In most data centers, DCIM rests on a shaky foundation of manual record keeping and scattered documentation. OpManager replaces data center documentation with a single repository for data, QRCodes for asset tracking, accurate 3D mapping of asset locations, and a configuration management database (CMDB). In this webcast, sponsored by ManageEngine, you will see how a real-world datacenter mapping stored in racktables gets imported into OpManager, which then provides a 3D visualization of where assets actually are. You'll also see how the QR Code generator helps you make the link between real assets and the monitoring world, and how the layered CMDB provides a single point of view for all your configuration data.
This webinar will help attendees understand the overall concept of SDN and its benefits, describe the different conceptual approaches to SDN, and examine the various technologies, both proprietary and open source, that are emerging. It will also help users decide whether SDN makes sense in their environment, and outline the first steps IT can take for testing SDN technologies.
SAP's move into IP telephony isn't surprising: VoIP means that telephony is essentially just software, attracting interest in VoIP from Microsoft and open-source developers. At the same time, telephony vendors such Avaya and Siemens have been moving into SAP's application integration space, offering platforms that aim to integrate telephony apps into a SOA.
However, telephony and related real-time applications don't easily fit into the messaging-based architectures that most SOA products still use. The move into IP telephony and the strengthening of its ID-management offerings also brings SAP into more direct competition with its partners Microsoft and Cisco--with both of which it announced joint products less than a month ago. Andy Dornan NWC Technology Editor
SAP announced a pair of acquisitions, picking up IP telephony and identity management vendors to add new capabilities to its business process applications. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.
SAP said it acquired Wicom Communications, which makes all-IP contact center and enterprise communications software. In addition, the vendor announced the acquisition of MaXWare, a provider of identity management services.
Together, the acquisitions add new capabilities to SAP's enterprise applications and its underlying NetWeaver application integration platform.
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