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Top 5 Reasons to use Dashboard Information Portlet Charts: NetIQ Operations Center 5.0 Patch Bundle 5

With the release of NetIQ Operations Center 5.0 Patch Bundle 5 (PB5), there are exciting, new ways to chart performance and metric data in the Information portlet - the new Charts tab. If you already use the Performance portlet, you may ask, "Why...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 9:42 AM by Karen Nemzek

Filed under: performance, service level agreements, NetIQ, Availability, BSM, Operations Center, SLAs, Patch Bundle, Dashboard, Service Model, Karen Nemzek, Data Center Solutions
Real World IT: South African DTI Cuts Power and Cooling Costs by 75%

The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) had already completed a pilot of server virtualization for its disaster recovery and wanted to extend the benefits of server virtualization to its main production site, where it was running out...

Published Thu, Apr 25 2013 10:33 AM by David Shephard

Filed under: performance, virtualization, Availability, server consolidation, CIO, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, David Shephard, Data Center Solutions, software licensing, LSD Information Technology, IT Ninjas, Duel-Core Server, Server Virtualization, Department of Trade and Industry, Poppy Tshabalala, DTI, PlateSpin Recon, LSD, Hardware, South Africa
Watch out Amazon! AT&T Will Go Big Data and Cloud Computing On You!

Do you own a smartphone? Yes? Chances are you aren't alone. By some estimates, one in every 5 phones in the world is now a "smartphone". That's roughly over a billion smartphones world-wide and the direction of this trend is apparent...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2013 2:22 PM by Wes Heaps

Filed under: Cloud computing, mobile, Service Providers, IaaS, Big Data, Amazon, Mobility, Smartphone, BOINC, Service Provider, Wes Heaps, EC2, Mobile Computing, Hadoop, Mobile Devices, PaaS, AT and T
Cloud Manager Hack Week Starts Next Week

Hacking will begin on April 8th for the NetIQ Cloud Manager Hack Week. We'll be breaking out of our normal teams and collaborating with those around us - including you. Hack Week is one way we encourage innovation through experimentation around the...

Published Tue, Apr 02 2013 10:51 AM by David Shephard

Filed under: NetIQ, Cloud computing, cloud, Cloud Manager, David Shephard, Innovation, Data Center Solutions, Product, Development, Hack Week, Engineering, HackWeek
NetIQ Operations Center - Code Signing Certificate Update

I wanted to bring up an item related to NetIQ Operations Center . For security and compliance purposes, we digitally sign the Operations Center Java Web Start client jar files with a code signing certificate. This is useful for large enterprise customers...

Published Thu, Mar 21 2013 8:44 AM by Tobin Isenberg

Filed under: NetIQ, Operations Center, Tobin Isenberg, Certificate, Cool Solutions
Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.6: What are my Cloud DR options?

In my previous blog post , I concluded that Recovery-as-a-service (RaaS) offers the benefits of traditional offsite recovery at a fraction of the price. It does this by combining the benefits of virtual infrastructure and cloud, offering businesses an...

Published Thu, Jan 31 2013 2:25 PM by Steve Stavridis

Filed under: vmware, virtualization, NetIQ, cloud, PlateSpin Protect, Disaster Recovery, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, Privatete/hybrid RaaS, PlateSpin Forge, Public RaaS
Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.5: Taking DR to the Cloud

Extending on the benefits of Virtual Disaster Recovery that I covered in Part 4 –“Virtualization has changed nearly everything, including DR” , I would like to take a look at its natural evolution in taking DR to Cloud. So what is Cloud...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 3:04 PM by Steve Stavridis

Filed under: virtualization, cloud, Forrester, Disaster Recovery, RPO, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, RTO, Virtual Disaster Recovery, failover, Cloud based Disaster Recovery, Storage-as-a-Service, DR-as-a-Service, Cloud-to-Cloud Disaster Recovery, Do-it-Yourself, DRaaS, DIY, C2C DR, Data Center Solutions
Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.4: Virtualization has changed nearly everything, including DR

Virtualization has changed nearly everything in the data center including servers, network, storage and DR. A few years back, I heard the phrase that in IT, there is a “virtual version of virtually everything”. No doubting that the phrase...

Published Wed, Jan 09 2013 7:14 AM by Steve Stavridis

Filed under: vmware, workload, virtualization, Windows, cloud, Disaster Recovery, RPO, Phyical Server, IT, Risk, Linux, DR, Steve Stavridis, RTO, Traditional Disaster Recovery, Virtual Disaster Recovery, Production Source Workloads, recovery, failover, Virtual DR, Data Center Solutions
Is the Future for System Administrators Cloudy?

With the new year comes an article at Computerworld titled, " The IT manager's revitalization guide ". It's basically a link to a variety of opinions on how IT managers can progress their professional and personal growth in 2013. There's...

Published Tue, Jan 08 2013 8:18 AM by Travis Greene

Filed under: jobs, cloud, Travis Greene, Service Broker, System Administrators, IT Manager, Computerworld, Mary Brandel, Data Center Solutions
Managing Your Data Better from the Dashboard: NetIQ Operations Center 5.0 Patch Bundle 4

This December, the release of NetIQ Operations Center Patch Bundle (PB) 4, offers an exciting addition to the Operations Center Dashboard....the Information Portlet. Along with viewing summary and status information for an element or service, you can...

Published Fri, Dec 21 2012 8:51 AM by Karen Nemzek

Filed under: NetIQ, BSM, Business Service Management, Operations Center, Alarms, Dashboard, Root Cause, Layout, Patch Bundle, PB4, Properties, Information Portlet, virtual environment, Portlet, physical environment, Karen Nemzek, Sneek Peek, Data Center Solutions
Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.3: Some DR Fundamentals

Before delving any further, in this part of my “Should you move your DR to the Cloud” blog series, I think it is important that I cover some DR concepts and acronyms. An understanding of these concepts and acronyms are essential in any DR...

Published Tue, Dec 18 2012 12:29 PM by Steve Stavridis

Filed under: virtualization, cloud, Recovery Point Objective, Disaster Recovery, BackUp, RPO, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, Restore, RTO, Recovery Time Objective, Traditional Disaster Recovery, Server Workload, Virtual Disaster Recovery, Data Center Solutions
Let's Admit We Have Some Work to do on Private Clouds in 2013

In a recent article on ZDNet , Nick Heath summarizes the Forrester predictions for changes to cloud computing to be expected in 2013. One of the predictions in particular struck me, because it's what I hear from many of you. "Businesses will...

Published Fri, Dec 14 2012 9:11 AM by Travis Greene

Filed under: virtualization, cloud, Forrester Research, ZDNet, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, IaaS, 2013 Predictions, AWS, Amazon Web Services, Nick Heah, Data Center Solutions
Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.2: Nobody Likes Expensive Insurance

It’s true that nobody likes expensive insurance. Most of us look at ways to reduce our insurance premiums on our homes, cars, boats etc. We do this because it’s a cost that we don’t initially see the value in. It’s also something...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2012 8:47 AM by Steve Stavridis

Filed under: vmware, NetIQ, cloud, Gartner, Disaster Recovery, DR, Steve Stavridis, vForum, Insurance, 80/20 Rule, Critical, Data Center Solutions
Should you move Disaster Recovery to the Cloud?

In my travels across the Asia Pacific region in recent months, I’ve been talking to several Managed Service/Cloud Providers and customers about Disaster Recovery (DR) in the cloud. Interestingly, Gartner states that by 2014, over 30% of midsize...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2012 11:52 AM by Steve Stavridis

Filed under: vmware, virtualization, NetIQ, cloud, Australia, Gartner, Disaster Recovery, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, vForum, Data Center Solutions
Roadtrip! Gartner Data Center Conference - Bound for Vegas!

To start this post I’ll be breaking the cardinal rule of Vegas by sharing what happens in Vegas. I look forward to this year’s Gartner Data Center conference as it promises to be a year of great change addressing major themes of: Accelerating...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 9:08 AM by Michele Hudnall

Filed under: NetIQ, Gartner, BSM, Business Service Management, Data Center, IT, Forbes, Michele Hudnall, Technology Showcase, Ed Holub, DevOpsSec, Donna Scott, Javaohn Enck, David Cappuccio, GartnerDC, Raymond Paquet, Cameron Haight, Chief Innovation Officer, George Weiss, Jeffrey Hewitt, Jeffrey Brooks, DevOps, John Rivard, Aneel Lakhani, Las Vegas, Operational Excellence, Neil MacDonald, Gartner Data Center Conference, Innovation, Information Technology, Data Center Solutions

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Top 5 Reasons to use Dashboard Information Portlet Charts: NetIQ Operations Center 5.0 Patch Bundle 5

Real World IT: South African DTI Cuts Power and Cooling Costs by 75%

Watch out Amazon! AT&T Will Go Big Data and Cloud Computing On You!

Cloud Manager Hack Week Starts Next Week

NetIQ Operations Center - Code Signing Certificate Update

Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.6: What are my Cloud DR options?

Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.5: Taking DR to the Cloud

Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.4: Virtualization has changed nearly everything, including DR

Is the Future for System Administrators Cloudy?

Managing Your Data Better from the Dashboard: NetIQ Operations Center 5.0 Patch Bundle 4

Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.3: Some DR Fundamentals

Let's Admit We Have Some Work to do on Private Clouds in 2013

Should you move DR to the Cloud? - No.2: Nobody Likes Expensive Insurance

Should you move Disaster Recovery to the Cloud?

Roadtrip! Gartner Data Center Conference - Bound for Vegas!