SAP has ERP for IT offering See <http://www.sap.com/Company/Press/Press.epx?PressID=5963> here. What's Oracle's move going to be? Purchase Mercury? -ctb...
Release = Provisioning? I am wondering if there is really no such thing as a Release Management system, and in fact the actual industry term is a Provisioning...
I think these tend to also include package building/management systems used in the release of software or configurations. They could be as simple as...
Yes - I was thinking of the build management as a separate tool - which either checks back into the definitive software library, or feeds the release tool...
I was just about to pose a question on dm-discuss, then I read Charlie's posting on erp4it, so I thought I'd tag in to the end, and revise my question. Many...
A simplified ERP for IT architecture Here is a simplified IT systems model. The intention is to represent all the necessary tooling to run a large IT...
OK, the graphic didn't go across - usually they work fine. Just check out the blog posting at http://erp4it.typepad.com/erp4it/2006/04/here_is_a_simpl.html ...
As noted on dm-discuss, where this question generated some good discussion, the primary reason for modeling packages is at the conceptual level so that one...
Food for thought: Service catalog confusion Pat: We're doing a service catalog. Kelly: So are we. How many services are you going to have in yours, do you...
There are build systems - and provisioning systems - and one can implement a forward schedule of change. But is there a separate release management system from...
Sorry, just realized I posted the same question last week! Guess it's on my mind a lot lately. Anyone else have any thoughts? ... From: erp4it@yahoogroups.com...
Charles, Where do you put the likes of Managesoft (http://www.managesoft.com/)? Dan Daniel Rolles Applications Manager Lend Lease ICT Mobile: +44 (0) 7 803 857...
Pat is talking about the services managed by OLAs; Kelly about the services managed by SLAs. So of course they do not understand each other. -Robert ... From:...
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Charlie, ITIL imagines a relational model with service management in one major dimension, ICT mgmt. in another, security in yet another and application mgmt as...
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Hi Robert - Generally that is the conclusion I am coming to, with some exceptions - from your statement I would infer the following proposition, that ...
Asset management and provisioning. I consider asset management as something crossing configuration management and IT financial management, with implications...
Hi Robert, One of the things I value about ITIL is that it's encouraged a greater precision of language with respect to IT services. So, in that same spirit, I...
I don't know the complete answer to your question, Charlie. I have recently been thinking about the the impact of increasing the scope of Release Management to...
You are both correct. Keep in mind that some services are intra-IT services, and customer-facing. Data (and voice and video) transport are good examples as are...
Correction - that would have been the Service Delivery volume... ... From: erp4it@yahoogroups.com [mailto:erp4it@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Charles T. Betz ...
New CMDB spec I'm badly behind on this BIG news -- <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19526.wss> BMC, Fujitsu, HP, and IBM are collaborating on a...
I think that Enterprise Architecture, in the sense it is understood by leading EA thinkers - not as a technology effort, but primarily as business modeling -...
Charlie, By your examples, it is clear that the hypothesis that SLAs concern applications is not correct. The customer-facing aspect is clearly more pertinent,...
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Charlie, When the announcement to which you refer below states "BMC Software, Fujitsu Limited, HP and IBM today announced plans to create a new...
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Please forgive my confusion ... Does "Release management" refer to management, by the *producing* organization, of releases that are distributed; Or is it...
Well, it is pretty theoretical at this stage. When something concrete is released, we will see if the consortium is of data architects or of salespeople. I'm...
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I see Release Management as the management of releases into the domain for which the Release Manager is accountable. In your example the Release Managers at...