In the 1980’s there was a British TV show called Call My Bluff on which 2 teams of 3 “celebrities” battled to determine the correct definition of a given obscure word. The teams took turns to give three definitions, one true and two bluffs, while the other team attempted to determine which was correct. Recently […]
As Orb Data helps their customers plan migrations from ITM6 to Instana one of the first questions is on events and the comparative terminology. This blog will try and compare the two technologies. ITM6 For ITM6, monitoring is defined using a “Situation”. The situation definition includes a condition that is periodically evaluated against attributes (metrics) […]
Many years ago, I wrote a workshop and a corresponding whitepaper on the business case for moving from the Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) to Netcool OMNIbus. It proved quite popular, and I ended up presenting this for IBM at a few user groups around Europe and a slightly longer hands-on workshop many times at Orb […]
I recently discovered the word Hiraeth. It’s a Welsh word for longing or nostalgia, or a deep and irrational bond felt with a time, era, place or person. The word struck a chord as it accurately reflects the feeling I have for the home computer movement of the 1980’s. But more remarkably I’ve also recently […]
Whilst writing my blog How can Topology Manager enhance your Netcool Deployment? the dynamic naming and packaging of some IBM solutions became apparent and the potential confusion that such dynamic naming can cause. Within the context of Topology Manager should we refer to Netcool OMNIbus, Netcool Operations Insight, Event Manager or Watson AIOPs Event Manager? […]