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Sumo Logic Introduces Anomaly Detection and a Taste of Learning Systems to Come

September 11, 2013

Business

Anomaly Detection, Big data, cloud computing, Information technology management, intuit, Kumar Saurabh, Sumo Logic, Wall Street Journal

This week sees some interesting news from log management and analytics vendor Sumo Logic that points to the future of IT intelligence systems in particular and, more generally,the future of a world of connected devices and closed loop intelligence.…

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Loggly, Funding Rounds and the Need for Closed Loops

September 3, 2013

Business

Application performance management, Business, cloud computing, Electronic Arts, Information technology management, intuit, Log management and intelligence, Loggly

One just in from the “boring but important” file. Loggly, a startup n the log management space, is rolling out some new products and news of a funding round. Log management is a pretty boring area but one which…

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Puppet Labs Acqu-hires Cloudsmith

July 17, 2013

Business

cloud computing, Company, Geppetto, Information technology management, Integrated development environment, Programming, puppet, Puppet Labs

In another good example of a rollup of IT management companies, Puppet Labs is today announcing that they have acquired development tool vendor Cloudsmith. Cloudsmith is best known for its Stack Hammer product, a web service that lets developers…

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VMware, Puppet Labs and an Infrastructure Future

January 28, 2013

Business

cloud computing, DevOps, Information technology management, Luke Kanies, puppet, Puppet Labs, Red Hat, VMware

News recently that VMware, fresh from spinning out most of its developer focused non-virtualization assets in the Pivotal Initiative, has put a huge $30M finding into Puppet Labs. As part of the deal, VMware and Puppet will team up to produce a new IT management solution for VMware customers to use that leverages the automation […]

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In the Quest for TCO, We Lose Sight of the Real Issue–Part One

September 4, 2012

Business

amazon, amazon web services, AWS, cloudcomputing, Information technology management, TCO, techcrunch, Total Cost of Ownership

In the last little while I’ve seen a couple of posts that focus on the difficulties around calculating total cost of ownership of cloud versus on-premise infrastructure. First up on TechCrunch was a guest post from Jinesh Varia from…

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Forecast 2012–Enterprise Cloud Best Practices Panel

June 8, 2012

Business

BMW, Capgemini, cloud computing, Information technology management, Intel, New York City, Open Data Center Alliance

Mid June will see me winging my way to New York City to attend Forecast 2012, a one day event arranged by the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA). Forecast is touted as an opportunity to share knowledge and expertise…

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Zyrion Launches Predictive Analytics for IT Monitoring

May 9, 2012

Business

Big data, cloud computing, Data mining, Information technology management, Predictive analytics, Servers, Zyrion

Seemingly every day another vendor launches a service that promises to revolutionize the way they monitor their IT infrastructure. Generally these launches comply with all the buzzword – cloud, big data, predictive analytics etc. While I’ve no doubt that…

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BMC Heads Down the Foodchain and To The Cloud with Numara Acquisition

January 31, 2012

Business

BMC, cloudcomputing, Enterprise software, Information technology management, Numara, Software as a Service

BMC Software yesterday announced the acquisition of mid-market IT management provider Numara Software. It’s an interesting move for this decidedly enterprise-level provider and one that sees them make two distinct moves – firstly into the cloud in a big…

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