EMA
DECEMBER 2008
EMA
Resource Roundup


From all of us at
Enterprise Management Associates

Webinars
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Make the Most of ITSM in 2009: Best-Practice Advice from Your Peers
-Chris Matney, Consulting Director, EMA
-Thursday 1/8 @ 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern

How to Reduce Network Management Expenses in 2009
-Dennis Drogseth, VP, EMA
-Joe Fox, Product Marketing Manager, HP Software & Solutions
-Wednesday 1/21 @ 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern

Service Catalog: Dramatically Improving the IT / Business Relationship
-Paul Burns, Senior Analyst, EMA
-Michele McFadden, Director of Product Management, Numara Software
-Tuesday 1/27 @ 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern

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

Don't Let Federation Scare You! Some Common-Sense Recommendations for Effective CMS Deployments
by Dennis Drogseth – DITY Weekly Reader – November 18, 2008

Cloud Computing Skepticism: IT Security and Compliance
by Andi Mann – SearchServerVirtualization – December 3, 2008

Improving Virtual System Management
by Andi Mann – SearchServerVirtualization – December 7, 2008

SOA, CMDB and Automation
by Julie Craig – CIO Update – December 8, 2008

Events
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Events
Interop Las Vegas 2009
-Jim Frey, Senior Analyst
-May 17 - 21, 2009
-Las Vegas, NV

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Analyst's Corner
 Managing the “Business” of ITDennis Drogseth

by Lisa Erickson-Harris, Research Director, EMA

As IT has become pervasive, IT management tools and processes have focused on managing technology and, more recently, services. Services represent a giant step in bringing IT much closer to the business. Yet, even as the cost and complexity of IT has grown, it does not address the across-the-board business activities of IT as an organization. Key disciplines for IT around investment, risk management, and transparency for both costs and priorities have all been missing or cobbled together in an inefficient manner for many IT organizations. CIOs are reaching out for management technology that can help them make better decisions and be strong and responsible business partners in the enterprise …

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News
EMA Welcomes Curtis BrevilleCurtis Breville
Senior Analyst – Storage Management

EMA is pleased to announce that Curtis Breville has joined the firm as a senior analyst focused on the vital area of Storage Management. With 20 years of high-tech experience in the data storage arena, Curtis is a great addition to Enterprise Management Associates’ repertoire of knowledgeable and experienced analysts.

Read Curtis’ complete bio or contact your EMA Business Development Manager to schedule a briefing with Curtis.

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

Document Name Document Type Analyst
Quality of Experience – the Ultimate Collaboration: How Real Deployments Are Succeeding and Why End-User Research Report* Dennis Drogseth

Purchasing Decisions for 2009: Data Deduplication		 Research Report – Vendor* EMA Staff
The Advent of QoE: Business and IT Priorities Research Report – Vendor* Dennis Drogseth
Software AG Innovation World 2008 Recap: Flawless Integration of webMethods Yields Impressive Benefits Advisory Note* Julie Craig
U.S. Government Wastes $1 Billion Annually on Poor Desktop Power Management Practices Advisory Note* Steve Brasen
Service Catalog and the Back Office Connection Advisory Note* Paul Burns
Quality of Experience – the Ultimate Collaboration: How Real Deployments Are Succeeding and Why Advisory Note* Dennis Drogseth
2008 Year-end Gorilla Dance - Wrap-up of Major Supplier Analyst Events Advisory Note* Jim Frey
Network Management 2008: Megatrends in Technology, Organization, and Process (Summary) Advisory Note* Jim Frey
Event Automation: Cutting the Budget without Bleeding the Business Advisory Note* Liam McGlynn
Citrix NetScaler 9: Faster Deployment Time, Automated Application Maps Boost the Value Proposition EMA Brief* Julie Craig
Tideway Systems Announces Downloadable Community Edition, Green IT Support, and Enhancements to Foundation Platform EMA Brief* Julie Craig
Increasing Data Center Efficiency with HP Thermal Logic EMA Brief* Steve Brasen
CA Strengthens Network Management Reach to Support Expanding Roles in Network Operations EMA Brief* Dennis Drogseth
VMware Upgrades VDI to VMware View 3 EMA Brief* Andi Mann
CA Focuses on Simplified Delivery and the Service Desk EMA Brief* Lisa Erickson-Harris
EMC Enters the CCM Ring and Takes the Gloves Off EMA Brief* Steve Brasen
CA Acquires IT Process Automation vendor Optinuity EMA Brief* Andi Mann
OpTier and Netuitive Combine Leadership Technologies in Business Transaction Management and Adaptive Analytics for Proactive Service Control EMA Brief* Dennis Drogseth
ExtraHop Leaps Network/Application Gap EMA Brief* Jim Frey
Novell Acquires Managed Objects in a Visionary Move to Extend Its Reach in Business Service Management EMA Brief* Dennis Drogseth
HP NNMi 8.10 Aims to Automate Network Lifecycle Management
 EMA Brief* Jim Frey
Closing the Four Security Risk Gaps of Mainframe Console Access
 White Paper* Scott Crawford
From Trust to Process: Closing the Risk Gap in Privileged Access Control White Paper* Scott Crawford
Security Operations Management in the Real World: What Sets High Performers Apart? White Paper* Scott Crawford
Automating ITIL v3 Event Management with IT Process Automation: Improving Quality while Reducing Expense White Paper* Paul Burns
Avoiding the Economic Cliff by Managing the Data Center Floor White Paper* Liam McGlynn

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