Four Core Data Source Consolidation Considerations Every organization depends on a range of data sources to support different operational initiatives, and as we all know, these data sources are either additive, or continuously expanding, changing, merging, etc. The dynamics of managing and integrating data sources are...
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As the world of technology changes, many new technologies and techniques complicate the traditional IT Service Management vision. For example, the Agile/DevOps community embraces the concept of Infrastructure as Code. What is that? Wikipedia defines it as “the process of managing and provisioning computing infrastructure...
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Implementing an effective data-driven IT Service Management function has become more achievable each day, despite an explosion of data sources. The convergence of maturing Configuration Management Database (CMDB) technologies coupled with the emergence of low-cost, big-data platforms has created the opportunity to finally handle masses...
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As a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) or IT Asset Management (ITAM) repository owner or sponsor, it’s only a matter of time until you meet The Data Quality Skeptic within your organization. The Data Quality Skeptic has the following characteristics: Does not believe that the repository can be...
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EMA Analyst Dennis Drogseth explains the changing role of IT. ...
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What is the role of Blazent and Shadow IT? In today’s IT reality, the CIO is ultimately on the hook to keep the infrastructure secure and to manage risk, maintain data governance and control cost. The wave of shadow IT is responsible for an explosion in...
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Here’s an unfortunate truth: today’s asset management solutions are unable to completely validate the lifecycle status of an asset, which puts the business at financial and operational risk. The Critical Nature of the Asset Lifecycle The lifecycle of an IT asset begins with sourcing that asset and...
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Once upon a time, the world and our economy was dominated by a small collection of large companies that seemingly ran the world. The goal of every aspiring businessman or woman was to do well in school, go to college, and work for one of...
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This past weekend, I had the pleasure of racing in the Reebok Spartan Race at AT&T Park in San Francisco. For those of you unfamiliar with this event, it involves running for long stretches up and down bleacher steps or uneven terrain until you reach...
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A number of our customers equate what they do (and what Blazent provides) to Air Traffic Control. You’ve got all these components—technology infrastructure), people, processes—moving at different levels and at different speeds. And it’s your job to not only keep everything coordinated, but to generate...
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