This is the first part of a two part article on IBM Endpoint Manager and Enterproid Divide. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with IBM Endpoint Manager or as it was previously known BigFix. Since IBM acquired BigFix there have been numerous enhancements and improvements including the introduction of Mobile Device Management. IBM […]
IBM recently released the IBM Application Performance Diagnostics (APD) Lite product, but what is it? What does it do? How can it help you? The product homepage can be found here and contains a product demonstration video as well as a download area for the software and associated documentation. So what does IBM say it actually is? […]
IBM recently released the IBM SmartCloud – Log Analysis product, but what is it? What does it do? and how can it help you? The aim of the product is to facilitate the analysis of log files enabling trends or issues to be quickly identified hence minimising the time taken to resolve problems and maximising […]
With the explosion of Big Data the field of Analytics has boomed in recent years. One discipline in this field that is gaining more prominence and momentum is that of IT Operations Analytics and, in particular, predictive analytics. A presentation at the recent Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit forecast that amongst Global 2000 […]
The original version of the Netcool/OMNIbus Probe for SCOM 2007 proved somewhat troublesome to configure, specifically the communication that required the set-up of SSL certificates. Thankfully the latest version relies on standard Kerberos authentication and so configuration is much simplified. The Netcool/OMNIbus Probes for SCOM (there are versions to support SCOM2007 and SCOM2012) collect alarms […]