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Microsoft wants to change a key number in the systems management market: the big four.
Microsoft last week at its Microsoft Management Summit conference detailed its plans to become a cross-platform systems management vendor to compete with the likes of BMC, CA, HP and IBM. Microsoft is by no means the first vendor to challenge the status quo of management software, but like EMC, Symantec and other established vendors it could have the customer base and back account to make its mark.
For one, Microsoft intends to work with the Open Group on its OpenPegasus project, which is an open source implementation of the Distributed Management Task Force's (DMTF) Common Information Model (CIM) and Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standards. Working with open source could help Microsoft draw in IT managers looking to put the flexible software model to use for management cross-platform systems.
Microsoft also announced at the show several management-related products, starting out in beta release. One set of extensions to the company's System Center Operations Manager 2007 product will be able to discover, monitor and manage virtual and physical systems. Microsoft also said it will make available for free Operations Manager 2007 Connectors, which would integrate with HP and IBM Tivoli management platforms.
But this isn't Microsoft's first play for management market share, there was Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI), which Microsoft started to deliver in 2007. Now the vendor could face challenges going beyond its Windows-centric approach to include Linux and Unix platform management. Microsoft's plans to integrate with products already in place in enterprise IT shops could help its efforts along, according to industry watchers.
"The shift they made was to support heterogeneous environments, and the question becomes how well will they support them," said Steve Brasen, an analyst with Enterprise Management Associates, in a story by Network World Senior Editor John Fontana, who reported from the Microsoft show. "Initially [Microsoft's offering] is not as comprehensive as the big four, but over time I would expect their heterogeneous support to improve, but the question then will be to what degree."
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