links for 2007-07-26

Haven’t we been here before (20 years ago), when executive information systems first came to the fore? Yes and no, experts say.

(tags: dashboards bi bpm business-service-management dashboard2.0)

(tags: BMC developernetwork)

This paper provides an overview of methods that can be used to send information from z/OS events (SYSLOG messages, SNA alerts, etc.) to Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM) Version 4.1 or Netcool/OMNIbus.

(tags: tbsm4.1 tbsm41 netcool/omnibus z/os events business-service-management bsm integration)

(tags: ibm techdocs)

Al Zollar noted in his presentations that convergence is all about breaking down silos and giving c-level executives a unified view into both IT and operational assets both from a financial and efficiency perspective. This sounds great but …

(tags: IBM Tivoli Maximo MRO EAM asset-management)

the Opsware acquisition fills two critical holes in the HP Software BTO portfolio – gap in policy-based date centre and network change, configuration, provisioning and compliance management automation and the most critical BTO gap of executive leadership

(tags: HP Opsware M&A)

It takes a lot of moxie to jump into the server management side of the business – But that’s exactly what networking king Cisco Systems (Quote) plans to do, armed with a new product and new ideas.

(tags: Cisco VFrameDataCenter Datacenter3.0 systemsmanagement provisioning)