{"id":141,"date":"2006-07-07T00:32:31","date_gmt":"2006-07-07T04:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/links-for-2006-07-07\/"},"modified":"2006-07-07T00:32:31","modified_gmt":"2006-07-07T04:32:31","slug":"links-for-2006-07-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/links-for-2006-07-07\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2006-07-07"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbronline.com\/article_news.asp?guid=DAE17D78-874E-431D-B22D-1C0DAAC0221B\">IBM jostles into CMDB service management market &#8211; Computer Business Review<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The launch of the Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database should finally see IBM Corp draw nearer to industry rivals in the way it is addressing the growing interest in ITIL-based service management deployments.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/IBM\">IBM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Tivoli\">Tivoli<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CCMDB\">CCMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Process_Managers\">Process_Managers<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITPA\">ITPA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITSM\">ITSM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CMDB\">CMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bestpractices\">bestpractices<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/searchcio.techtarget.com\/columnItem\/0,294698,sid19_gci1195529,00.html\">Embedded analytics: The next wave in business intelligence<\/a><\/div>\n<div>usiness intelligence (BI) software has many strategic benefits to offer organizations. However, it is often not used to its fullest potential. In his latest column, expert Wayne Eckerson reviews the benefits of embedded analytics and how they will take BI<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BI\">BI<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Business-Intelligence\">Business-Intelligence<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BAM\">BAM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Business-Activity-Monitoring\">Business-Activity-Monitoring<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.b-eye-network.com\/view\/3051?jsessionid=7a487f7e5bbe77c11d1a41ca082509ef\">Common Metadata \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Foundation Stone for Intelligent Business<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Without common metadata, integrating business intelligence into operations could cause untold damage to business operations.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/metadata\">metadata<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/metrics\">metrics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BI\">BI<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Business-Intelligence\">Business-Intelligence<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Business-Activity-Monitoring\">Business-Activity-Monitoring<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BAM\">BAM<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20060622005585&amp;newsLang=en\">SolarWinds.Net Releases Cirrus Configuration Management v3; SolarWinds.Net Offers an Easy-to-Use, Multi-Vendor Configuration Management Solution at an Affordable Price<\/a><\/div>\n<div>SolarWinds.Net, a world leader in network management software solutions, announces the release of the new Cirrus Configuration Management Software v3. Cirrus is a powerful solution for managing configurations of network devices such as routers, switches,<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/NCCM\">NCCM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/changemanagement\">changemanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/SolarWinds\">SolarWinds<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.it-director.com\/article.php?articleid=13340\">IT-Director.com: IBM Master Data Management<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Another thing that IBM is well suited for is to create synergies between MDM and CMDB (configuration management databases) about which I wrote here recently. In fact, I asked a number of IBM personnel at the conference about this and the responses, when I<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/MDM\">MDM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CMDB\">CMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbooks.ibm.com\/redbooks.nsf\/RedpieceAbstracts\/sg247264.html?Open\">IBM Redbooks | Deployment Guide Series: IBM Change Configuration Management Database Configuration Discovery and Tracking Server v1.1<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The IBM Change Configuration Management Database Configuration Discovery and Tracking Server v1.1 (CCMDB-CTDS) is an agentless deep discovery tool which automatically can discover configuration information of application systems, their components and rela<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/IBM\">IBM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Tivoli\">Tivoli<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CCMDB\">CCMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Redbook\">Redbook<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/supp\/2006\/ndc3\/062606-ndc-application-dependency-mapping.html?page=1\">A map to your infrastructure &#8211; Network World<\/a><\/div>\n<div>As you move into next-generation network management, here&#8217;s a phrase that will help to unlock the promise of it all: application dependency mapping. Because the network industry is fond of acronyms, I&#8217;ll refer to this as &#8220;ADM.&#8221; But before we get into the<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/appdisco\">appdisco<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/app-topology\">app-topology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/app-dependencies\">app-dependencies<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/discovery\">discovery<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITCCMDB\">ITCCMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITADDM\">ITADDM<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crn.com\/sections\/infrastructure\/infrastructure.jhtml?articleId=189600893\">LANDesk Rolls Out Process Manager 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Process Manager 2.0, which was built from tools LANDesk won in its January acquisition of NewRoad Software, adds new levels of network change management by extending the reach of the LANDesk Management Suite from PCs and workstations to servers and other<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/NCCM\">NCCM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/changemanagement\">changemanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/configurationmanagement\">configurationmanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bestpractices\">bestpractices<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CMDB\">CMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/LANDesk\">LANDesk<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Avocent\">Avocent<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/SMB\">SMB<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/finanzen.net\/news\/news_detail.asp?NewsNr=409268\">EMC Reaches Technology Deal with AT&amp;T Companies | Nachrichten |<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Under terms of the agreement, EMC can now market the EMC Smarts software developed specifically for AT&amp;T Project Lightspeed. The EMC Smarts automated analysis and impact assessment software works in conjunction with Alcatel&#8217;s 5620 Service Aware Manager (S<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/EMC\">EMC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/SMARTS\">SMARTS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/monitoring\">monitoring<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/buyersguide.eweek.com\/bguide\/product\/SearchResults.asp_Q_sitename_E_eweek_webservices_A_cboCategory_E_564\">Application Performance Monitoring &#8211; eWEEK Web Buyer&#8217;s Guide<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Home &gt; Topics &gt; Web Services &gt; Buyer&#8217;s Guide Application Performance Monitoring Even your software and applications need watching over. Application performance monitoring is software that diagnoses and resolves problems that slow down the applications you<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/application_performance\">application_performance<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/appmgmt\">appmgmt<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20060627005371&amp;newsLang=en\">Coradiant&#8217;s Latest TrueSight 3.0 Real-User Monitoring Operating System Gives Web Operations Teams Even Sharper Vision to See and Fix Web Applications Errors<\/a><\/div>\n<div>TrueSight Release 3.0 provides broader alerting and reporting options and makes it easier to seamlessly integrate RUM technology with complementary tools for a more detailed, accurate and comprehensive view of Web site health and performance. It also furt<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Coradiant\">Coradiant<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/real-user-monitoring\">real-user-monitoring<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/user-experience\">user-experience<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/transx-monitoring\">transx-monitoring<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ria-monitoring\">ria-monitoring<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbronline.com\/article_news.asp?guid=49A4B0EF-431E-4A76-B65A-E8D347FE3EC1\">CA unveils ITIL practice &#8211; Computer Business Review<\/a><\/div>\n<div>CA Inc has unveiled what it claims is the first ITIL offering that spans the full life cycle from training to process assessment and technology implementation. The company is branding it the Service Management Accelerator.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CA\">CA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITSM\">ITSM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bestpractices\">bestpractices<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entmag.com\/news\/article.asp?EditorialsID=7575\">CA To Ship Configuration Management Database<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Computer Associates will ship in August a new database for storing configuration management information for its CA Service Management Accelerator product.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CA\">CA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CMDB\">CMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.it-director.com\/article.php?articleid=13352\">The long and winding road to IT service ma<\/a><\/div>\n<div>This is not the place to go into detail about specific technologies (you can read the paper for that), but it is very important to note that no amount of technology can help an organisation at the lowest levels of maturity. IT service management technolog<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/itsm\">itsm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bestpractices\">bestpractices<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/implementation\">implementation<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2006\/062906-ca-boosts-itil-automation-with.html\">CA boosts ITIL automation with new tools, training &#8211; Network World<\/a><\/div>\n<div>CA Service Management Accelerator includes a new software product, Configuration Management Database r11, which ships in August, Hurwitz said. Pricing has not been announced. It will work within the existing CA Management Database r11 to consolidate dispa<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CA\">CA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CMDB\">CMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITSM\">ITSM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bestpractices\">bestpractices<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itp.net\/features\/details.php?id=4656&amp;category=\">Where\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the value?<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Middle East companies implementing ITIL practices should be looking at how becoming ITIL compliant benefits the business rather than getting people ITIL certified just for the sake of it.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/itil-value\">itil-value<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/yb\/ybopen.asp?section=ybbf&amp;story_id=95094015&amp;ID=blackenterprise\">HP Not Chasing Big-Ticket Software M&amp;As<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The head of Hewlett-Packard Co&#8217;s software division has dismissed any notion that the vendor would make a move to take over either CA Inc or BMC Software Inc to accelerate growth of its software business, as it mounts its challenge against IBM Corp in the<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/HP\">HP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BMC\">BMC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/IBM\">IBM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CA\">CA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/M&amp;A\">M&amp;A<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Big4\">Big4<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esj.com\/business_intelligence\/article.aspx?EditorialsID=8052\">Users Declare: Thumbs Up (Mostly) For Microsoft\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BI Stack<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Make no mistake about it: Users are excited about Microsoft Corp.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s aggressive business intelligence (BI) push. 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