Comments on: Briefings: Opalis, Curl, and Greenplum http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Tue, 22 May 2012 15:13:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Microsoft buys Opalis – Shoring up good old fashioned IT Management http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/comment-page-1/#comment-341081 Microsoft buys Opalis – Shoring up good old fashioned IT Management Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:02:02 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/#comment-341081 [...] that in a virtualized and cloud-driven world, this kind of automation is table steaks. Here’s how I summed it up in 2007 after talking with Opalis: The GUI is a console that lets you define workflows for IT management: check the state of a [...] [...] that in a virtualized and cloud-driven world, this kind of automation is table steaks. Here’s how I summed it up in 2007 after talking with Opalis: The GUI is a console that lets you define workflows for IT management: check the state of a [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » Microsoft buys Opalis – Shoring up good old fashioned IT Management http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/comment-page-1/#comment-341075 People Over Process » Microsoft buys Opalis – Shoring up good old fashioned IT Management Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:25:21 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/#comment-341075 [...] Opalis takes processes in IT that would otherwise have to be done manually and automates them. It uses a combination of workflow creation, run book cataloging, and what’s hopefully endless amounts of integration code to work with the various infrastructure out there to deploy changes, remediate problems, and otherwise do the tasks an admin would have to do by hand. You can imagine that in a virtualized and cloud-driven world, this kind of automation is table steaks. Here’s how I summed it up in 2007 after talking with Opalis: [...] [...] Opalis takes processes in IT that would otherwise have to be done manually and automates them. It uses a combination of workflow creation, run book cataloging, and what’s hopefully endless amounts of integration code to work with the various infrastructure out there to deploy changes, remediate problems, and otherwise do the tasks an admin would have to do by hand. You can imagine that in a virtualized and cloud-driven world, this kind of automation is table steaks. Here’s how I summed it up in 2007 after talking with Opalis: [...]

]]> By: » Curl relaunches into the Rich Enterprise Application space | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/comment-page-1/#comment-32094 » Curl relaunches into the Rich Enterprise Application space | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com Tue, 22 May 2007 22:50:01 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/#comment-32094 [...] For more thoughts on Curl, see People over Process.  [...] [...] For more thoughts on Curl, see People over Process.  [...]

]]> By: cote http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/comment-page-1/#comment-18072 cote Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:55:01 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/#comment-18072 We asked them about command-line or some sort of non-GUI way of using the platform. While there are XML files laying around, but they're not meant to be used by humans. The end result seems to be that Opalis doesn't offer a non-GUI model. Along those lines, we talked briefly about Opalis being more of an "open platform" re: integrating it's functionality into web applications as widgets/porlets. While the software doesn't do that, the idea didn't seem new to them. I encouraged them to go down that path as, in my view, mashups/composites are more and more important for behind-the-firewall apps. We asked them about command-line or some sort of non-GUI way of using the platform. While there are XML files laying around, but they're not meant to be used by humans. The end result seems to be that Opalis doesn't offer a non-GUI model.

Along those lines, we talked briefly about Opalis being more of an "open platform" re: integrating it's functionality into web applications as widgets/porlets. While the software doesn't do that, the idea didn't seem new to them. I encouraged them to go down that path as, in my view, mashups/composites are more and more important for behind-the-firewall apps.

]]> By: Danno http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/comment-page-1/#comment-18017 Danno Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:01:38 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/03/22/briefings-opalis-curl-and-greenplum/#comment-18017 Opalis looks kind of interesting. Process integration from the Firefighter's point of view. Can't help but think it'd be better served as a DSL in a host language or something though. Opalis looks kind of interesting. Process integration from the Firefighter's point of view.

Can't help but think it'd be better served as a DSL in a host language or something though.

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