Blazent Blog
Research Shows a 60% Improvement in New IT Service Delivery Times using Advanced IT Analytics
Most serious IT organizations have some form of Data Quality Management program in place, whether it be an ITAM database or more robust CMDB. In a recent research document authored by Dennis Drogseth of Analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates outlining the...
Blazent’s Critical Role Within Technology Business Management
I recently joined Blazent as their VP of Marketing. My first day on the job I flew to Chicago to attend the Technology Business Management (TBM) Conference sponsored by Apptio. On your first day on the job, you are, of course, supposed to be pumped (particularly if...
Why a CMDB Alone is Not Enough
Mark Thompson is Director of Product Management at Blazent It’s an interesting and exciting time for IT organizations these days, as they not only have their tools evolved rapidly, but management processes have also improved dramatically. When it comes to the...
IT Asset Lifecycle Management and the Need for IT Asset Data Governance
Michael Hart is a Sr. Sales Engineer at Blazent. IT Asset Data Governance: The Crack in Every Foundation Managing any IT asset from sourcing to disposition is both challenging and essential. But too often it is also manual, providing multiple...
Big Data’s Not-So-Hidden Cost
We recently spent several days in Chicago at the Technology Business Management Conference, an event sponsored by Apptio that draws in close to a thousand C-level executives focused on the business aspects of IT management. Visibility was the key theme and Blazent...
The ‘Morning After’ Syndrome
After the bright lights of the merger pass, it’s left to the operations people to make this marriage work. In the case of infrastructure and data, that person is the CIO. He or she needs to move quickly to identify all strategic assets, then find the best way to get...
The Challenges Facing MSP (We Can Help)
For all of our 13-year history, one of Blazent’s top client groups has been Managed Service Providers (MSPs). That group of professionals has always had a tough job—keeping up with technology advances while meeting the needs of an increasingly demanding client...
The Role of Data in IT and Digital Transformation
At Blazent, our goal is not only to provide our customers with powerful technology, but to display the thinking that goes behind it, with the hopes that they can use this to evolve and accelerate their business. Thus, we are proud to have sponsored some recent...
CMDB and CI Relationships
Rob Hansen is Blazent’s Director of Professional Services Today’s IT organizations are tasked with determining and understanding the IT components that constitute a business service. It’s a daunting and ongoing task, because each business service relies on a...
Diagnoses: CMDBs and Broken Legs
Kevin O’Hear is a senior sales engineer at Blazent Recently, our son complained of pain in his leg, so we took him to the pediatrician. She isolated the source of the pain but couldn’t make a further diagnosis. We were referred to an orthopedic surgeon for...
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