Despite the downturn in the economic, this is a great time to be a CIO or CTO. That’s the conclusion from C.K, Prahalad, the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy. He also wrote best-selling management books such as The New Age of Innovation: Driving Co-created Value Through Global Networks, and Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profit. In this podcast, Prahalad talks about how CIOs can use innovative technology to reshape their company’s business model, as well as drive new opportunities for poverty-stricken areas. (He calls the latter the bottom of the pyramid.) 
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:32 GMTin BMC Podcasts
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Are you in service support and managing change management? Do you want to connect operations to services? Are you dealing with compliance or asset management? Are you charged with analyzing and minimizing risk? Are you looking at a CMDB as a way to help you with these and other tasks? Do you understand the importance of federation, integration, and a flexible information model? For answers to these questions and more, join us for a comprehensive look at CMDB Implementation with Vick Vaishnavi, vice president of Worldwide Marketing for BMC Software.
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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 What's the big deal about standards compliance? How can the CMDB support built in policies?How is autodiscovery usefulWhat role do security and access controls play?What else would you like listeners to know about a well-architected CMDB?Resources
Part One of this Podcast: A Comprehensive and Detailed Look at CMDB Implementation, with Vick Vaishnavi
White Paper: Six Criteria For An Effective CMDB Architecture (PDF)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:14 GMTin BMC Podcasts
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"Look at the CMDB as a decision support platform, something that allows IT organizations to make informed decisions," says Vick Vaishnavi.
Are you in service support and managing change management? Do you want to connect operations to services? Are you dealing with compliance or asset management? Are you charged with analyzing and minimizing risk? Are you looking at a CMDB as a way to help you with these and other tasks? Do you understand the importance of federation, integration, and a flexible information model? For answers to these questions and more, join us for a comprehensive look at CMDB Implementation with Vick Vaishnavi, vice president of Worldwide Marketing for BMC Software.
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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.
QuestionsWhy do you say the CMDB is at the heart of a company's IT management strategy? Who are the people that can benefit from it?So, what exactly are the six criteria for effective CMDB architecture?Why is federation useful?What are the advantages of the integration offered by the CMDB?You say a well-architected CMDB supports both a top-down and a bottom-up approach. Can you give us some examples of how each approach might be useful?
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Part Two: A Comprehensive and Detailed Look at CMDB Implementation, with Vick Vaishnavi
White Paper: Six Criteria For An Effective CMDB Architecture (PDF)
Learn more about BMC Atrium CMDB
In this podcast, Hank Leingang, the former global CIO for the Bechtel Group and the former CIO for Viacom, talks about the leadership qualities global CIOs need in order to be effective across the enterprise.
Within the last five years, the qualities needed by global CIOs of Fortune 2500 companies have changed radically. The CIO role has become more pervasive, touching just about aspect of the enterprise, as well as every constituency the organization has. As a result, CIOs have to be more than technologists. Of course, they need to understand how different technologies relate to one another to drive business processes.
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:49 GMTin BMC Podcasts
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Sometimes it's not enough to just back up the database itself; but we also need to back up the structure of the data, and having an up-to-date export and backup, says Daniel Hudsky
Does it seem to you that your Atrium installations may be taking too long? Do you understand the importance of hardware, not only in the production environment but also in your testing setup? Do you have a handle on how thorough your backup process really needs to be? Are you puzzled by some aspects of Atrium in a UNIX environment? Do you want some insights on navigating customer support? Join us for a lively conversation with Daniel Hudsky, Senior Technical Support Analyst at BMC Software, to get answers to these questions an more, as we explore the nitty gritty of Atrium Core CMDB Installation.
QuestionsTo get started, let's talk about what is in Atrium Core so we have a basic understanding for everyone that is listening at the moment.That's a good summary of the components of Atrium. I've always wondered, do I need all of them, can I just use part of them, what's the story with that?What are the important aspects of a successful Atrium Core CMDB Installation from the hardware point of view?Why is it important to optimize threading of the Action Request (AR) server? What's something you see in the field right now that's creating tickets for you?I understand you get the following kind of question, "I'm trying to to get this product catalog updated, but I'm using Unix, and your product does not seem to be working with Display Redirection. I've been reading the documentation for Atrium Core and it just doesn't cover everything. What are my options? How will my case be treated, and how can I impact customer support on the proper severity of my issues for a quick turnaround?
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Get additional information on BMC's Atrium Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:09 GMTin The Tom Parish Lifestream
I was recently asked who I interviewed at CISO for the EnterpriseLeadership.org show. There were two interviews last year with CISO employees and both were quite insightful. We focused on social media in the enterprise in 2009 and so the conversation with Marie Hatter was one I was looking forward to in hopes of seeing where CISCO is headed with social media internally and externally. Marie covers the topic in depth. Norman Jacknis talked about CISCO's mission to help other companies and municipalities with innovation uses of the Internet.
The thing I admire about CISCO is their drive to stay ahead of the Internet technology curve and their focus on people. You can tell this from the interviews. So if you want to hear more please visit these two page where a link is provided for the audio podcast.
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From Networking to Social Media the Cisco Way: Marie Hattar, Cisco VP
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Using Technology in Innovative Ways: Norman Jacknis, Former CIO of Westchester County, NY
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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:57 GMTin The Tom Parish Lifestream
March 12th is right around the corner for those of us going to SXSW2010. It appears to be even larger then it was last year so now is the time to get organized else I'll feel overwhelmed with choice. I'm thinking about how to best organize my panel selections and backup panel selections and meeting times with so many friends coming into town. Oh and the parties ... my goodness so much to do at SXSW this year.
I noticed Friday is completely packed with panels - good ones. It used to be SXSW really didn't get going until Saturday morning so clearly the conference has grown again this year. My plan is to get over to the Austin Conference center Thursday afternoon (after 3pm) to get my badge and swag early. You do not want to attempt that on Friday with the crowds of people pushing in to get registered. To be fair SXSW has the registration down pretty well but it can seem a like a zoo for a while especially when you're feeling anxious to get to you first panels on Friday morning (versus waiting in line for your badge).
By the way, if you have an iPhone be sure to download the SXSW app because it's going to save you a lot of time while moving around the conference looking for panels and people. I think they finally managed to get the online calendar for SXSW done in a what that is not so confusing. This one is easy, fast and flexible to use and very informative.
I've received a number of requests to have conversations with old and to new friends. This is the most exciting part of SXSW I think - just networking like crazy with so many like minded people. Here is how you can either follow or communicate with me.
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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:40 GMTin BMC Podcasts
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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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Ron Kaminski is ITS Senior Consultant at Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Ron has lectured on capacity and performance management conferences around the world.
QuestionsYou'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?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.What are the some of the key-benefits of doing ongoing capacity planning?What are your keys to success?Where should people start? What are some of the pitfalls that people new to capacity planning fall into?What should companies look for when selecting a capacity planning tool?What metrics should they track? How do you measure success?Can you share some of the success/metrics you’ve achieved at Kimberly-Clark?
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:08 GMTin The Tom Parish Lifestream
These are the kinds of projects you just love to get. I did the soundtrack on this. The music is pretty dramatic but it fits.
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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:29 GMTin BMC Podcasts
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"One of the most important things around cloud computing in particular, is the discipline that's required going into that ... having consistency, having automation, having configuration control and change control," says Ben Newton
Like any technological innovation in Information Technology (IT), Cloud Computing offers enormous benefits to the Public Sector, but sometimes promises more than can be delivered. Risk for failure comes primarily from the “cloud” being reduced almost entirely to virtualization alone, while ignoring the process automation that is so essential to success. IT must also focus on the fundamentals of achieving real cost savings and increasing the agility of the organization to respond to new requirements, not just finding a convenient reason to try out the latest technologies. Join us as we talk with Herb VanHook, Vice President of Strategy out of BMC CTO Office and Ben Newton, Software Consulting Manager for Public Sector Sales at BMC Software, and explore cloud computing in the public sector. Listen in as they share many valuable tips around cloud computing, applicable in both the public and private sectors.
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Herb VanHook, is Vice President of Business Planning, at BMC Software. Herb has held several key positions at META Group (most recently serving as Interim President and Chief Operating Officer), and has more than 30 years of experience in information technology, including senior positions at IBM, Computer Associates, and Legent Corporation.
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