Let's talk Dell. One of the nice things about Dell is they provide
lots of resources for people who buy their products, especially in
the B2B space. And one of those resources is - you guessed - it...
us!
A
Dell ISV certified product, Redcell System Commander provides
integration of Dell OpenManage(tm) hardware management
functionality for Dell PowerEdge Servers and Blade platforms. In
addition to Dell infrastructure (switches, servers, blades, and
printers) there are affordable upgrades to...
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Knowledge is power -- and knowledge about network
configuration change is the power to control your network and
ensure uninterrupted
service
to your users. This means the ability to control changes across
your distributed network, knowing when changes occur, by able to
react quickly, effectively and automatically to unauthorized and/or
out-of-compliance changes.
Configuration compliance is also the foundation of
network security: Whether it is compliance to your internal IT
policies, service...
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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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How nice would it be to have
1 common interface...
A single GUI, not a bunch of different tools... for
everything?
One aspect of network management:
Inventory/deep discovery. This is something that on the surface
sounds simple, but really is the foundation for everything else
that takes place in your network. For example, "How are my devices
configured?" or "How are my services provisioned?" You can't begin
to fix a system or process that's broken without knowing first what
you have.
Discovery al...
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What to do if you're managing Cisco? The first thing to do is
research the tools that are out there.
Redcell Service Provider Solutions for Cisco provide an
integrated network and service management for Cisco advanced
technologies. They provide a solid foundation so you can build
successful and scalable service offerings for next generation
security,
Ethernet,
VPN and other services, delivering the level of service and
range of options your customers expect. With visibility across the
network...
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Problem! Service Providers lose millions of
dollars annually because of poor processes during the provisioning
process.
Partially integrated business and operation support systems
force operators into manual and tedious processes such as manual
CLI, validation, and data entry. We all love our excel forms, but
that data is only as good as the last person who entered
it. So manual and tedious processes result in slow, error
prone provisioning that ultimately reduce efficiencies, upset
customers...
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Recently I was at a family event where I got to meet a bunch of new
people: You know, the kind of place where you pretty much have to
find something to talk about because of awkward
silence...
So seemed a great time to be talking
network
compliance, or policy issues or
inventory management. Hey, at Dorado we're pretty excited about
these things. And even better, I found myself talking to a person
who is as wonky as I am! The new girlfriend of my brother-in-law,
who likes football and beer as...
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Are you lucky enough to be in France this week? If you are,
the first thing on your mind is undoubtedly the MEF Network
Automation Conference taking place in Paris. Our very own Francois
Lorcery of
Dorado Software will be
presenting - and here's what's on the agenda:
MEF Network Automation
Compliance Lifecycle: Achieve Cost-Effective and
Automated PCI Compliance
Presenting a
Compliance Lifecycle approach that provides a framework to help
organizations achieve PCI compliance cost effectively and...
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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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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Today I came across a nice
article in Channel Insider by Leah Gabriel Nurik titled,
"Health Care Opportunities Beyond Economic Stimulus."
Here is a summary of the article:
"Opportunities in health care
IT reach beyond what is funded by the economic stimulus package. A
new solution offered by technology service provider Manage Mobility
enables health care providers to use their mobile devices to keep
an eye on elderly patients who may otherwise be at
risk."Leah profiles one solution in...
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When companies are employing people with titles like "Chief
Disruption Officer", they recognize that their networks are at
risk, including for unauthorized configuration changes to their
switches, routers or firewalls. They've obviously been reading
industry reports that estimate that one-third of network outages
are caused simply by human error, or have experienced it themselves
(like the Dallas data service provider,
Rackspace, in December while bringing a new datacenter online
--
see...
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Ok, it's finally here: time to choose a new
network
management solution. Maybe the crazy quilt of our old solutions
don't work anymore - or, maybe we need to manage that nifty new
piece of hardware. Of course, if you're in a position to be getting
new network equipment that can be a great problem!
So the first thing: monitoring. There is a great network monitoring
web site run by Les Cottrell over at Stanford. Les has put together
an amazing collection of tools for anyone to peruse, as well as...
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Today I found a nice,
unbiased article on network monitoring from Gus Bekdash. He's a
managing consultant at Forsythe Solutions Group.
Gus has a few great tips for companies who are looking for
network
monitoring solutions; here it is in his own words:
Organizations exploring monitoring solutions should do the
following:
- Work with a vendor that can provide consulting about tools,
processes and people, as well as help them evaluate representative
solutions from all the options above;
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When it's time to invest in a
network
monitoring and/or
network management system, one of the first questions to arise
is, "will I need to manage a network with elements from multiple
vendors, or is my network equipment going to be all from one single
vendor?"
The answer is usually - you guessed, it - both! "We need a network
management system that needs to seamlessly blend our legacy systems
into whatever is the hot new upgrade (or even more frequently, the
necessary infrastructure investment...
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