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Virtualization offers a way to run a cleaner, leaner data center, and that means you could help save the planet, while saving money and increasing profits. Those are ideas we should all be able to get behind.

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.

Outside my window the city of Toronto has decided to dig up the road to resurface King Street. As much as the noise and dust is a nuisance, really the biggest inconvenience this has created is the massive detour that I now have to get to the sandwich shop across the street. It’s only about 30 feet away, but thanks to the construction and related barricades, it’s now a journey of almost 4 blocks.

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.

One friend I made, Eddie, was the strongest guy I have ever met. He trained just for power and his specialty was the bench press. Eddie got to a point where he could put up a 500 pound bench press in the gym on any given day like it was nothing. In a competition his numbers were even more impressive.