IT infrastructures are a collection of disparate
and converging products, yet all of these technologies must be
configured and monitored to ensure viability of
mission-critical applications and services.
Deploying, configuring and managing a variety of
complex voice and data devices from the same vendor - let alone
multiple vendors - is a daily battle that challenges even the most
experienced administrator. No matter what software solution you
decide to use for
managing complex services and...
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It seems like these days, talk of
cloud
computing and
network virtualization
is all the rage. And there's nothing wrong with that!
Virtualization can save valuable storage and energy resources,
while there are myriad advantages to the cloud for both consumers
and providers.
To celebrate the history of automated network management and
remediation - where we've come from and where we're going - I did a
little '
digging in
the crates' to find a few of our past hits.
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Here is an older press...
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We were just perusing the collection of white papers on the
Dorado Software website
and ran across a great write-up regarding lights-out IT Management.
If you haven’t seen the actual white paper,
you can get it here.
In a nutshell, Lights-Out IT Management is the ability to provide
automated remediation including event, configuration, service level
and security management in an unattended environment. This helps
move IT resources further up the food chain – being able to provide
value-add...
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Several months ago we put together a presentation on
Network Change
& Configuration Management that had some pretty cool
nuggets. It was spearheaded by our own Mike Grote, Dorado
Software's VP of Product Management.
Regardless of what systems or procedures you decide to choose for
running your own network, there are 3 attributes that every NCCM
system should deliver. To wit:
1. Complete visibility of your IT
environment
(including automated discovery of devices,
interfaces AND connectivity
2....
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