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Tom Parish
       

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"BMC Atrium Discovery customers have every reason in the world to be absolutely thrilled ...  we're bringing them the best of breed discovery and dependency mapping technology," says Colin Fletcher.

 

In today’s highly complex and rapidly evolving computing environments, having deep visibility and clear understanding of the critical business services and their associated relationships to specific IT resources is fundamental. Especially if you want to improve service quality, minimize risk and reduce IT costs. BMC's October 2009 acquisition of Tideway Systems Limited (Tideway), a leading provider of IT discovery solutions, enhances BMC’s Business Service Management (BSM) platform and helps organizations minimize the risks associated with business-critical initiatives such as data center consolidation, virtualization and compliance.


Join as as we talk with Colin Fletcher,  Solutions Marketing Manager for BMC Atrium, as we find out just how the Tideway product fits in with BMC's Business Service Management (BSM) platform and why Atrium customers in particular are so excited abou this addition to the BMC product line.

Colin

 


Bio

Colin Fletcher is the Solutions Marketing Manager for BMC Atrium at BMC Software, where he serves as a trusted advisor, evaluating business
and technical challenges from a BSM perspective.

 


Questions

  1. You've had quite an involvement in Tideways Systems? Can you give us a brief overview of this product?
  2. What is it about what they have there that's just so strong?
  3. How does Tideway fit in with the BMC product line?
  4. How does this affect Atrium users in particular?
  5. What about the CMDB?
  6. How does this acquisition change the landscape for customers with virtual servers?
  7. What are you hearing from users? What are they especially happy about related to the Tideway acquisition?
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Tom Parish
       

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"We saw a shift in priorities (in the 2009 Survey) moving to efficiency and optimization," says Mike Moser.

 

Changing economic conditions have caused many IT organizations to refocus their priorities, say the results of the 2009 BMC Software Mainframe Survey. More than 1500 Survey respondents worldwide indicated that businesses have generally slowed investments in new applications and general purpose mainframe capacity. Many organizations are now focusing on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their current mainframe installations to leverage the platform as a consolidation platform and, most importantly, to position their companies for future growth. To find out more about issues and trends on the Mainframe, join us as we talk with Mike Moser, Product Management Director for Mainframe Service Management at BMC Software.

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Bio

Mike Moser is a product management director and program executive within BMC Software’s Mainframe Service Management business unit. He focuses on issues related to reducing costs while improving IT efficiency and service delivery.

 

 

Questions

  1. BMC recently completed its 2009 BMC Software Mainframe Survey.  Will you share a little background about this survey and the participants?
  2. What were some of the key findings from the survey?
  3. Were there any surprising responses or trends?
  4. Why do you feel MIPS growth reduction surfaced as a rather high priority among respondents?
  5. We noticed that 62% of the respondents were optimistic about future growth and expansion of the platform, why do you think that is?
  6. Do you see any emerging trends related to IT management strategies?
  7. What is BMC doing in response to what it has learned from this year's mainframe survey?

Resources

 

IT Survey Results: Mainframe Is an Engine of Business Growth and a Reason for Optimism (PDF)

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Tom Parish
       

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"We have to be very careful about confusing measuring things with trying to immediately improve them," says Colin Fletcher.

A universal law of business states, “What gets measured gets the attention.”  IT must ensure that the right metrics are used as key performance indicators (KPIs) so that appropriate actions are taken by IT management and IT staff to meet the targets set by these KPIs.

 

How long have you been measuring the same thing and getting the same results? Does what you're measuring result in positive change in the business? Have you evaluated what you're measuring against what your customers want? How well are you meeting your improvement goals? Have you taken time to dream about what your business would be like if you could do anything?

 

Join us as we talk with Colin Fletcher, Solutions Marketing Manager, BMC Atrium at BMC Software, about Developing Metrics that Matter. Colin shares insights and tips about how to develop metrics that matter in your IT environment.

Colin

Bio

Colin Fletcher is the Solutions Marketing Manager for BMC Atrium at BMC Software, where he serves as a trusted advisor, evaluating business
and technical challenges from a BSM perspective.

Questions

  1. Everyone wants IT to be a dependable, high-quality service to business users at a reasonable cost. But all too often it's not that way. IT groups are often overwhelmed with all the things they have to do. So at what point do you start? Are key performance indicators (KPIs) a way making this whole measurement thing a win for the IT group?
  2. Do you think these days it's useful for IT groups to start from scratch on that perspective as a refresh?
  3. You have said that developing KPIs is similar to working inside out. Can you expand on that
  4. What is the difference between the perception of what is keeping people from achieving their goals, and the reality?
  5. Is there potentially greater value in taking a broader, deeper look at what you're basing your KPI on, beyond the six-sigma approach, and beyond how accurate and how fast you've done things?
  6. What is the value in establishing KPIs incrementally? Can you talk a little about what that would look like in an organization?
  7. How do IT service management solutions fit into this picture?

Resources

BMC Industry Insight: Developing Metrics That Matter (PDF)

 

 

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Tom Parish
         

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If service desk consolidation is properly implemented (your business) will get a much bigger ROI than they used to justify the investment in the consolidation, says Frederieke Winkler Prins.

 

In most organizations, the service desk is the primary (if not the only) point of contact between external customers and the business. As a result, many customers form their perceptions of your company based entirely on their service desk experience. That makes the service desk a critical factor for business success.

 

Are you mandated to reduce service-desk related costs, yet trying to maintain or improve the customer experience? Are you trying to reduce unplanned downtime? Are you evaluating services after an acquisition and looking to decrease service desk proliferation, yet dealing with people who are resistant to change? Join us as we talk with Frederieke Winkler Prins, Manager, Product Management for IT Service Management at BMC Software, and gain some valuable insights into the hows and whys of Service Desk Consolidation.

 

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Bio

Frederieke Winkler Prins is the Manager, Product Management for IT Service Management at BMC Software. She is a certified ITIL Master with more than a decade of experience working with leading corporations and government agencies.

 

 


Questions

  1. Why are service desks so fragmented today? What are some of the elements that are causing this fragmentation at this point in time?
  2. On this whole notion of consolidation, why would someone want to consolidate? Let's say that you understand there's a problem, how do you go about resolving the problem. It's not just as simple as finding a vendor, is it  more complicated than that? What are the elements to make that work?
  3. Let's talk a little about the technology. how does that affect your approach?
  4. What are the business benefits to Service Desk Consolidation?
  5. Why are BMC solutions, and Remedy ITSM suited to help organizations in their Service Desk Consolidation?

Resources

How to Improve Service Quality through Service Desk Consolidation (PDF)

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Tom Parish
         

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"Sometimes you can just stack up different parts of an application, you don't have to virtualize everything," says Ron Kaminski.

 

With Capacity Planning enjoying a resurgence of popularity in IT, are you behind the curve or ahead of the curve? Are you aware of how you are using your hardware? Do you know where all your dormant or orphaned applications are? Do you know why you'd want to be able to swiftly move from physical to virtual servers? Join us as we talk with Ron Kaminski, ITS Senior Consultant at Kimberly-Clark Corporation as we answer these questions and more in our conversation about planning for virtualization and consolidation.

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Bio

Ron Kaminski is ITS Senior Consultant at Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Ron has lectured on capacity and performance management conferences around the world.

 

 

 

Questions

  1. Capacity planning is seen as the key process that enables organizations to successfully consolidate or virtualize and maintain performance. What are you thoughts on this?
  2. Can we assume that Kimberly-Clark has joined the ranks of companies with a consolidation and/or virtualization initiatives?
  3. Will you describe your key challenges in your adoption of virtualization?
  4. Are you using BMC Capacity Management to address your virtualization challenges?
  5. There are a lot of people who are virtualizing or consolidating workloads for the first time, and are not trained or experienced as you are from a  capacity-planning perspective.  What should companies who are new to consolidation or virtualization look out for?
  6. Will you discuss keys to successful virtualization?
  7. Can you give listeners an idea of the benefits they’ll receive?  What benefits have you received, or expect to receive?
  8. Why is Kimberley Clark using BMC for these initiatives?
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Tom Parish
         

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"Great capacity planning is always built on collecting and using the data that lets you depict resource consumption... subdivided into business functions that are meaningful to your business," says Ron Kaminski.

 

Is your IT organization using your hardware capacity to its full potential? Do you know whether you're buying new equipment because you really need new capacity, or are you simply covering for a malfunctioning process? Are you reporting capacity data in terms that people can understand? Join us was we talk with Ron Kaminski, ITS Senior Consultant at Kimberly-Clark Corporation to find out answers to these questions and more.

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Bio

Ron Kaminski is ITS Senior Consultant at Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Ron has lectured on capacity and performance management conferences around the world.


Questions

  1. You've lectured at capacity and performance management conferences around the world on the practical value of capacity management in enterprise data centers.  How long have you been in the capacity planning field?
  2. In addition to using capacity planning to effectively consolidate or virtualize servers and applications you promote capacity planning as an ongoing activity - Talk about some of the best practices that you follow around ongoing operational capacity planning.
  3. What are the some of the key-benefits of doing ongoing capacity planning?
  4. What are your keys to success?
  5. Where should people start?  What are some of the pitfalls that people new to capacity planning fall into?
  6. What should companies look for when selecting a capacity planning tool?
  7. What metrics should they track?  How do you measure success?
  8. Can you share some of the success/metrics you’ve achieved at Kimberly-Clark?
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Tom Parish
         

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"You want to take compliance from an event that you don't look forward to ... turn it into a process," says Ben Newton.

 

The United States government must process and protect vast amounts of data essential to our country’s welfare. The challenge for government IT organizations is to make this information available when and where it is needed, without risking the security of that data or the government’s networks.

 

Whether you are dealing with compliance and security in a Federal environment, as a Federal contractor, or simply need to meet stringent internal security requirements, be sure to listen in as we talk with Chris Olson, Technical Director and CTO for Public Sector Sales at BMC Software andBenjamin Newton Software Consulting Manager for Public Sector; Department of Defense and Intelligence Community at BMC Software.

 

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Chris Olson is Technical Director and CTO for Public Sector Sales at BMC Software. Chris manages the day-to-day technical sales engineering activities for all federal, state and local, and education accounts.

 

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Ben Newton is the technical director for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community Sales at BMC Software. He manages the technical side of the sales cycle for all of BMC’s defense and intelligence community customers.

 



Questions

  1. So, Chris and Ben, you’ve been at this awhile. Have you seen some changes, concerns, or trends that are noteworthy?
  2. It sounds like on the government side, besides the sheer numbers of devices concerned being huge—and widely distributed—the compliance process involves a lot of process and detail. It sounds like a massive undertaking, am I right?
  3. What’s changed in the last 3 to 5 years that make it more complex to demonstrate readiness and compliance with regulations
  4. What is it about automation that they really need to know in order to move forward?
  5. What are some of the key steps for creating a culture that integrates security and configuration management to get to the place of compliance? 6. How do you talk about BSM with regards to the challenges relating to continued compliance, to support compliance effectively, and so on?
  6. Normally, we’d be asking about what the business benefits are to this of approach ad architecture and thinking about BSM. But, how are the business benefits different when we’re talking about the Federal Government?

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Tom Parish
         

 

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"Mobility has been around for awhile, but it's just now coming to the fore... it's just now where technology is up to speed for it," says Doug Mueller.

Doug Mueller

Although mobility has been around for awhile, it's just starting to mature. Still, businesses can realize big benefits, big returns, and big leaps forward, as well as experience some unexpected challenges with a mobility undertaking. Before adding this subtly surprising layer of complexity to your IT environment, listen is as we talk with Doug Mueller, BMC CTO for the Service Management Business Unit, as he gives some valuable insights into mobilizing IT and mobilizing your business.

 

Bio

Doug Mueller serves as Chief Technology Officer, Service Management Business Unit of BMC Software. Doug is responsible for helping drive the architecture and direction of the BSM, Service Support, and Atrium initiatives. He joined BMC in 2002 as part of the acquisition of Remedy where he was a co-founder.

 

Questions

 

  1. Ok so, bottom line, when is mobile technology appropriate?
  2. IT groups are toying with the idea around utilizing mobile devices for support purposes. Is that a reality or an idealistic goal?
  3. Where do companies see the greatest successes as relates to mobility. What would be some examples you are familiar with?
  4. What are some Best Practices or has this area matured enough to really know?
  5. What is the best place to start with a mobility undertaking?
  6. What are some challenges in making this kind of change... push back, culture change, etc.
  7. Are there any good questions that come up, top signs that a company really needs to be involved in a mobilization scene?
  8. IT groups are toying with the idea of using mobile devices for support purposes. Is that a reality or is that more of an idealistic goal?

Resources

  • Mobilizing IT Support for Efficiency, Speed, and Effectiveness

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    Tom Parish

    "Money aside, data center consolidation simplifies things," says Vick Vaishnavi

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    Can downsizing and consolidating data centers yield long-term savings sufficient enough to warrant the project? There is no doubt. By right-sizing, you can often recoup the project costs in months, not years. Join us in a conversation with Vick Vaishnavi, vice president of Worldwide Marketing for BMC Software, as we discuss practical tips to help you build the business case for and implement a data center consolidation.

     

    Bio

    Vick Vaishnavi, vice president of Worldwide Marketing for BMC Software, is responsible for driving BMC’s global marketing strategy, market development, campaigns, and field operations activities.

     

    Questions

    1. Let's talk about Data Center Consolidation. What does it really mean?
    2. Why would a client consider a project like data center consolidation at this particular time, given all the budget cuts and pullbacks? 
    3. How hard is it to build a business case for this kind of undertaking?
    4. You mention 5 steps for data center consolidation in your white paper. Can we touch on those steps briefly?
    5. Is there any one step you would describe as being the most important step?
    6. What's the relationship between data center consolidation and financial- or customer-data compliance requirements?
    7. How can data center consolidation make a difference in the survival of the business?
    8. What one question do you wish people would ask before starting a data center consolidation project?

    Resources

    Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation (pdf)

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    Tom Parish

    "Having transparency into the IT budget as well as the associated projects is more important now that it has been even in the recent past," says Gene Leonardi.

    Eugene Leonardi


    How are you managing the business aspect of IT in your organization? Do you know the total cost of ownership on your IT projects?  Do you know how much you're spending, where you're spending it, and for whom in the organization you're spending your IT dollars? How are you keeping tabs on your compliance requirements? Listen in as we talk with Eugene Leonardi, Worldwide Sales Director of BMC IT as we discuss BMC's IT Business Management Suite and discuss some ideas for effective ways to manage the business of IT.




    Bio

     

    Gene Leonardi is Worldwide Sales Director of BMC IT, running sales for BMC’s Service Resource Planning products. Gene joined BMC software in June 2008 following BMC’s acquisition of his company, ITM Software, where he was head of sales and member of the executive committee.  ITM Software was an independent software company that specialized in developing and implementing IT Business Management applications in the US, Europe and Japan.  BMC acquired ITM to complement its comprehensive Business Service Management suite of applications.

    Questions


    1. Give us  a brief overview of what BMC's IT Business Management Suite is all about.
    2. So I see this is around the business aspects of running IT. More specifically what does this suite consist of?
    3. This seems like that would be really useful for putting together an internal budget for projects that are coming down the line, and are being demanded by business groups, but people are saying "we don't have the resources for that."
    4. This sounds really helpful, but it also sounds a lot like what other vendors call Project and Portfolio Management or PPM. What's the difference between what BMC sells and PPM?
    5. You mentioned Gartner a little bit earlier. In Gartner's most recent Magic Quadrant Report on PPM, I see that BMC's PPM is in the top right quadrant, along with the "Best-of-Breed Vendors."<
    6. These days, when 50 to 60 percent of IT budgets are going to vendors outside of the organization, how does vendor resource management help a CIO address those costs?
    7. With CIOs more responsible than ever before for testing compliance on a regular basis, how does Service Resource Planning help the CIO keep tabs on the various aspects of compliance?
    8. OK, there's a whole lot of functionality here, how does the customer know where to start? There's five different packages. How big of an effort is this to get started, and how do you dig in?
    9. So, this Suite sounds great, but does it leverage the CMDB?


      10. Resources


      Managing the Business of IT: Maximizing the Power of Service Resource Planning, the Next Step in Business Service Management (pdf)

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    Tom Parish

    Workload automation is a complete orchestration of infrastructure, applications, and business objectives, says John McKenny

     

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    Batch processing is not just for the mainframe any more. It's also available on linux, unix, and Windows environments and many other midrange systems.

     

    Regardless of your platform, if you're looking for a reduction in downtime, faster problem tracking and resolution of exceptions, or if you're looking to your business without adding staff in the IT operations area, IT workload automation may take your business to the next level.

     

    Listen in as we talk with John McKenny, BMC vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Mainframe Service Management (MSM) and find out how IT workload automation can help you improve the efficiency of your overall operations and help your business deliver new applications more quickly.

     

    Bio

    John McKenny, BMC vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Mainframe Service Management (MSM), leads global teams responsible for the product strategy, direction, and marketing activities for mainframe management solutions. He joined BMC in 1995 as a member of the DB2 research and development team, and served as a director in research and development and as senior director of marketing and product management. Prior to joining BMC, he spent 15 years in various IT roles.

     

    Questions

    1. When people think about scheduling, they mostly think about Mainframe based batch environments. What changed in the automation arena in the past 20 years?
    2. Can you elaborate on that? What exactly is IT Workload Automation and why is it such a critical element of IT?
    3. What's the catch? Why isn't everyone adopting it at this point?
    4. Very interesting. So having implemented IT Workload Automation, what are some of the cost savings customers are seeing?
    5. I want something specific. Can you give us an example of companies that actually accomplished such savings?
    6. If someone is looking for an IT Workload Automation solution, where do they go to find information on products and vendors?

    Resources

    The CARFAX Video Success Story

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    Tom Parish

    "Customers see the benefit both in terms of operational savings to IT and dramatically improved service to their customers," says Jim Grant.

    Part One—Service Desk Consolidation

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    Are you looking for a way to get a handle on what you actually have in service desks and the level of service to your business? Are you looking for operational savings? Would you like to improve your first-call resolution rates or improve service to your customers? How can Service Desk Consolidation help you with that? For answers to these questions and more, listen in as we talk with Glenn O'Donnell and Jim Grant about saving costs with service desk consolidation.

     

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    Jim Grant is the senior vice president of strategy and corporate development at BMC Software. Prior to his current position, Grant was senior vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Service Management business unit at BMC. Grant joined BMC in 2003 from Hewlett-Packard, where he was the vice president and general manager of the OpenView software business.

     

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    Glenn O'Donnell, Senior Analyst with Forrester Research, is widely regarded as a top thought leader in IT service management, IT operations, and the broader social implications of technology evolution. Glenn's specialties are in data center automation and operational excellence

     

     

     

     

    Questions

    1. I’ve been speaking to many IT executives lately and one topic they consistently bring up is around reducing the cost of IT.  Our first question is for Glenn O'Donnell, with Forrester Research. Where do you see the biggest cost saving opportunities for IT executives? IT executives have a mandate to reduce costs, but there is also a strategic opportunity here to reshape IT at the same time and improve service quality and delivery.  Glenn, what actions are companies taking in 2009 to reduce costs, but also position their organizations for growth in the future?
    2. Our next question is for Jim Grant, with BMC. Many companies have realized enormous benefits, in both financial and in the quality of service from consolidating IT service desks. What key factors should be considered when consolidating multiple IT Help Desks into a single, centralized service desk?
    3. A lot of companies have successfully consolidated their service desks around BMC Remedy. Jim, what real-world benefits have you seen your customers achieve when they consolidate the service desk?

    Resources

    BMC Service Desk Consolidation

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    Tom Parish

    "Automation is not just application of technology. It's application of technology to proven processes," says Glenn O'Donnell.

    Part Two—Data Center Consolidation

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    Data center consolidation can help reduce costs and make the organization more nimble in responding to customer needs. Are you getting the most out of your monitoring and management tools? Are you looking to save costs or help make your data center more effective and efficient? Then listen in as we talk with Glenn O'Donnell and Jim Grant about saving costs with data center consolidation.

     

    Bios

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    Questions

    1. Having a consolidated service desk as a single point of contact is a core need for IT to move on to improving other business and IT processes. In the area of Data Center automation and consolidation, there is a lot companies can gain in operational efficiency. Glenn, to enable or prepare for data center consolidation, what strategies and technologies do you see companies putting in place to ensure their success?
    2. So Jim, back to you. BMC is seen as a leader in the data center management space. What does BMC provide its customers that enables them to consolidate their data centers and reduce costs? And How have your customers embraced data center consolidation and what are some of the benefits that they have realized?

     

    Resources

    BMC Data Center Consolidation

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    Tom Parish

    "We in IT are in the business of change, but we don't like change ourselves. The world is changing and we need to be ready," says Glenn O'Donnell.

    Part Three—Vendor Consolidation

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    Are your vendors simplifying or complicating your life? Are your software license contracts under control? Do you know what your vendor deliverables are and how they are performing? If you need to get a better handle on what's going on with the myriad vendors you are working with, listen in as we talk with Glenn O'Donnell and Jim Grant about saving costs with vendor consolidation.

    Bios

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    Questions

    1. Jim – With that much of the IT budget being spent on vendors, I would think Vendor Management is an area where customers could see some significant cost reductions from consolidation and managing their vendors and contracts better. What are some of the key features that enable companies to generate these types of savings? So Jim, BMC has helped many companies with vendor consolidation. Can you speak to a few examples that highlight the incredible savings these organizations have been able to attain?  
    2. How is BMC Software best positioned to help IT organizations address their cost reduction mandates, but at the same time position them for growth in the long term?

    Resources

    BMC Vendor and Asset Management

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    Tom Parish

    "I don't think cloud computing will take over everything ..." says whurley

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    Is cloud computing going to take over the data center as we know it? Are you thinking about the cloud as a means to achieve greater flexibility, with lower complexity and less hands-on time with configuration management? Will writing scalable applications be a thing of the past? If that's your current train of thought maybe it's time for some down-to-earth thinking.

     

    Join us as we talk about cloud computing with whurley, chief architect of open source strategy at BMC Software. Listen in as whurley discusses some of the benefits of cloud computing as well as cracks open a few myths, discusses how cloud computing currently fits into the data-center picture, and talks about some of the newer open source players in the cloud.

     

    Bio

    whurley (William Hurley) is the chief architect of open source strategy at BMC Software, Inc. Also known as "whurley," he is responsible for creating BMC's open source agenda and overseeing the company's participation in various free, and open source software communities to advance the adoption and integration of BSM solutions. A technology visionary and holder of 11 important patents, whurley brings 16 years of experience in developing groundbreaking technology. He is the chairman of the Open Management Consortium, a non-profit organization advancing the adoption, development, and integration of open source systems management. Named as an IBM Master Inventor, whurley has received numerous awards including an IBM Pervasive Computing Award and Apple Computer Design Award.

    Questions

    1. Will traditional enterprises embark on Cloud computing anytime soon? How does this contrast with the hype that Cloud will take over the entire computing model?
    2. Does cloud computing add another level of complexity on the management side of things? What are the trade offs?
    3. How about this, just because you move your apps to a cloud, doesn't mean you don't need configuration management. Is that true or not?
    4. I heard Ubuntu is getting into open source cloud computing. What do you think of that?
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