Last updated on March 16th 2011 by Simon Barnes As a consultant the most common question I get asked at the start of any monitoring project is what should I monitor? Of course I can advise on the best metrics for such things as DB2 or Solaris however for any monitoring solution to really achieve […]
There is a lot of excitement around IBM’s new acquisition, BigFix now rebranded as IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (TEM). The name TEM has led to some confusion for people that are using IBM Tivoli Framework, I certainly got a few confused responses when I announced some new features being developed in Tivoli Endpoint Manager. The […]
Last updated on February 25th 2011 by Simon Barnes I’m not sure if it is the recession or just a coincidence but over the last year I’ve been asked a number of times to help write Return on Investment (ROI) Studies or Business Cases to try and justify software purchases. It seems that in the […]
Changing your name is in vogue at the moment. Norwich Union is now Aviva, British Petroleum is BP, Puff Daddy became P Diddy, and then simply Diddy before recently changing to Diddy Dirty Money. IBM is no different. Alongside the release of any “bluewashed” product comes the inevitable change of name and true to form […]
One of the most demanding problems in software development is designing a single interface to suit all users, from the unversed newbie to the seasoned veteran. For example, the interface for Microsoft Word has to accommodate all users, from a child writing their first word processed letter to Santa to someone who frets about the difference […]