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| Subject: Combining point products and suites |
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| NETWORK WORLD FUSION FOCUS: AUDREY RASMUSSEN on |
| NETWORK/SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT |
| 08/14/02 |
| Today's focus: Combining point products and suites |
| |
| Dear Robin Frank, |
| |
| In this issue: |
| |
| * Readers who advocate using both point products and suites |
| * Links related to Network/Systems Management |
| * Featured reader resource |
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| Today's focus: Combining point products and suites |
| |
| By Audrey Rasmussen |
| |
| Today we'll hear from readers who think the best route to take |
| in the debate between point products and suites is to use a |
| little of both. |
| |
| One reader commented that a company doesn't have to choose one |
| over the other. He says: |
| |
| "It has been my experience that a well-managed enterprise |
| monitoring system will most likely include some of both: point |
| solutions to address specific network/systems issues, and a |
| centralized, single pane of glass from a 'framework' system |
| providing a common platform for event and problem management." |
| |
| Another reader said organizational issues are an important |
| factor. An approach must work within the organizational and |
| political structure of a company: |
| |
| "The approach with best of breed, plus some integration tools |
| above it, is probably the less risky route - and for less |
| integrated organizations, the better way to go. If you go for |
| an integrated framework, you'd better be sure that you can |
| handle it from an organizational viewpoint; otherwise it could |
| be a hard, expensive landing." |
| |
| According to yet another reader, there are other factors that |
| affect the decision on the management approach: |
| |
| "Mostly this question is answered based on: |
| |
| * How high up in the organization the decision is being made |
| |
| * How pragmatically (quick and dirty vs. big and beautiful) |
| does one want to approach the issue |
| |
| * How specific the requirements are |
| |
| * Time of decision |
| |
| "Each supplier has its rise and fall; the winner of today may |
| be a loser tomorrow. If the different user [administrator] |
| groups have a different timing regarding when they need a tool, |
| they will probably come to different decisions." |
| |
| Another user says: |
| |
| "My personal favorite solution involves using vendor-supplied |
| software agents such as IBM Director or Compaq Insight Manager |
| and integrating them into a suite solution such as Tivoli or CA |
| Unicenter. This removes not only the cost of the middleware and |
| integration layers, but also removes the cost of the agent |
| technology." |
| |
| So, there you have opinions from readers who embrace point |
| products and suites working together. |
| |
| _______________________________________________________________ |
| To contact Audrey Rasmussen: |
| |
| Audrey Rasmussen is a research director with Enterprise |
| Management Associates in Boulder, Colorado, |
| (http://www.enterprisemanagement.com), a leading analyst |
| and market research firm focusing exclusively on all aspects |
| of enterprise management. Audrey has more than 20 years of |
| experience working with distributed systems, applications |
| and networks. Her current focus at EMA is e-business, SMB/SME |
| and MSPs. She can be reached at: |
| mailto:rasmussen@enterprisemanagement.com. |
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