IT Management 2.0

Some big news rolling out today from EMC Ionix at VMworld!!!

Part I

Today we announced a broadened alliance with VMware to help companies accelerate their journey from physical to virtual to cloud infrastructures.

IT organizations today are searching for new ways to more efficiently enable the migration of tier-one applications to VMware vSphere.  They are seeking new tools and processes so they can confidently plan the migration, ensure application performance, and operationally monitor and meet service level objectives.   Furthermore, having already virtualized tier-two and three applications (the low hanging fruit), customers are now looking to keep a full pipeline of applications to virtualize.  The announcement by EMC expands and deepens their relationship with VMware to meet these needs in three specific areas: Keep Reading…

Change and Configuration, Cloud, Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Population, Data Center Automation and Compliance, Dependency Mapping, Service Management, Storage Resource Management (SRM), Virtualization Management EMC, FastScale Technology, Ionix, Private Cloud, Virtualization

I recently concluded my Spring 2009 US conference/event “tour” in Ottawa, Dallas, New York, Orlando and San Francisco.  During this time, I presented, talked about, and answered questions on IT management and ITIL.

ITIL's Cool - But Can It Save You Money?

As I’ve always found with these things, one of the best aspects is the chance to spend some time talking with old friends and new acquaintances about their IT challenges and issues, Keep Reading…

Change and Configuration, Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Population, Dependency Mapping, Service Management