By Allan Maurer
“ScienceLogic provides a complete IT management suite on an appliance at a fraction of the cost of existing suite vendors. Companies, including some large enterprises, are buying into it.” These comments appeared in an independent report, titled, “2008 Preview Infrastructure management software” published in December 2007.
Virtualization is a hot item these days. “A Gartner conference explored why it’s growing so fast,” says Link. Those boiled down to three themes. First, virtualization “is really a strategy,” says Link. It makes rapid set up of new applications possible.
Virtualization virtues
“In the old world, if you wanted a new application set-up by the IT department, you’d make the request and maybe several weeks to a month later you would have what you needed. Many applications now come as virtual aps you can have up in five or ten minutes. It changes the whole dynamic.”
Secondly, virtualization can run different operating systems and distinct applications on one server. “It lets you slice and dice one computer. It’s green, because you turn ten servers into one, drawing less power.
Finally, the business model of VMware is attractive due to its considerable cost savings, says Link.
A recent report by The 451 Group, a technology industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation, provides an overview of the major trends that will shake up the infrastructure management software market in 2008 and positions ScienceLogic as a company at the forefront of that disruption.
More cost effective
“The SaaS and appliance delivery models will gain acceptance in the IT management space as enterprises look for easier, more cost-effective ways to deploy new technologies,” said Dennis Callaghan, analyst for enterprise software with The 451 Group. “ScienceLogic provides a complete IT management suite on an appliance at a fraction of the cost of existing suite vendors. Companies, including some large enterprises, are buying into it.”
“Information technology is not getting any easier,” says Link. “It’s getting more difficult. No IT guy gets a high five for keeping email up and running 24/7. There are no holidays in that job. Everything has to work all the time, although lots of things can break it unless you have a tool like ours that examines millions of pieces of data and presents it in a digestible form.
“Our products provide the IT department and service providers a tool to keep up critical applications and dial tone quality service.” That includes the Internet, business applications, back office operations such as payroll and HR, order provisioning, and logistics.
“Our customers get that single pane of glass showing all the things the IT department has to look at so it can fix troubles before there is a service disruption,” Link says. The company’s product includes an appliance and software tied to the hardware. It plugs into a client’s network. Prices start at $25,000.
“Some customers spend more than half a million on similar products,” Link says. Those include large users with thousands and thousands of computers and devices. Companies spend about $12 billion a year on IT management products, much of it for expensive products from major players such as HP, IBM, and Computer Associates. “We do it a lot faster and more cost effectively,” says Link.
The company just released the latest version of its product in January with 150 new features, including many around virtualization.
On the Web: www.sciencelogic.com
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