{"id":185,"date":"2006-08-11T00:24:51","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T04:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/links-for-2006-08-11\/"},"modified":"2006-08-11T00:24:51","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T04:24:51","slug":"links-for-2006-08-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/links-for-2006-08-11\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2006-08-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/computerworld.co.nz\/news.nsf\/0\/75D9A69EE8D2A177CC2571BF007C2C57?OpenDocument\">Consortium talks up SML promise<\/a><\/div>\n<div>SML is based on work Microsoft began three and a half years ago on its System Definition Model (SDM), part of its Dynamic Systems Initiative aimed at simplifying complexity in users\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 IT infrastructure. As Microsoft went through the process of revising a<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/SML\">SML<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/DSI\">DSI<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/computerworld.co.nz\/news.nsf\/mgmt\/CE9D6DD03705A32ECC2571C0000C23D5\">Getting to grips with CMDBs<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A CMDB underpins many IT initiatives and, in the real world, is more about integrating management data to improve operations than it is about best practices.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CMDB\">CMDB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/cmdb-value\">cmdb-value<\/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.sda-india.com\/sda\/interview\/psecom,id,2,nodeid,1,_language,India.html\">Talking Business &amp; Business Rules with ILOG<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Business rules represent the core business logic of an organization &#8211; they guide, control, and manage the basic business processes. Business Rules are almost synonymous with ILOG. When talking about Business Rules you cannot afford to not talk about ILOG.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ILOG\">ILOG<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Business-Rules\">Business-Rules<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intelligententerprise.com\/channels\/infomanagement\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190500066\">Intelligent Enterprise Magazine: The Drive to Structured IT Management<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Good read<\/p>\n<p>The Drive to Structured IT Management The rise of the configuration management database will help integrate and rationalize disparate discovery, configuration and analysis investments. Check your progress toward an evolved IT management strat<\/p><\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/EMA\">EMA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/analyst\">analyst<\/a> <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\/dennis-drogseth\">dennis-drogseth<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;taxonomyName=development&amp;articleId=112591&amp;taxonomyId=11\">Measuring SOA Performance Is a Complex Art<\/a><\/div>\n<div>A survey of 400 IT managers and developers published last month by Evans Data found that Web services are often unavailable for periods ranging from an hour to a day. Almost half of the respondents said that when their most reliable Web services go down,<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/SOA\">SOA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/management\">management<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/monitoring\">monitoring<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notefish.com\/\">Notefish &#8211; Revolutionize Your Web Research<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Notefish makes Internet research simple. Making a purchase? Planning a trip? Save information from the web into a single online Notefish page, then organize and share!<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/GTD\">GTD<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/research\">research<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/organization\">organization<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/newsletters\/nsm\/2006\/0807nsm1.html?page=4\">Does HP&#8217;s acquisition of Mercury really change the net mgmt. game? &#8211; Network World<\/a><\/div>\n<div>So where&#8217;s the game change? IT management providers of all sizes need to look beyond traditional categories for product and brand position. Not only are frameworks dead, so too are application management, network management, systems management, database m<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/EMA\">EMA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/analyst\">analyst<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/dennis-drogseth\">dennis-drogseth<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/HP\">HP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Mercury\">Mercury<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/M&amp;A\">M&amp;A<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.co.uk\/cgi\/news\/release?id=176779\">Indicative Software Continues Expansion of Global Reseller Network<\/a><\/div>\n<div>ndicative&#8217;s IT service management product is an end-to-end, user- perspective approach that differs from conventional system management methods with its ease of implementation, relevant visibility and short time to value. Indicative 7.5, which was release<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Indicative\">Indicative<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITSM\">ITSM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/SLM\">SLM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BSM\">BSM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/application_performance\">application_performance<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/E2E\">E2E<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20060809005527&amp;newsLang=en\">Trendium and Allot Offer Network Monitoring, Control and Analysis for Improved Voice and Video Delivery<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Trendium, a leading service intelligence solutions provider, and Allot Communications, a leader in IP service optimization solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI), have announced a joint solution to help telecommunications service providers proact<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Trendium\">Trendium<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Allot\">Allot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ServiceAssurance\">ServiceAssurance<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allot.com\/\">Bandwidth Management | Deep Packet Inspection | DPI | SLA | Traffic Shaping<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Allot Communications is the leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI) technology. Broadband service providers and enterprises around the world rely on Allot&#8217;s DPI-based solutions for the granul<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Allot\">Allot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bandwitch-management\">bandwitch-management<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/deep-packet-inspection\">deep-packet-inspection<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/SLA\">SLA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ServiceAssurance\">ServiceAssurance<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2006\/8\/prweb419872.htm\">THINKstrategies Commends Magnum Technologies&#8217; Ability to Automate BSM and SLM in New Report<\/a><\/div>\n<div>THINKstrategies points to Magnum Technologies\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 3 unique capabilities to explain what sets its software apart from other BSM vendors. These capabilities include: 1. Business Service Discovery which graphically depicts the Business Service Chain linkages<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Magnum-Technology\">Magnum-Technology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BSM\">BSM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/business-service-management\">business-service-management<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20060809005085&amp;newsLang=en\">Altiris Recognized as a &#8216;Leader&#8217; in the IT Asset Management Market by Independent Research Firm; Altiris Receives Positive Marks for a &#8216;Full-Featured Solution&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Altiris Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, is positioned as a &#8220;leader&#8221; in The Forrester Wave: IT Asset Management, Q3 2006 report. Forrester writes, &#8220;Altiris is a fast-growing player in the IT asset management market,<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Altris\">Altris<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITAM\">ITAM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITIL\">ITIL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CMDB\">CMDB<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itnewsonline.com\/showstory.php?storyid=4964&amp;scatid=4&amp;contid=3\">Dorado Introduces Single Console Mgmt Solution for Juniper Networks<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Dorado Software said its RME-JE Edition provides small-to-medium enterprises with comprehensive, automation, management and configuration management database (CMDB) functions necessary to ensure the delivery of business-critical services traversing a Juni<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Dorado\">Dorado<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Redcell\">Redcell<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Juniper\">Juniper<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/OSS\">OSS<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetnews.com\/ent-news\/article.php\/3625481\">Novell&#8217;s Sentinel Watches Over Your Network<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The enterprise software vendor has integrated the Sentinel security and event management software from e-Security, which it acquired in April, with its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and identity management suite. Called Sentinel from Novell, the software s<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Novell\">Novell<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Sentinel\">Sentinel<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/systemsmanagement\">systemsmanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/monitoring\">monitoring<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxjournal.com\/article\/9245\">Chapter 4: Nagios Basics | Linux Journal<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Chapter 4 &#8211; from the book Nagios: System and Network Monitoring by Wolfgang Barth &#8212; Reprinted by permission from No Starch Press and Open Source Press. Available at booksellers now. Full book details are at the bottom of the article.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Nagios\">Nagios<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/OSS\">OSS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/books\">books<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/products.enterpriseitplanet.com\/networking\/performance\/1141061252.html\">CommandCenter NOC (Raritan, Inc) &#8211;&gt; KVM Vendor enters Systems\/Network Management\/Monitoring Space<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The CommandCenter NOC appliance line from Raritan is targeted to network and\/or security administrators in mid-market shops or divisions of larger organizations. The appliances provide multiple network management and monitoring capabilities to administrat<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Raritan\">Raritan<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/KVM\">KVM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/systemsmanagement\">systemsmanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/networkmanagement\">networkmanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/monitoring\">monitoring<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raritan.com\/products\/sm_servicemgmt_index.aspx\">Raritan &#8211; Service Management Solutions<\/a><\/div>\n<div>IT Managers at mid-sized companies may have the impression that implementing Service Management requires a huge budget, an army of consultants, years to fully deploy and months to train their staff. But in reality it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to be that way. Raritan<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Raritan\">Raritan<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CommandCenter\">CommandCenter<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/service_management\">service_management<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raritan.com\/products\/centr_entr\/cc_noc\/prd_line.aspx\">Raritan &#8211; CommandCenter NOC<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The CommandCenter NOC family of management appliances helps businesses address a wide range of IT problems before they occur. It keeps your IT infrastructure under constant scrutiny to guard against network outages, degradation, performance slowdowns, sec<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Raritan\">Raritan<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/CommandCenter-NOC\">CommandCenter-NOC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/systemsmanagement\">systemsmanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/networkmanagement\">networkmanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/monitoring\">monitoring<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20060809005507&amp;newsLang=en\">C-COR Transitions Service Management Assets to Sigma Systems; Companies Also Agree to Collaborate in Developing and Promoting Next-Generation OSS Solutions<\/a><\/div>\n<div>C-COR Incorporated (NASDAQ:CCBL)(www.c-cor.com) and Sigma Systems (www.sigma-systems.com) today announced that they have agreed to terms whereby C-COR will transition the product development and support for the C-COR Service Activation Manager (SAM) and S<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/C-COR\">C-COR<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/OSS-BSS\">OSS-BSS<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.b-eye-network.com\/view\/3255?jsessionid=1f6b4ec56d2884894191bd70303d2f3a\">Insight into Business Process Visibility<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Business process visibility allows end users to gather business information to improve non-IT related issues, helps enable fast determination to see if business issues are truly IT-related, ensures that IT is aligned with the business and helps improve ov<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BPM\">BPM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BPMS\">BPMS<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/article2\/0,1895,1751596,00.asp\">AlterPoint Addresses Compliance, Security<\/a><\/div>\n<div>To keep pace with the changing requirements of network managers and compliance and security officers, AlterPoint Inc. is set to unveil a new version of its DeviceAuthority Suite for automated network change and configuration management of heterogeneous ne<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/AlterPoint\">AlterPoint<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/DeviceAuthority\">DeviceAuthority<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/NCCM\">NCCM<\/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.intelligententerprise.com\/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=1ZUSJIMVUESGIQSNDLOSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=175002395&amp;pgno=2\">Voice of Our Readers: The 2006 Strategic Management Survey<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Smarts in the Here and Now &#8220;Real time&#8221; has become a rallying cry\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand something of an IT imperative\u00e2\u20ac\u201din many organizations. We wanted to find out where readers are placing the most emphasis on &#8220;reducing information latency.&#8221; Perhaps not surprisingly, ab<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BAM\">BAM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BSM\">BSM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/e2e\">e2e<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/real-time\">real-time<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/EDA\">EDA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Business-Activity-Monitoring\">Business-Activity-Monitoring<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/business-service-management\">business-service-management<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consortium talks up SML promise SML is based on work Microsoft began three and a half years ago on its System Definition Model (SDM), part of its Dynamic Systems Initiative aimed at simplifying complexity in users\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 IT infrastructure. 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