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April 2009  
EMA Resource Roundup
  > WEBINARS

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Business Service Management: Strategies for Success in 2009
Paul Burns, Research Director, EMA
Thursday 5/7 @ 11 am Pacific / 2 pm Eastern

Web-Based Applications Management: Optimizing the Benefits for Your Organization
Julie Craig, Research Director, EMA
Thursday 5/14 @ 8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern

  > ARTICLES

EMA analysts and consultants are respected IT management thought leaders. Check out these recent articles:

SaaS Vendors Bucking IT Spending Trend
by Julie Craig – CIO Update – March 30, 2009

The Configuration Management System and the Road to Automation
by Dennis Drogseth – DITY Weekly Reader – April 15, 2009

Is Tape Dead Yet?
by Curtis Breville – InfoStor – April 21, 2009

Getting More ITSM Value Out of Your Service Desk
by Lisa Erickson-Harris – DITY Weekly Reader – April 22, 2009

Better ITIL Implementation with Business Service Management
by Paul Burns – DITY Weekly Reader – April 29, 2009

Interop Las Vegas 2009

CIO Healthcare Summit

  > EMA ANALYSTS SPEAK

Look for EMA analysts speaking at these upcoming events:

Citrix Synergy 09
-Andi Mann, Vice President
-May 4 - 7, 2009
-Houston, TX

CIO Healthcare Summit
-Andi Mann, Vice President
-May 12, 2009
-Scottsdale, AZ

Interop Las Vegas 2009
-Rick Sturm, Founder & CEO
-Jim Frey, Senior Analyst
-May 17 - 21, 2009
-Las Vegas, NV

Virtualization and Data Center Technologies for the Channel Professional
-Andi Mann, Vice President
-May 20, 2009
-San Francisco, CA

Data Center Decisions Summit
-Andi Mann, Vice President
-May 21, 2009
-San Francisco, CA

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From the CMDB to the CMS: Accelerating the Time to Value through Federation
by Dennis Drogseth, Vice PresidentDennis Drogseth

CMDB System (CMDBS) deployments have been evolving significantly over the last few years towards higher levels of federation, growing CI scope, and more defined paths to value. At the same time, the frustration level with assimilating CMDB-related technologies has risen over the last two years and some hard lessons have been learned. Chief among them is to start with a well planned and well-defined first phase that can deliver value quickly.

But there are other lessons to be learned. Several of these lessons were underscored in EMA research done in February and March of this year, including 162 respondents for quantitative research and fifteen focal interviews.

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"Making Your CMDB System Deployment Count: Who is Winning the Battle to Show Value and Why?" and buy online for the special price of $395 through 5/8/2009!

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  > EMA RESEARCH

Subscribers: New EMA Research in April
Check out the latest research from the EMA team of IT management experts:

Document Name Document Type Analyst
Making Your CMDB System Deployment Count: Who is Winning the Battle to Show Value and Why? End-User Research Report* Dennis Drogseth
The Aging Help Desk: Migrating to a Modern Service Desk End-User Research Report* Lisa Erickson-Harris
CMDB System Deployments in 2009: From Philosophy to Federation Vendor Research Report* Dennis Drogseth
SaaS Vendors: Thriving in a Down Economy Advisory Note Julie Craig
Security for Data at Rest: Critical Challenges and IBM Information Infrastructure Solutions White Paper* Scott Crawford
Enabling Real-World Business Transformation Through IBM Service Management White Paper* Dennis Drogseth
Automated Network Lifecycle Management: at the Hub of Effective IT Service Management White Paper* Dennis Drogseth
Reducing Costs with Consolidated Job Scheduling and Intelligent File Transfer: A Timely Discussion of Stonebranch White Paper* Liam McGlynn
Endpoint Virtualization Explained: Methods, Benefits, Challenges, and Recommendations for Desktop Virtualization and Application Virtualization White Paper Andi Mann
Dell’s SMART Approach to Workload Automation Case Study* Liam McGlynn
Actionable Relief for Those Caught in the Middle: RSA Addresses the PCI Challenges of Level 2 Businesses EMA Brief Scott Crawford
Network Instruments Puts Virtualized Systems on Tap EMA Brief Jim Frey
NetScout’s nGenius K2 Detects and Reveals Service Health Changes EMA Brief Jim Frey
N(i)2 Expands its CMS Potential Through Federation, Analytics and New Discovery Capabilities EMA Brief Dennis Drogseth
Introduction to the Benefits of Local Desktop Virtualization EMA Brief Andi Mann
IBM and BigFix Partner on the Higher Ground of Endpoint Control EMA Brief Scott Crawford
Simplifying & Accelerating Operating System Migration with Application Virtualization EMA Brief Andi Mann
Another Cisco Cloud Bellwether: IronPort Introduces Message Security as a Service EMA Brief Scott Crawford
Mellanox BridgeX VPI Brings Efficiency to High Performance Environments EMA Brief Curtis Breville
ParaScale’s Cloud Storage Software Offers Capacity and Performance for a Price others Can’t Compete With EMA Brief Curtis Breville
Cherwell Software Launches CSM Version 3.3 EMA Brief Lisa Erickson-Harris
Novell Steps Forward with Enhanced CMDB Capabilities Aimed at Mid-Tier and Enterprise Customers EMA Brief Dennis Drogseth
HP’s UCMDB and DDM 8.0 Capture Key 2009 Industry Requirements for Federation and Time to Value EMA Brief Dennis Drogseth
BMC Strengthens CMDB Leadership in Federation, Extensibility and Analytics with Atrium 7.5 EMA Brief Dennis Drogseth
Blue Coat’s Focused Vision for Application Delivery Networks Takes its Next Step Forward EMA Brief Dennis Drogseth
Citrix® NetScaler® Web 2.0 Push: The End of Server Sprawl EMA Brief Julie Craig
AmberPoint Streamlines Transaction Troubleshooting with Policy-Based Transaction Recording and Free-Form Search EMA Brief Julie Craig
Oracle buys Sun: Database Giant moves to become Lord of the Datacenter EMA Brief Curtis Breville
HP Cloud Assure: Addressing Security, Performance and Availability Concerns About Cloud Adoption EMA Brief Julie Craig
Is Oracle Buying Sun to Build an ERP/CRM Appliance? EMA Brief Liam McGlynn
CA Spectrum Service Assurance Manager Bridges Service Management Gap EMA Brief Jim Frey

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