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Real cloud aren’t fluffy – upcoming webinar

Real cloud aren’t fluffy – upcoming webinar

By Michael Coté on December 6, 2010

Hear a discussion of practical cloud use.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, enterprise software, marketing, service-now.com, Systems Management, webinars

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

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

By Michael Coté on November 18, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged AccelOps, austin, Austin Radiological Association, CMDB, demo, Geoff Christy, interview, IT Management, IT Management Podcast, monitoring, redmonk, RedMonkTV, Systems Management, Tag, Todd Thomas, transcripts

Interesting Startups in Austin

Interesting Startups in Austin

By Michael Coté on October 13, 2010

Some interesting tech startups in Austin.

Posted in Business | Tagged austin, betterjunkmail, BigData, Cassandra, Dachis Group, geolocation, Gowalla, ideas, InfoChimps, MindQuilt, Riptano, social software, spiceworks, startups, Systems Management, The New Thing | 1 Response

GroundWork 6.3 – Brief Note

GroundWork 6.3 – Brief Note

By Michael Coté on October 11, 2010

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

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Brief Notes, dashboards, GroundWork, GWOS, marketing, Open source, pricing, Systems Management

AccelOps for Service Providers – Brief Notes

AccelOps for Service Providers – Brief Notes

By Michael Coté on September 21, 2010

A service provider edition of the SaaS IT Management offering AccelOps.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged AccelOps, Cloud, MSP, SaaS, Systems Management

Cloupia – Brief Note

Cloupia – Brief Note

By Michael Coté on August 24, 2010

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.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Brief Notes, Cloud, Cloupia, enterprise software, Systems Management

OpenStack – an open source cloud platform

OpenStack – an open source cloud platform

By Michael Coté on July 19, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud, Cloud Computing, Jonathan Bryce, Open source, OpenStack, Rackspace, Rackspace Cloud, Systems Management | 2 Responses

Pouring new wine on old problems – IT Management & Cloud Podcast #75

Pouring new wine on old problems – IT Management & Cloud Podcast #75

By Michael Coté on July 2, 2010

Tivoli buying BigFix, CMDB’s, dev/ops, and more

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged BigFix, Cloud, configuration management, dev/ops, ibm, IT Management Podcast, Systems Management

IBM buys BigFix – Quick Analysis

IBM buys BigFix – Quick Analysis

By Michael Coté on July 1, 2010

IBM buys BigFix to fill out some white-space.

Posted in Business | Tagged asset management, BigFix, configuration management, desktop, ibm, Quick Analysis, Systems Management

Automation as a Service from Opscode – Quick Analysis

Automation as a Service from Opscode – Quick Analysis

By Michael Coté on June 22, 2010

With new cash and a SaaS IT Management offering in beta, Opscode has some interesting stuff going on.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged automation, Citrix Online, Cloud, Collaborative IT Management, configuration management, google, model-driven automation, Open source, OpsCode, Opscode Platform, paglo, Puppet Labs, Quick Analysis, SaaS, software as a service, Systems Management, Windows 7

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