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Now Here is a First Class

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

and for only 12k

10 Reasons why you need an Open Source Strategy

Monday, September 10th, 2007

10 Reasons why you need an Open Source Strategy
Another good post about why OSS will win.

Things that make me go Huh #006?

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Managed Objects: Individual Press Releases
This is a tough business!
Here is a company that has been around for 10 years. Its web site boasts a customer list not limited to BNP Paribas, CSC, DISA, Fidelity Investments, JPMorganChase, Progress Energy, Reuters, and TIAA-CREF. I could name about 20 more, but I have agreements with […]

The Greatest Insourcing Story Ever Told

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

I recently read an article about NiSource Inc. pulling back a number of employees who had been outsourced to IBM because “some results had fallen short of expectations.” Over the last few years, a flurry of insourcing activity has occurred at companies such as Sears, Dell, and now NiSource, which have pulled back […]

Who am I?

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Recently, a few of my good friends in the Tivoli community have been asking me what the heck is johnmwillis.com.  The Tivoli community mostly knows me from trade shows and my activity on the TME10 mailing list as a regular contributor.  In that venue I am sometimes hot-head, very rarely silly, and always try my absolute […]

What’s a “Botchagalupe”

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

What is a “Botchagalupe”

IBM Links

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

IBM looks to gain an edge with Unix virtualization features

UPDATE 2-IBM to buy Canada’s DataMirror for $163.5 million | Technology, Media & Telecommunications | Reuters.co.uk

It was a good week

Friday, July 13th, 2007

I just love my job.  I get visit some of the largest IT operations on the planet.  I also get to teach some of the brightest people in the IT ESM industry.  This week I was able to meet a bunch of folk from MIcromuse (now IBM employees).  If this bunch is like all the […]

iFool

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Years ago I stopped going into car dealer showrooms. It seemed that every time I walked in I would get hit over the head with something and wake up signing a contract as a proud owner of a brand new car (with all the options).
Well, I found a new nemesis… I mistakenly walked into an […]

Appliance Based End User Experience Monitoring

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Appliance Based End User Experience Monitoring_Q2_2007
This is in dire need of a new name. I picked this up on Doug’s website. Very intersting that IBM is not listed for ITCAM. 

Stupid is as stupid does “Forrester Gump”

To that point!

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Thomas Friedman’s - The Whole World Is Watching - New York Times
The blogosphere has made the global discussion so much richer — and each of us so much more transparent.
NOTE: You have to be a NYT susbscriber to read this article…

Reusable IP

Friday, June 29th, 2007

A few weeks ago I taught a class for IBM and had some interesting discussions in the class.  Actually two of my students in particular gave me food for thought and connected some missing dots for me.  The first was a woman who was a lead architect for one of the largest professional services organization […]

Links

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

SHARE in San Diego
The SOA agenda looks pretty good and anytime Rosalind Radcliffe has something to say about SOA I think it might be worth the trip.
    
Step by step how-to on integrating your application with Tivoli Monitoring 6.1
Very cool doc on how to use ITM’s UA API
  
Does SOA Matter […]

Book Recommendation

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

My new friend mr. cool-beans-mike has just recommended a book. In his words its CS101…
The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage (Paperback)
by Clifford Stoll (Author)
I am on vacation next week so I will give a try.
 Thanks Mike!

A (ESM Geek) Good Joke

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Question:
What is the difference between a capacity planner and a performance analyst? 
Answer:
The capacity planner ignores outliers and the performance analyst only looks at outliers… 

Welcome

Friday, May 18th, 2007

I am creating this blog with the intent to focus on emerging activities in the Enterprise Systems Management (ESM) space. I am going to focus on a few target topics such as, Open Source, Service Oriented Architectures, Tidbits about IBM/Tivoli, Business Systems, Business Application Monitoring, and any interesting topics dealing with ESM.
Hope you enjoy!
John