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Leading IT executives discuss the challenge of melding brown field (legacy) technology with green field Ops for IT.

Brownfield to Greenfield Ops: Frameworks for Management & Monitoring

Digital enterprise initiatives are on the rise, and cloud computing has emerged as somewhat of an elixir for digital transformation. Embracing the cloud has become a priority for IT enterprise executives, yet significant frustrations are being faced as enterprises adopt a digital strategy. Leading IT...
Gartner details predictions around IT Operations Management for 2015. Surprise: Moogsoft is a ahead of the curve.

What’s in Store for IT Operations Management in 2015?

Gartner recently detailed their new year’s predictions around IT Operations Management in a published research report entitled, “Predicts 2015: IT Operations Management”. The four overarching call-outs in this report were: By 2018, controlled shadow IT will contribute up to 30% of IT operations activities, up from...
The flaw in IBM’s thinking is that they presuppose that the environment upon which they base their analytics will not change.

Hey, IBM: Start Thinking Ahead!

I received this comment on my last blog: “Is this meant to be a humorous piece?” Or does the author not realize that all data, even real time data, is after the fact?” – Robert T. Yes. A bit humorous. But meant to be more ironic. You...
Using historical analytics to develop patterns for the future dangerous. Use machine learning modernize your infrastructure.

Hey IBM, Machine Learning is NOT About Dinner!

IBM recently posted a on incorporating predictive analytics into service assurance – equating it to picking a BBQ joint. Too funny! It’s great that the Acronym vendors are finally talking about analytics in service management… but here’s the problem – all of the data they are...

A Closer Look at Root Cause Analysis

Historically, event management tools focus on determining the root cause of an incident. That’s a problem… Traditional root cause analysis is becoming less and less reliable. At least three things affect real root cause and its functionality in today’s environment: mobility, software defined networks and the...
The importance of capturing historical data, and even more importantly, learning from it.

Big Data and Your Incident Management Process

Many companies are in the midst of a Big Data project to store operational data. How does the event console and event stream data figure into this scheme? And what about the Service Desk? Taking a step back, we often see two camps in many large...
Dell Technologies acquires Moogsoft August 11th 2023
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