business Transaction Assurance/Monitoring

Application Performance, User Experience, Synthetic/Real User Transactions

Tealeaf http://tealeaf.com/
Coradiant, Symphoniq http://www.coradiant.com/
Aternity http://www.aternity.com/
Knoa http://www.knoa.com/main/
BlueStripe
IBM – ITCAM Products
HP
BMC
Serden
Keynote
Gomez (soon to be part of Compuware)
AlertSite

Service Level Management (SLA, SLO, SLT, etc)

DigitalFuel
ServiceFrame
Oblicore

Change / Configuration Governance

* Serena http://www.serena.com/
* Cirba http://www.cirba.com/
* Tideway http://www.tideway.com
* Voyance http://www.voyance.com (now EMC)
* Alterpoint http://www.alterpoint.com
* Opsware http://www.opsware.com (now HP)
* Cendura http://www.cendura.com/ – Acquired by CA – 9/2006
* Troux http://www.troux.com/
* Solidcore http://www.solidcore.com/
* NI2

Service Catalog

* newScale
* Service Catalog Community (newScale)
* Centrata
* PMG.com
* Digital Fuel

IT Process Automation (ITPA)

* RealOps http://www.realops.com/ (now BMC)
* Opalis http://www.opalis.com/
* Cassatt http://www.cassatt.com/
* IConclude http://www.iconclude.com/ – someone bought them – OpsWare, now BMC?
* Uplogix http://www.uplogix.com/
* NetworkAutomation http://www.networkautomation.com/

Analytics / Datawarehouse / BI

* Netezza http://www.netezza.com/

Logfile Processing, Storage, Analytics, Monitoring

* LogLogic http://www.loglogic.com
* Log Rhythm http://www.logrhythm.com/

Wireless Service Assurance

* Vallent http://www.vallent.com/ (acquired by IBM Tivoli)
* Mycom http://www.mycom-int.com/
* Aircom http://www.aircom.co.uk/

Integration, Instrumentation, Data Sharing

* RSSBus http://www.rssbus.com, http://www.rssbus.net/, http://rssbus.wordpress.com/

Open Source Software

OpenNMS
Rivermuse
ZenOSS
Hyperic

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Klir – http://www.klir.com
Service-now.com
AlertSite
AccelOps
Manage Engine
New Relic

NSM/ESM

Heroix

Ruby on Rails Specialized Monitoring

New Relic – http://www.newrelic.com/

{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

Cliff Lapaz July 22, 2007 at 11:22 pm

I don’t see SecureMyCompany, Kaseya, N-Able or LPI on your list. Any reason?

doug August 2, 2007 at 8:42 am

Cliff,

No reasons other than I haven’t heard of them. Kaseya and N-Able look interesting and SecureMyCompany as well. Just haven’t dug into the whole MSP, SaaS area too much yet.

Doug

Charley Rich July 15, 2009 at 8:31 am

Doug,

Can you add Nastel under Business Transaction Assurance?

Thanks,

Charley

Abu-Nasser November 26, 2009 at 9:06 am

Hi Duag,

What is about Telcordia Service Director ?

Regards,

Nezar

doug November 26, 2009 at 6:53 pm

What’s this doing that others can’t/don’t? /Doug

Jake February 25, 2010 at 2:53 pm

rPath, Opscode (Chef), Reductive Labs (Puppet)

Ingemar August 6, 2010 at 9:48 am

Hi Doug,

Great overview.

I am missing a few. IPsoft IPcenter under SaaS, Watch4net APG under PM and Ionix Service Manager under BSM/ITSM. Any particular reason for their exclusion?

Regards, Ingemar

Martin August 10, 2010 at 4:02 pm

Can you add Evolven under Startups,for Granular Configuration Automation solutions.

doug August 11, 2010 at 1:56 pm

Talk to me about your product, capabilities and how it enables Business Service Management.

Tks,

Doug

doug August 11, 2010 at 1:57 pm

Talk to me about your product, capabilities and how it enables Business Service Management.

Tks, Doug

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