Archive for May, 2009

Database Automation Challenges

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Automating common system functionality, like provisioning, patching and upgrading, for the database is a far greater challenge than for operating systems. Most importantly, database vendors typically force a shorter support lifespan on each release compared to operating system vendors. This is especially true for releases preceding the terminal release – early adopters can expect many [...]

The Time For Application Automation

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Since the year 2000, we’ve seen an interesting change take place in the area of IT and infrastructure management. Prior to the rise in IT automation as a key business driver, organizations considered infrastructure management to fall into two key areas:
* Monitoring and performance tuning
* Admin “toolkit” solutions
Software products such as HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli, [...]

Full Stack Automation- Critical For BSM

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Business Service Management (BSM) is a nice buzzword being thrown around by datacenter/systems management players as they attempt to bridge the perceived gap between business benefit and technology investment. Clearly business priorities driving IT, as opposed to eccentric engineers, will drive value for the enterprise. Automation is a critical component of BSM as it not [...]