{"id":421,"date":"2007-07-19T23:21:08","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T04:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2007\/07\/links-for-2007-07-20\/"},"modified":"2007-07-19T23:21:08","modified_gmt":"2007-07-20T04:21:08","slug":"links-for-2007-07-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2007\/07\/links-for-2007-07-20\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2007-07-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetnews.com\/bus-news\/article.php\/3689671\">IBM Profit Surges on Software Strength<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The big standouts in the middleware family were the WebSphere lines, which rose by 28 percent, and Tivoli software, with a 33 percent uptick (Tivoli helps customers manage networks, security and storage).<\/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\/financials\">financials<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20070719005500&amp;newsLang=en\">BMC Software Acquires Run Book Automation Pioneer RealOps<\/a><\/div>\n<div>BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of RealOps, a leading provider of run book automation solutions.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BMC\">BMC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Realops\">Realops<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITPA\">ITPA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/automation\">automation<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/autonomiccomputing\">autonomiccomputing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/runbook\">runbook<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isnare.com\/?aid=168882&amp;ca=Business+Management\">Supply Chain Kpi&#8217;s &#8211; Understanding Supply Chain Metrics And Choosing The Right Kpi&#8217;s To Measure &#8212; iSnare.com Articles<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The adage here is that less is more and following Pareto&#8217;s Principle, 20% of your metrics are going to give you 80% of the SCM information you really need to make effective management decisions.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/metrics\">metrics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/kpi\">kpi<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/kpm\">kpm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/supplychainmanagement\">supplychainmanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/scm\">scm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/business-service-management\">business-service-management<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bsm\">bsm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/dashboards\">dashboards<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com\/2007\/07\/19\/zenoss-introduces-a-new-enterprise-it-monitoring-offering\/\">Zenoss introduces a new enterprise IT monitoring offering<\/a><\/div>\n<div>According to Zenoss CEO Bill Karpovich, this makes Zenoss Core the first open source IT monitoring to offer CMDB capabilities.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/zenoss\">zenoss<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/oss\">oss<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/monitoring\">monitoring<\/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>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkcomputing.com\/channels\/enterpriseapps\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201002260\">BMC Gets Real &#8230; RealOps, That Is &#8211; Enterprise Applications<\/a><\/div>\n<div>With its acquisition of RealOps, announced today, BMC Software has become the first large enterprise management vendor to have a compelling story around IT process automation.\n<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BMC\">BMC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/Realops\">Realops<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ITPA\">ITPA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/automation\">automation<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/autonomiccomputing\">autonomiccomputing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/runbook\">runbook<\/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:\/\/blogs.opennms.org\/?p=117\">OpenNMS vs. Netcool<\/a><\/div>\n<div>While OpenNMS\u2019s service monitoring capabilities have always been a better alternative to the poorly designed ISMs (Internet Service Monitors), it now has the capability to replace much of the functionality of Omnibus and Impact.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/opennms\">opennms<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/oss\">oss<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/events\">events<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/eventmanagement\">eventmanagement<\/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\/netcool\/omnibus\">netcool\/omnibus<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/netcool\/impact\">netcool\/impact<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20070719005873&amp;newsLang=en\">SolarWinds Broadens Federal Government Reach through New Alliance with DLT Solutions<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The collaboration between SolarWinds and DLT Solutions enables SolarWinds to offer its network management solutions, including Orion Network Performance Monitor and SolarWinds Tools to DLT Solutions\u2019 federal, state and local government customers.<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/solarwinds\">solarwinds<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/networkmanagement\">networkmanagement<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/monitoring\">monitoring<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/government\">government<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/GSA\">GSA<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM Profit Surges on Software Strength The big standouts in the middleware family were the WebSphere lines, which rose by 28 percent, and Tivoli software, with a 33 percent uptick (Tivoli helps customers manage networks, security and storage). 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