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Business service management (BSM) software sees growth
Scripps Networks acquired the Travel Channel in 2009, which meant that Scripps' IT team acquired another data network to manage. Bringing two sets of IT resources together is rarely easy, but in this
Don't talk too much when you interview a job candidate
For every top manager, one of the biggest chores is interviewing potential job candidates. It's not an easy task to find a connection with an unknown person who walks into your office. Mark Settle,
IBM ponders IT symptoms catalog
IBM wants to build a standard way of designating IT problems so that computer systems can fix themselves in an automated way. They just haven't decided how to build it yet. BMC Software, CA and Hewlett-Packard are all potentional partners for the initial free software coming later this year that is based on OASIS specifications. There's no word yet on how the other companies are responding to IBM's invitation.
For more on IT repairs:
- read this Computerworld …
Microsoft, IBM, others team on SML
A new draft of the service modeling language is being endorsed by an impressive list of major IT vendors, including BEA Systems, BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Dell, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems. The language uses an XML approach to consistently describe hardware, software and services. The work began at Microsoft a few years ago and nobody's crying foul yet, so it has a decent chance at commercial success.
For more on SML:
- read this IDG …
BMC updates apps for data-center optimization
BMC Software announced new versions of software from the acquisitions of Remedy and Marimba (in 2002 and 2004, respectively.) The programs are now integrated, officials said. Affected products include Virtualizer 2.5, Performance Assurance 7.3, Change and Configuration Management, Atrium Configuration Management Database, Discovery and Performance Manager 2.1.
For more on automation:
- take a look at this eWeek article
BMC has more plans for the mainframe
BMC Software last week introduced a range of new mainframe software. These include a backup and recovery program for database administrators, a tool which shares mainframe monitoring updates with BMC's existing Service Impact Manager and two data encryption features shipping next month, officials said. Other new programs include topology discovery and transactions analysis that are scheduled for shipment later this year.
For more on mainframes:
- check out this eWeek …
IBM open-sources automated software tools
IBM said it's open-sourcing some development tools that help troubleshoot applications built with the Web Services Distributed Management standard. The code resides inside the Apache Muse Project, officials said. Other companies supporting WSDM include industry powerhouses like BMC Software, CA, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Oracle/Siebel and Tibco, so users shouldn't worry about any IBM intentions to take control of the standard with its donation.
For more on IBM:
- see …
Opsware upgrades to sixth-gen apps
Opsware is relaunching its server and network automation software with the new name of System 6. They also announced two new products, which are Visual Application Manager and the Opsware Network security service. VAM helps with software mapping, while the Opsware Network sends alerts and update information. Meanwhile, Opsware as a company has Cisco on its side as a reseller, but it is going up against huge rivals like EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Symantec, BMC Software, and Mercury …
Service-level management market nears $1.4B
Companies spent almost $1.4 billion on service-level management software in 2005, with 58 percent of the money spent at BMC Software, CA, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Mercury Interactive, according to analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates. SLM is basically the art of using your IT resources wisely, and it will grow 17 percent per year for the next five years, the analysts said.
For more on the SLM trends:
- read this eWeek article
BMC announces transaction tools
BMC Software says that two programs it released last year are actually just the start of a future suite of transaction management tools. The programs are Transaction Management Application Response Time ("TMART"), which measures software's delay for end users, and Mainview Transaction Analyzer, which measures IBM mainframe transactions. Coming next, date unknown, are a Mainview-like version for distributed systems and an application for translating all the transaction-measured results …
