An unusually good ITIL article
July 30, 2005
In Government Technology, Chad Vander Veen has written an unusually good ITIL article, covering history and context with a little more sophistication than most trade rag material. -ctb Read More →
HP CMDB report by EMA
July 30, 2005
This brief & accessible research report by Enterprise Management Associates for HP on CMDBs is a must-read. The concept of "state" they describe is something I've been mulling over for a while - how do we distinguish between complex dependency... Read more...
A chilling bulletin from the security front lines
July 30, 2005
A little out of scope for this blog - but every IT professional should be keeping up on Windows Rootkits. Hardware defenses (memory scanners, probably with their own physical jacks, which in large data centers might ultimately result in an out of band... Read more...
IT Portfolio Management book
July 28, 2005
Just ordered this new book on IT Portfolio Management - it looks very promising. One of the guys is a Meta (now Gartner) analyst. Reportedly has good clarity on the distinction between application and project portfolio management - the former IMHO... Read more...
Motive – CMDB vendor
July 21, 2005
Hadn't come across Motive before. They are selling a CMDB and discovery tools. -Charlie Read More →