Links that I have found interesting for June 16th:
- What we Learned Writing the Second Edition of the TP Book « Eric Newcomer’s Blog – And although we can reasonably claim that the .NET Framework and Java EE compliant application servers are the preeminent development and production environments for TP applications, it seems as if the three-tier application architecture around which we were able to structure the first edition has evolved into a multitier architecture.
Another big change is represtented by the emergence of “scale out” designs that are replacing “scale up” designs for large Web sites. The scale out designs tend to rely on different mechanisms than the scale up designs for implementing transaction processing features and functions – the scale out designs tend to rely much more on stateless and asynchronous communications protocols, for example.
- BMC Configuration Automation for Networks v5.2 First Contact Demo — BMCtv – A sample demonstration of BMC Configuration Automation for Networks v5.2 to a customer who has not yet seen the product.
- IBM CloudBurst Offering – What are the IBM Cloudburst configuration details?
Cloud Software Configuration:
•IBM CloudBurst service management pack
•IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager v7.1
•IBM Tivoli Monitoring v6.2.1
•IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 with Active Energy Manager; IBM ToolsCenter 1.0; IBM DS
Storage Manager for DS4000 v10.36; LSI SMI-S provider for DS3400
•VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 U4; VMware ESXi 3.5 U4 hypervisor - Circos Table Viewer – Making Square Things Round – visualize tabular information
create analytical art
banish the spreadsheet
- Five Steps to Predictive Performance Management – ** Are we missing this boat wrt resource central predictive analystics (Netuitive, Integrien, Big4?) Shouldn't we learn/leverge what BI folks already have done? **
Predictive performance management involves strategically applying analytics – a suite of statistical methods that sifts through vast amounts of data to discover meaningful correlations, patterns and trends. Analytic techniques for modeling, forecasting and simulating potential outcomes answer critical questions such as:
* Which measures drive the business and which do not?
* Why did these problems occur?
* Where do I need to improve and by how much?
* Are employees aligned with the strategy?
* Which is the right course?
* How should I adjust my strategy and modify initiatives?
Organizations that take advantage of a wide range of analytics to support performance management will have confident answers to these key questions.
- IBM goes beyond just slapping ‘cloud’ label on old products – Network World – IBM's new CloudBurst appliance provides a 42U rack with blade servers; storage; the VMware hypervisor; various software components that help provision new services and manage energy use; and self-service portals for developers.
- YouTube – IBM CloudBurst: Simplifying the IT environment for better productivity – Chris O'Connor of IBM speaks about common IT challenges, and how cloud computing can help customers face these challenges and increase business productivity. Customers need to organize IT delivery to use IT effectively, but companies are hampered by the time consuming assembly of different IT components. With IBM CloudBurst, companies can consolidate multiple components to simplify their environment, allowing staff to be more efficient. CloudBurst offers a simple, cost-effective way for companies to streamline their IT and make IT easier to manage.
- IBM Software Support Tools – This STE will cover Electronic Support Strategy, eSupport Website, RSS Feeds, MyNotifications, Electronic Service Request, PMR Best Practices, Communities, Wikis, Fix Central, Software Support Toolbar, Support Assistant, Log Analyzer, Education Assistant, Assist On-Site, Resources & Demos, Q & A
- IBM – June, 2009 – IBM Tivoli Netcool Omnibus Customer Support Technical Information Update – Addendum to the Network Management Newsletter that provides technical information to customers for Tivoli Netcool Omnibus
- IBM – TIP: Recovering configuration from backup – How can I recover my original configuration if something becomes corrupted (e.g. pages become inaccessible)?
- IBM – Create monitor box view Webtop 2.2 – How do I create monitor boxes in Webtop 2.2 similar to the ones I had previous versions?