
AccelOps in Action at the Austin Radiological Association – Overview and use of AccelOps integrated data center and cloud service monitoring platform from an end user perspective
I recently visited with Todd Thomas and Geoff Christy at the Austin Radiological Association to see their instance of AccelOps in action. Todd and Geoff explain how they came about to switch over to AccelOps in the first interview section, then shows us an extensive demo of how they’re using AccelOps. Seeing this kind of […]

GroundWork 6.3 – Brief Note
A new release from GroundWork and an update on their low-priced packaging, Quickstart.

AccelOps for Service Providers – Brief Notes
A service provider edition of the SaaS IT Management offering AccelOps.

Cloupia – Brief Note
Cloudpia is providing a “manager of managers” as we used to call it: a system that layers on-top of various virtualization and cloud technologies to give a birds-eye view and control over everything.

OpenStack – an open source cloud platform
Rackspace announced the OpenStack project today, open sourcing much of the software it uses to run its own cloud. I spoke with Rackspace’s Jonathan Bryce on the topic to get an in-depth overview, discuss Rackspace’s intentions, and explore the operational future of OpenStack. This is a big announcement in the cloud world, further widening the […]

Pouring new wine on old problems – IT Management & Cloud Podcast #75
Tivoli buying BigFix, CMDB’s, dev/ops, and more

Automation as a Service from Opscode – Quick Analysis
With new cash and a SaaS IT Management offering in beta, Opscode has some interesting stuff going on.