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Saturday, December 15th, 2007The first question is, “If you are the only person who laughs at your joke is it still funny?” If your answer is “No,” then I strongly advise you not to read this blog entry.
What if I only had a hour to live?
Thursday, December 6th, 2007I was flipping channels this evening in my hotel room and heard a very touching story about a man who wrote a short Xen like essay about all the things he would do if he had only one hour to live. By the way, he dies shortly after completing the essay. Then, I started […]
You should let me wet my beak a little.
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Don Fanucci: Young man, I hear you and your friends are stealing goods. But you don’t even send a dress to my house. No respect! You know I’ve got three daughters. This is my neighborhood. You and your friends should show me some respect. You should let me wet my beak a little.
The other day, […]
Zabbix Finds a Home in USA
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Zabbix is an interesting open source monitoring product that is primarily developed in Latvia.
About two years ago, I had a venture called OpenESM where we were trying to partner with Zabbix, but, quite frankly, I could not understand a word they said and felt in the end that we were going to have communication/support issues. […]
Help Him Help You
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Tarus Balog, “The Mouth of OpenNMSâ€, in his recent “Thanksgiving” post proclaimed that OpenNMS will always be free. I would say he has chosen a road less traveled.
Adventures in Open Source
Senior Project Chooses OpenNMS
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Tivoli, HP, OpenNMS
Last week I did a podcast with a DePaul University senior majoring in computer science, Matthew Lechleider. Matthew told me that while building a fictitious company for the project they had to pick a real network management product to manage the fictitious network. After looking at Tivoli and HP they decided to […]
Chicago Podcast
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Last week I was teaching a Tivoli class in Chicago and I stopped in at a Chicago Drupal Meetup Group (CDMUG) meeting. I had a great time and created a cool podcast with one of the members.
List to the podcast here…
Matthew’s web site and resume if you are interested!!
The World is on Crack #4
Friday, October 19th, 2007So, I am brought in by a “Big Four” to help close a deal for an OS monitoring and services gig. Then, at the end of the meeting the customer starts to rant about how he has already spent a half-million dollars on a network management tool that doesn’t work. Furthermore, he says that […]
They Might be Giants
Friday, September 21st, 2007Did you ever see the move They Might be Giants with George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward? It is a great movie.
ITNMIPEE for the SMB
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007“IBM Tivoli Network Manager Entry IP Edition 3.7†- ITNMIPEE (Now that’s an acronym).
On 9/11/2007, IBM announced an entry (SMB) version of its recently announced enterprise product IBM Tivoli Network Managed IP Edition (ITNMIPE). ITNMIPE is the enterprise replacement product, formally Precision from MicroMuse, for the old IBM Netview product. […]
You can take the kid out of NY but you can’t take the NY out of the kid!
Monday, September 17th, 2007 Talking with Cote about what does Bob Want, Puppet, and Open Source.
Podcast #42
Now you’re either on the bus or off the bus
Saturday, September 15th, 2007“`There are going to be times,’ says Kesey, `when we can’t wait for somebody. Now you’re either on the bus or off the bus. If you’re on the bus, and you get left behind, then you’ll find it again. If you’re off the bus in the first place–then it won’t make a damn.’ And nobody […]
Fake-Forkers
Monday, September 10th, 2007Beware of the Fake Forkers. The VC’s have been chomping at the bit for 10 years in anticipation of IT’s next big bubble. Well, hold on, boys. She’s a-comin’ round the mountain in 2008, a tipping point for this next bubble. You know that, as we speak, thousands of startups are creating […]
10 Reasons why you need an Open Source Strategy
Monday, September 10th, 200710 Reasons why you need an Open Source Strategy
Another good post about why OSS will win.
Waiters v. Cooks
Thursday, September 6th, 2007If you have ever worked for a proprietary software company, you will probably get a kick out of this story. A friend’s daughter recently took a job as a waitress. My friend was explaining how his daughter is always complaining that the cooks are prima donnas. To hear her tell it, if […]
Why Proprietary Vendors Won’t Open their Code
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007I am sure that this question has many answers, but here are a few of mine.
OpenNMS
Friday, August 24th, 2007Pittsboro, Jewel of the South, Gets A Brewery
Tarus Balog is the real deal. I look foward to learning more about his product.Â
This week!
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
It’s been a busy week. Tuesday night, I had dinner with Mark Hinkle of Zenoss, and last night, I had dinner with Taurus Balog of OpenNMS. Meanwhile, I am also very busy working ten-hour days implementing Tivoli at a customer site in Chapel Hill, NC. In fact, today I will have the […]
My Views on OSS ESM (Part 4)
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Are salesmen the root of all evil?
Let me start with an obligatory sales joke:
A sales guy dies and he meets St. Peter at the Pearlies. St. Peter tells him about this elaborate new system they have developed in heaven in which new arrivals get to choose one of three options to spend the rest […]
Things that make me go Huh #005?
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Groundwork breaks 500th customer???
GroundWork’s Q3 Milestones Include Record Revenue, a Thriving Channel, and Groundbreaking Product Enhancements
Watch how many analyst groups regurgitate this press release. I am sure that most people know how press releases work. The firm that wants to tell a great story hires an expensive PR firm to push the […]
