by Blazent | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, CMDB Data Quality, Data Intelligence, Data Management, IT Data Intelligence
Enterprise IT is currently experiencing what Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) Vice President Dennis Drogseth describes as a massive, “oceanic” shift. The days of IT serving as a reactive, back-office cost center shrouded in obscure acronyms are over....
by Blazent | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, Data Intelligence, Data Lifecycle, IT Data Intelligence
Here is a brutal engineering reality: standalone asset management platforms cannot completely validate the true state of your hybrid-cloud infrastructure. Relying on raw tracking tools without an automated reconciliation layer breaks IT asset lifecycle management,...
by Blazent | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Data Intelligence, Data Quality, IT Data Intelligence
Recently, I had the pleasure of racing in a Spartan Race in San Francisco. For those unfamiliar with the event, it involves running long stretches across uneven terrain until you reach your next “reward” which turns out to be one of twenty grueling...
by Blazent | Jul 28, 2015 | Blazent Big Data Engine, Blazent Platform, Blog, Data Intelligence, Data Management, IT Data Management
A number of our customers equate what they do (and what Blazent provides) to Air Traffic Control. You’ve got all these components—technology infrastructure), people, processes—moving at different levels and at different speeds. And it’s your job to not only keep...
by Blazent | Jul 7, 2015 | CMDB Data Quality, Data Intelligence, IT Data Intelligence
Defining True CMDB Data Quality In enterprise environments consisting of 40 to 50 million records across hundreds of hybrid sources, data quality is not a buzzword—it is a strict operational requirement. True CMDB quality ensures that all Configuration Items...
by Blazent | Jun 30, 2015 | Blazent Big Data Engine, Blazent Platform, Blog, Data Intelligence, Data Quality, IT Data Intelligence
As enterprise hybrid-cloud environments expand, infrastructure teams are deploying an unprecedented number of discovery and monitoring tools. However, without a centralized IT data intelligence platform to normalize the conflicting telemetry from these disparate...