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"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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Tom Parish

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William Hurley While he's quick to say that   he didn't choose the title of his white paper, "Between the Bazaar and the   Cathedral - Where ITIL®, Business Service Management, and Open Source   Converge" in this podcast, Whurley openly talks about the lessons learned   and leadership of enterprise software meeting open source, and community   involvement in producing quality software.

 

Listen in on this half-hour conversation where he and Tom Parish talk   about community as a self managing and self governing entity. As a case   study, the 13,000 registered members on BMC Developer's Network at   developer.bmc.com comprise that community and entity for BMC Software.

As Whurley loves to state, software is software is software. He means   that you have to decide if you have time or money for any software   deployment. Learn if there are mystical calculations for whether open source   is better for your situation. You'll enjoy listening in and even finding out   what sets Whurley's office apart from other BMC offices.

Bio

Whurley (William Hurley) is the chief architect of Open Source   Strategy at BMC Software, Inc. Famous simply 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.

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Between the Bazaar and the Cathedral
Where ITIL®, Business Service Management, and   Open Source Converge

 

Questions

  1. Your paper talks about the merging of open source, the babbling bazaar    with different agendas and approaches, with the cathedral of enterprise    software, complex architecture built painstakingly by “individual wizards    or small bands of mages working in splendid isolation.” Since a CMDB is a basic requirement following ITIL, it would seem that the CMDB isv a cathedral. In what ways is that a good    thing, and what are some of the downsides of the church of the CMDB?
  2. You’re probably familiar with the terms “whuffie” from and “psychic    income” – for our listeners who may not have heard these terms, they    roughly translate to reputation, clout, and influence, but are terms    usually reserved for individuals’ motivation to contribute to a community    or open source project. Do you believe that similar terms are available to    describe a company’s reward for participating in and supporting open    source?
  3. Your office at BMC is creative yet    comfortable, with giant green IKEA leaves    overhead and a traditional rug beneath your feet. How do both creativity    and comfort levels come into play when companies evaluate open source    solutions for solving business problems?
  4. One concern about combining open source with traditional enterprise    software is the claim that total cost of ownership is more with open    source. Your paper appears to refute that claim – could you expand on that    particular concern especially when merging the two makes it more difficult    to calculate TCO? Is it valid?
  5. As you know, the ITIL acronym represents a    Library with fairly expensive, tightly controlled books. Often people    associate open source with free. What are your thoughts on
  6. Do you have any good stories of an IT department that lives between the    Cathedral and the Bazaar, and benefits from cathedrals built in an open    company culture?
  7. You have a nice list of over a dozen open source solutions for service    management, yet only two provide support for ITIL and BSM. Do you think the trends are moving in a    way that mean more and more of those open source solutions will support    ITIL and BSM, or is    there a mismatch in the audience and purchase decision makers – ITIL and BSM solutions are    sold to the business types, while open source solutiosn are “sold” to the    technical types?
  8. What takeaways do you want to leave listeners with today?
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Tom Parish
iPhone Developers Go To Camp: Podcast interview with whurley (William Hurley), chief architect of open source strategy and Scott Isensee, user interface architect at BMC Software, Inc.

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What software applications extend to your iPhone? Scott Isensee, user interface architect and whurley, chief architect of open source  strategy at BMC Software, used iPhone DevCamp as an opportunity to experiment and find out. If you are into agile development, listen to this podcast and find out what two developers, two visual designers, and one usability expert accomplished over a weekend.

In this podcast, Scott and whurley share their iPhone DevCamp experiences, discuss what application they were able to test and deliver through the iPhone (and how they did it), and explore BMC's involvement in iPhone DevCamp. Scott and whurley also talk about what BMC products they believe can be delivered through this new venue in the future, and how the iPhone and the concept of community will affect the future of IT.

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    Bios

    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.

    Scott Isensee designs user interfaces for systems management products and leads a team defining the common user interface for BMC Software products. In the past he designed the Netpliance i-opener information appliance, led the cross-company user interface architecture group that designed the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) GUI for UNIX, led the IBM user interface architecture group, served on ISO and ANSI committees writing HCI standards, and designed hardware and software for the banking industry. Scott holds 50 U.S. patents and is a coauthor of the books The Art of Rapid Prototyping, Designing for the User with OVID: Bridging User Interface Design and Software Engineering, Information Appliances and Beyond, Constructing Superior Software, and User-Centered Design: An Integrated Approach. Scott holds master's degrees in Computer Science and Industrial Psychology.

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    Tom Parish
    The BMC Developer Network (BMCDN) is Open - Podcast interview with Fred Johannessen, vice president of technology alliances and whurley (William Hurley), chief architect, open source strategy at BMC Software, Inc.

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    The BMC Developer Network (BMCDN) is a new community launched by BMC Software where partners, customers, and even BMC competitors can comprehensively collaborate on development projects in the systems management space. Fred Johannessen, vice president of technology alliances, and William Hurley (a.k.a. "whurley"), chief architect of open source strategy at BMC, discuss how this new, open development environment goes hand-in-hand with open source. Both whurley and Johannessen agree that the BMCDN is simply an extension of BMC's philosophy, which has historically supported the ecosystem required to make quick technological advances in business service management.

    With forums, technical tools, and downloads, BMCDN is intended to be an interactive portal that enables anyone to contribute to development projects related to business service management. And by partnering with BMC Communities for blogs and podcasts, BMCDN is the perfect place to give the users voice and provide a platform for user-driven innovation. The goal is simple: provide one more way to create the best systems management solution in the market.

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    Bios

    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.

    Fred Johannessen is vice president of technology alliances at BMC Software and has been with BMC nearly 10 years, serving in a variety of executive roles.

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    Tom Parish
    The Democratic Approach to the Configuration Management Database: Podcast interview with Ariel Kirson, security architect and Atwell Williams, solutions architect at BMC Software, Inc.

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    How many subject-matter experts does it take to develop the Configuration Items (CIs) for your CMDB? And, how many different times zones do you have to criss-cross to be able to engage in a group discussion with all of those experts? If you're a configuration manager following a traditional, top-down approach to building a CMDB, you're probably facing a huge challenge identifying your CIs, building the relationships between them, and putting together your service model.  However, another option is the introduction of open design concepts into your process similar to those used in social media tools like wikis and folksonomies.  This can be the easier way to help you extract and corral all of the information that is tucked inside each SME, as well as ensuring your CMDB is continually maintained.

    In this podcast, BMC Software's security architect Ariel Kirson and solutions architect Atwell Williams offer some of their personal experiences and challenges with configuration management; discuss some of the key issues around the traditional approach to creating a CMDB; offer insight into alternative approaches; and debate the pros and cons of hierarchical, versus non-hierarchical, CMDB implementation and maintenance. If you want to be the one to revolutionize the creation, care, and upkeep of your CMDB, listen to this podcast.

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    Bios

    Ariel Kirson is a Security Architect in the CTO Office of BMC Software. He is tasked with ensuring that products developed by BMC Software are designed and coded to provide adequate security to customer environments. His main responsibility is propagating secure development practices through developer education, design reviews, and the development of guidelines. Additionally he is responsible for addressing security-related questions from customers and supporting Common Criteria (NIAP) certification projects.

    Ariel joined BMC Software in 2001, and has served in various business-development and marketing positions. Prior to joining BMC Software, Ariel worked for ten years as a software engineer and customer support manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and East Asian Studies, is fascinated by East Asian culture and is interested in traditional Japanese history

     

    Atwell Williams is a Solutions Architect within BMC’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).  In this capacity, he brings a unique combination of IT process expertise (having served as an ITIL instructor and being ITIL Foundation, Practitioner, and Service Manager Certified) and real world IT experience to BMC’s R&D organization.

    Prior to joining the CTO’s office, Atwell was an ITIL Instructor and Education Manager within BMC Software’s Educational Services Department.  In this role, he was responsible for educating external customers as well as internal BMC staff in the areas of IT Service Management (ITSM) and the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).  As a member of BMC’s Thought Leadership Council, Atwell is a blogger, podcaster, and frequent speaker at industry conferences and BMC Customer Briefings and Forums.  He has also published several whitepapers and articles on the subject of ITSM and Continuous IT Service Improvement.  Prior to his tenure in the Business School, Atwell was the Director of IT Service Management within BMC Software’s IT department and was responsible for assuring the overall performance, availability, security, and recoverability of BMC Software Inc.'s internal production applications.

    Before joining BMC Software in January of 2002, Atwell was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), were he spent 13 years focused on delivering IT infrastructure and process design and development services to PwC’s numerous clients.  Atwell holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.

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    Tom Parish

    Open Source is a Journey

    Posted by Tom Parish May 8, 2007
    Open Source is a Journey - Podcast interview with Steve Carl, manager of R&D Open Systems Support and whurley (William Hurley), Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc.

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    “Open source” means more than just access to source code or free redistribution of source code. It is a concept that influences how your company works and makes decisions. For some IT companies, open source is a central approach, for others it’s one of many approaches…or it’s not even on the radar. Regardless of your position, adopting open source and putting it into practice does not happen overnight. Join Steve Carl and whurley in this podcast series as they explore the ups and downs of the Open Source Journey.

     

    Open Source is a Journey, Part 1 of 2 - Steve Carl, manager of R&D Open Systems Support and whurley (William Hurley), Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc.

     

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    Open Source can influence every department and aspect of your organization from R&D, marketing and legal, down to the financial ledger. The most revolutionary aspect of open source is it’s collaborative nature.  Similar to social media, open source requires community collaboration and conversation. Listen to this podcast to hear whurley and Steve Carl’s conversation about Dell’s new Linux-loaded PCs, the pitfalls of a patent-happy companies, and the financial impact of open source.

    Open Source is a Journey, Part 2 of 2 - Steve Carl, manager of R&D Open Systems Support and whurley (William Hurley), Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc.

     

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    Open source is not only a pervasive buzz term in the IT community; it’s a loaded term as well. Open source is an idea, a culture, a process and a journey. In this podcast Steve Carl and whurley discuss these concepts, as well as the difference between radical innovation and modification; why IBM has embraced open source; the fear of open source; its origins and its future.

    Resources

    Contact whurley and give him feedback on BMC's open source strategy

    whurley's blog: opensville

    Steve Carl's blog:  Adventures in Linux

    Bios

    Steve Carl is the manager of R&D Open Systems Support for BMC Software, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise management solutions. His team supports over 50 different versions of UNIX, Microsoft Windows from NT 3.51 on, and a wide variety of Linux distributions across many platforms. Mr. Carl has over 20 years of computer industry experience and has been with BMC Software for over 14 years in a variety of roles including VM systems programming, OS/400 system programming, corporate email support, and project management for a large Oracle Financials migration. He led the team that hooked BMC Software up to the Internet and deployed its first Web pages. Prior to working at BMC Software, Mr. Carl worked at a subcontractor to NASA at the Johnson Space Center on a similarly wide-ranging series of projects.

     

    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.

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    Tom Parish

    Doing Open Source Right

    Posted by Tom Parish Mar 9, 2007
    Podcast interview with whurley (William Hurley), Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc.

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    Bringing open source and commercial software models together may seem impossible at first glance, but whurley (William Hurley) understands the symbiosis. The future of systems management, he says, can be summed up in two words: eliminate complexity. And, the principles behind business service management (BSM) are key to eliminating complexity in the IT infrastructure and aligning IT with the business.

    Whurley 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. When you get right down to it, he says, open source has yet to fulfill on a lot of the promises that it has made, and he explains why. "Doing open source right" is what excites him most. Listen in, and find out more.

    Resources

    Contact whurley and give him feedback on BMC's open source strategy

    Steve Carl's Blog: Adventures in Linux

    Bio

    Whurley (William Hurley) is the chief architect of Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc. Famous simply 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.

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