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Opsview update challenges Tivoli and Openview

IT monitoring provider Opsview has launched a new version of its monitoring platform, in a bid to take market share from established products, including HP Openview and IBM Tivoli.
IBM streams Linux and Windows desktop through USB stick

IBM has taken the secure USB stick concept to its logical extreme, announcing a pilot service capable of streaming an enterprise user?s entire Linux or Windows desktop to a remote PC through a virtual machine running from a flash drive.
NetApp OnCommand software now supports leading cloud vendors

NetApp announced upgrades to its OnCommand management software for storage, which now allows it to plug into most leading cloud management systems.
IBM rolls out DataPower blades for zEnterprise mainframe

IBM continues to roll out new components for the zEnterprise 196, the mainframe it released last summer.
EMC announces upgrades to Data Domain dedupe arrays

EMC announced upgrades to its line of Data Domain deduplication arrays, doubling performance, as well as a new online data archive deduplication device.
IBM brings analytics to midrange storage offering

IBM has launched a new, midrange disk storage system designed to better manage the increasing amount of data flowing through the Internet and growing volume of Web transactions.
CommVault debuts Simpana 9 to revamp deduplication to the source

CommVault has released the latest version of its flashship backup software product, Simpana 9, adding dedpulication at the client level as well as snapshotting capability and automatic discovery of virtual machines for backup.
Brocade to unveil unified IP, Fibre Channel network management software

Brocade is preparing to release what it calls the first unified network management application for configuration, monitoring, managing and reporting across IP and Fibre Channel storage-area networks all through a single user interface.
Fluke Networks launches app performance products

Fluke Network Systems has created a new company to better target the application performance market (APM) with what a company exec calls an "enterprise intelligence" strategy.
IBM launches new tiered storage products

IBM announced storage features and products today, including data tiering software, higher capacity hard drives and next-generation tape drive technology.

Latest Features

IBM CIO Jeanette Horan discusses BYOD strategy at Big Blue

IBM CIO Jeanette Horan has plenty of IT projects and systems to worry about, but perhaps one of the most pressing and timely is Big Blue's ongoing BYOD (bring your own device) rollout, which is aimed at including all of the company's 440,000 employees over time.
Backup strategy - virtualisation changes everything

Enterprises have had long-standing approaches to backup, using methodologies that have been well-honed through constant use. But there's a new game in town; the arrival of virtualisation as a resource within organisations has meant that system administrators have had to change their thinking to accommodate the new technology.
Why did IBM buy XIV?

XIV offers block SAN-like storage using SATA drives for Web 2.0 with great scalability and data protection. Why did IBM buy it?
How to make use of vendors' weaknesses

You already know IT prices are too high; here's how you can make vendors agree.
How Virtual Machine Manager may help Microsoft compete with VMware

VMware may have the market share and, with its recent successful IPO, all the momentum. But Microsoft now has a system management platform that gives IT administrators a simultaneous view of physical and virtual servers.
IBM's green demo data centre (part 2)

The second part of a feature describing how IBM is proposing a holistic approach to raise data centre power efficiency, focusing on more efficient power delivery, more precisely targeted cooling and optimised air flows, and better power management of IT equipment.
The limits of DPM - Servergraph

To find out what Aptare, Bocada, Servergraph and WysDM think about data protection management (DPM) read this quartet of interviews.
The limits of DPM - Aptare's view

Boiling the ocean and the bubble in the carpet.
VMware server backup becomes easier

Companies running virtual servers will soon find them easier to back up as the list of software vendors grows -- even though the cost can vary significantly.
New management products from Tivoli

IBM has announced that the IBM Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) is to ship 30 June, along with three Process Manager tools. The company's Al Zollar discusses what they mean for users.

How-tos

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Network management frameworks

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Featured White Papers

Flexible solutions for a dynamic world

This whitepaper examines the major challenges facing network managers and recommends six key requirement clusters that can be used for this evaluation process. Also presented is an overview of IBM?s Tivoli network management portfolio products, along with an assessment of how the IBM Tivoli solution aligns to meet the needs of the emerging, dynamic operational paradigm.
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Extending Nagios to Create a Comprehensive Monitoring Solution

Already using open source? Want to get the best of open source and enterprise-class monitoring in a single package? Find out how. This white paper details how GroundWork Open Source integrates best-of-breed open source approaches with its own components to provide a complete network and systems monitoring solution.
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Installation and Configuration of Tivoli System Automation for High Availability of DB2 UDB BCU on AIX

This paper documents an installation and configuration of IBM Tivoli System Automation on IBM AIX to provide high availability for a DB2 Universal DataBase (UDB) Balanced Configuration Unit (BCU). It provides the information that is needed to enable high availability quickly for an AIX DB2 environment. It is of special interest to those who intend to provide high availability for a DB2 database BCU that is running on the AIX platform.
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What differentiates Omegamon XE for Linux on zSeries from the new Omegamon XE on z/VM and Linux?

Omegamon XE for Linux on zSeries is a TEMA that provides system level and log metrics to monitor supported Linux for zSeries managed systems. Omegamon XE on z/VM and Linux utilizes a Linux guest utility structure and Performance Toolkit combination on a z/VM managed system to perform Omegamon TEMA and data collection functions
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IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1 Distributed Monitoring Upgrade Toolkit Tips and Tricks

In this document, we will compile a bag of tips and tricks for DM Upgrade users like you that will help you better customize a DM upgrade to ITM 6.1. These will include workarounds to limitations, undocumented features, obscure functionality, etc.
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