Monthly Archives: July 2012

IBM TRIRIGA Environmental and Energy Management Bests Oracle Skire

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IBM TRIRIGA Environmental and Energy Management Software vs. Oracle Skire

By Susan Eustis

IBM TRIRIGA environmental and energy management software has been very successful in  helping facilities managers meet and achieve improvements in meeting environmental and energy management goals.  Now  Oracle has bought Skire in hopes of competing directly.

IBM TRIRIGA delivers environmental and energy management software to reduce energy consumption and meet sustainability goals. IBM TRIRIGA environmental and energy management software identifies worst-performing facilities, generates higher returns from energy efficiency projects, and accelerates implementation of the top-three tactics used to achieve facility energy reduction goals.

Skire bought by Oracle today is positioned to help improve efficiency and cut costs.  Skire makes software that helps companies plan and execute projects.   It remains to be seen whether Skire can be retrofitted to provide the robust functionality already offered by IBM TRIRIGA.

IBM TRIRIGA is an application platform that provides graphical and highly intuitive configuration tools.  TRIRIGA is used to rapidly configure and reconfigure applications and extend application value.  Standards-based technology, interfaces and high-performance workflow process engine leverage an n-tiered architecture.  Performance benchmarks provide key tools and key system configuration automation.  One key competitive advantage IBM offers is the integration platform that addresses enterprise-class scalability.

IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform reduces traditional software development time up to 33% .  It improves interoperability with financial management and ERP systems.  On-line and asynchronous process performance are achieved through a scalable n-tier architecture.  Oracle will be challenged to offer competitive capability that begins to approach this enterprise class system functionality.

IBM TRIRIGA Facility Assessment identifies and prioritizes deferred maintenance, and improves environmental performance of facilities.  It enables condition-based financial and operational management of facilities, building systems and assets across the enterprise. Establish goals, manage assessments, analyze asset condition data, and provide information to make informed budget and maintenance decisions, and execute projects & work tasks.

IBM Pure Systems Hits a Home Run

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by Susan Eustis

IBM Pure Systems has hit a home run for ISVs by achieving a brand that represents ease of use, quick installation, and broad functionality in one package.  The top causes of project delays for:
Hardware are
Troubleshooting and tuning production environment
Integration, configuration and testing of the infrastructure
Installation, cabling and network access for the environment
Software are
Integration, configuration and testing of applications
Integration, configuration and testing of middleware
Configuration, build and deployment of applications

Pure Systems from IBM addresses all these issues by providing production ready servers that are configured, integrated and available for applications, middleware, database and storage within four hours of hitting the data center floor.  The Pure Systems solution is making every part of the IT lifecycle easier.  A unit comes with integrated management of the entire system and a broad open ecosystem of optimized solutions.

The cost reduction is achieved as companies are enabled to  implement a cloud system in-house and are then ready to move virtualized images to a hosted cloud environment if the economics are compelling enough and the security is good enough in the hosted cloud.  Pure Systems enables virtualization and consolidation of images.

IBM pure Systems has hit a home run for the data center by implementing integration by design.  Deeply integrating and tuning hardware and software in a ready-to-go workload optimized system is set to increase the profitability of the ISVs immediately and for a long time to come.

Key EMC NetWorker 8.0 Developments Enhance Backup Support for Microsoft Applications

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by Susan Eustis

EMC NetWorker has been redesigned to provide an accelerated backup system.  High performance architecture represents a systems transformation that delivers 50% faster backups and 3x more scalability.  Client direct and data domain improvements are able to boost integration.    EMC NetWorker 8.0 delivers increased performance and scalability.   Deeper integration with deduplication storage systems, expanded enterprise application support, and enhanced management and security are provided.

Key EMC NetWorker 8.0 developments include an architecture with a client direct feature for backup to disk, data domain BoostTM integration with the NetWorker client, enhanced support for Microsoft applications, and a new multi-tenancy feature to enable cloud service delivery.

NetWorker 8.0 advances the EMC effort to support the data protection needs of IT environments.  As enterprises transform their IT infrastructures to move to cloud computing models and deliver IT-as-a-Service, backup is an essential foundational element.  NetWorker has been equipped with a wide array of new features and capabilities that align to the requirements of transformational IT initiatives.

Over 23,000 customers globally are targeted.  EMC NetWorker has been a field-proven mainstay of the enterprise backup and recovery landscape for twenty years.  NetWorker has been enhanced with a streamlined architecture for dramatically improved performance and scalability.  It delivers deep integration with EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems and broadened support for Microsoft applications, as well as new multi-tenancy management for cloud service delivery.

An innovative architecture lowers server processing enabling users to do more with existing resources.  A client direct feature enables NetWorker clients to backup directly to disk from the application client , improving performance by up to 50%.

Integration with the NetWorker client brings benefits to backup workloads.  Benefits include lower network traffic, integrated management with clone-controlled replication, and automated configuration, monitoring and reporting capabilities.  Microsoft data protection is enhanced.   SQL server support and granular level recovery for Exchange, SharePoint and Hyper-V are offered.  SQL is emerging as a significant industry standard in need of enhanced backup  Multi-tenancy management delivers logical zoning of data, devices and users in shared backup environments.

NetWorker from EMC Global Services capabilities optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of the backup environment.  These include infrastructure assessments.  Optimizing and stabilizing the current backup infrastructure is a priority for alll data centers.  EMC Health Check services help improve the capacity, performance, and throughput of the environment.  These offerings are part of EMC Global Services’ deep portfolio for backup and recovery, spanning the entire technology adoption lifecycle.

NetWorker EMC has reinforced its vision that deep integration between backup software and backup appliances represents the future of backup and recovery for customers.  This major new release of NetWorker offers integration, performance, scalability and support for transformational IT initiatives.