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BMC's own CMDB figures - The IT Skeptic

skeptic — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:15 -0600

A podcast of the original post a back-of-an-envelope re-analysis of Forrester and BMC's own CMDB research

Several readers argue well that ROI is not the right measure for a CMDB, but nevertheless management want to know what they get for their money, and BMC's own research suggests "not much".

a back-of-an-envelope re-analysis of Forrester and BMC's own CMDB research

skeptic — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:23:24 -0600

This post has been podcast.

Several readers argue well that ROI is not the right measure for a CMDB, but nevertheless management want to know what they get for their money, and BMC's own research suggests "not much".

Crap Factoid Alert: CMDB savings of more than $1 million per year

skeptic — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:31:38 -0600

This post has been podcast.
This is a CATEGORY 1 Crap Factoid alert from Chokey the Chimp at the IT Skeptic's Crap Factoid Warning Service. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Be on EXTREME danger alert for CF "CMDB savings of more than $1 million per year". BMC and Forrester are shovelling it. [Update: more on this here.]

Malcolm Fry swaps sides

skeptic — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:01:31 -0700

Malcolm Fry, who has been BMC's ITIL "thought leader" since they acquired Remedy, is billed at the 2008 HDI conference as "Executive Consultant to CA". Seems he's been over to the dark side for a little while. Well well well. I wonder what Beemer think about that.

Magic happens. BMC promise some magic ITIL.

skeptic — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:32:18 -0600

People want to believe that "magic happens" [why is that bumper sticker so often on cars that look like not much magic happened to them?]. Vendors know this and exploit it by selling magic.

BMC's Ken Turbitt recently put out a paper "can you really get ITIL out of the box?"