Latest management news.
HP overhauls Network Node Manager, 10/22/07: An IT tool synonymous with network management is getting its first major overhaul in four years. More than 90% of the code in Network Node Manager i 8.0 is new and available free to customers with valid support licenses, according to HP.
10 tools to manage SOA, 10/22/07: Ease of management is not one of the service-oriented architecture’s claims to fame. These tools address the quality, governance and management challenges of using services-based applications.
4 tips for making SOA about the business, 10/22/07: Services-oriented architecture is first and foremost about fixing business problems and making a company more agile. Here’s how to make sure your SOA aligns with the business.
IT managers: One third of apps mission-critical, 10/18/07: While almost every enterprise carries out full scenario testing for their disaster recovery plans, about half of them are not up to snuff, according to an international study.
IBM and Business Objects agree BI deal, 10/22/07: IBM and Business Objects have signed a new joint development and product distribution deal, for pre-integrated data warehousing and business intelligence.
Podcast: Change management tools can prevent application outages: Gartner says 80% of downtime is due to human error and problems created by process, such as inadequate testing and unauthorized changes. And research from Managed Objects, a provider of business service management tools, shows many of these failures come from custom or home-grown applications. Network World’s Jason Meserve talks about the issue of application outages and what can be done to prevent them with Michele Hudnall, director of service management at Managed Objects. (12:34)
Fostering strategic thinking in your organization, 10/18/07: How can we create a strategic thinking organization in which everyone understands the strategic position (the all-out pursuit of cost leadership or differentiation) and how to contribute towards it?
