Links that I have found interesting for May 5th:
- IT pros justify high-tech investments during downturn – To better manage the new environment, Dymek last year started using software offered via his primary router provider, Cisco. He says he was able to get best-of-breed technologies such as IBM's Tivoli Netcool (network management technology acquired with Micromuse) via Cisco. Cisco Info Center is an OEM product based on Netcool, and by purchasing it via Cisco, Dymek was able to get the software a more economical price. Dymek also uses Cisco's Device Fault Manager, which is based on the Smarts technology now part of EMC.
"We are mostly a Cisco network and we were able to get two best-of-breed management products in house that are designed to work well on Cisco nets," Dymek says. "And we paid far less than if we were to buy them from IBM or EMC outright."