{"id":145,"date":"2006-07-12T00:24:27","date_gmt":"2006-07-12T04:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/links-for-2006-07-12\/"},"modified":"2006-07-12T00:24:27","modified_gmt":"2006-07-12T04:24:27","slug":"links-for-2006-07-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/links-for-2006-07-12\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2006-07-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsmwatch.com\/itil\/article.php\/3618271\">IT Vendors Need to Make ITIL Actionable<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The vendor community needs to step up and make its products ITIL friendly, writes ITSM Watch guest columnist John Long of IBM.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a> <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\/bestpractices\">bestpractices<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebizq.net\/news\/7116.html\">Metastorm Rolls Out Metastorm BPM Version 7 &#8211; ebizQ<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Extended event management and business activity monitoring (BAM) capabilities inherent in Metastorm BPM Version 7 give organizations the ability to easily push events and alerts out to other systems as well as receive events from other applications and tr<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Metastorm\">Metastorm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BPM\">BPM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BAM\">BAM<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2006\/071006-ca-configuration-database.html?nlhtnsm=0711managementalert1\">CA upgrades configuration database &#8211; Network World<\/a><\/div>\n<div>CA recently upgraded its configuration management database to let customers collect configuration data from multiple sources more easily.<\/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\/bestpractices\">bestpractices<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2006\/070606-dashboards-performance-metrics.html?nlhtnsm=0711managementalert1\">Deploying dashboards the right way &#8211; Network World<\/a><\/div>\n<div>A recent survey of nearly 700 IT and business professionals shows that the use of dashboards to monitor performance metrics is on the rise. Yet IT and business users will need to invest more time and money to reap the full benefits of the technology.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/dashboards\">dashboards<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Visualization\">Visualization<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/scorecards\">scorecards<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2006\/062606-dashboard-management.html?page=1\">Dashboards called a key to net management &#8211; Network World<\/a><\/div>\n<div>IT executives are finding dashboards that let them quickly gauge the effect of interrelated events and take corrective action can make staff more productive and keep key systems humming.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/dashboards\">dashboards<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Visualization\">Visualization<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/scorecards\">scorecards<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crn.com\/sections\/software\/software.jhtml?articleId=190302224\">Computer Associates, XOsoft &#8211; CA Buys Backup Vendor XOsoft &#8211; CRN<\/a><\/div>\n<div>CA is bulking up its storage management strength with the acquisition of a Waltham, Mass., software startup. CA will use the failover and data replication tools from XOsoft to flesh out its BrightStor ARCserve Backup product line, the Islandia, N.Y., vend<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CA\">CA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/storagemgmt\">storagemgmt<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/storage\">storage<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/article2\/0,1895,1987060,00.asp\">Opsware Takes On Storage Management<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Opsware on July 11 put the final piece of the data center automation puzzle into place when it announced its intent to acquire storage management startup Creekpath Systems for $10 million in cash. Opsware intends to move quickly to integrate Creekpath&#8217;s s<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Opsware\">Opsware<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/storagemgmt\">storagemgmt<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/storage\">storage<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT Vendors Need to Make ITIL Actionable The vendor community needs to step up and make its products ITIL friendly, writes ITSM Watch guest columnist John Long of IBM. 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