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Simplicity of a Name - in the Name of Progress!

Novell Operations Center is creating a buzz out there already! Thank you for all the questions and comments on the blog post earlier this week regarding the name updates. Let me answer some of those questions and provide some insight.

Announcing Novell Operations Center - New Name in the Name of Progress!

It has been a fast year for me back with the Business Service Management solution here at Novell. Change is always inevitable, often feared and sometimes brings simplicity in complex times. Business Service Management is a concept that IT organizations seek to attain in aligning infrastructure as business services within their organizations.

Read on to hear how Business Service Management is attained simply in complex times .. .... ....

Private cloud might be one of the best things to ever happen to Business Service Management. Private cloud inherently requires the company to be more focused on the needs of the business side of the organization, which leads directly to aligning IT performance with the business needs. Because of this, the move to private cloud is driving Business Service Management in many organizations.

Standard Tool to Define, Input & Report, but "No More, One Size Fits all Meaningless Data!"

As the Cloud and as-a-service consume the airwaves, trade rags and vendor messaging, one thing is becoming more and more relevant - IT Aligning to the Business, Measuring how the business consumes services and Communicating in terms of services and business metrics. Flexibility to measure and communicate the way business uses technology and agility to customize measurements and communication are key and will become more complex in a mixed physical, virtual and cloud computing environment. Developing the proper management, measurement and communication today will enable embracing cloud delivered services without an interruption in service communication. IT organizations that implement proper management, measurement and communication in terms of services will be those that drive value into their businesses.

Read how a Novell Business Service Management customer has long since conquered this dilemma and continues to deliver technology as business services in the advent of new delivery models and technology.

Tale of Customer Service, Cost of Service Impact, Speed to Restore and the "Charley" View!

As we are in the heart of Hurricane season, I'm reminded of the old Charley Business Service View - a Category 4 Hurricane in 2004. This is a true story about a power company and how IT is impacted and how IT, by being proactive and hurricane prepared, can be the business driver in containing and managing the impending events that a hurricane brings with the loss of power due to downed lines. This is the second in a series of Business Service Management (BSM) Stories from the Trenches that I'll post describing the benefits of a single-pane-of-glass and the management of complex infrastructures as services to the business and the customer driving customer satisfaction, revenue and growth.

Read on.........

Tale of Customer Service, Cost of Service Impact, Mitigation of Risk and the CMDB Heart!

This is a story about a manufacturer, a retail buyer and the consumer and how IT management touches them all. This is the first in a series of Business Service Management (BSM) Stories from the Trenches that I'll post describing the benefits of a single-pain-of-glass (I did mean the pain of glass!) and management of complex infrastructures as services to the business and the customer driving revenue and growth.

Read on.........