Comments on: Novell to purchase Managed Objects – A New Player in BSM & IT Management? http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The battle seems to continue | Cloudblog http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/comment-page-1/#comment-280579 The battle seems to continue | Cloudblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:39:46 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/#comment-280579 [...] in IT Service Managment and Data center automation with acquiring Platespin and Managed Objects <HERE>,  these days SUN is shifting gears by buying QLayer <READ_HERE>. Sure, they lost ground [...] [...] in IT Service Managment and Data center automation with acquiring Platespin and Managed Objects <HERE>,  these days SUN is shifting gears by buying QLayer <READ_HERE>. Sure, they lost ground [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » IT Management Podcast #24 - If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/comment-page-1/#comment-255012 People Over Process » IT Management Podcast #24 - If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:16:48 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/#comment-255012 [...] discussing that topic for the bulk of the episode, John gives us his take on the Novell plans to acquire Managed Objects and I reprise my analysis of as well. We also talk about the virtualization numbers out on Microsoft’s market share in that space, [...] [...] discussing that topic for the bulk of the episode, John gives us his take on the Novell plans to acquire Managed Objects and I reprise my analysis of as well. We also talk about the virtualization numbers out on Microsoft’s market share in that space, [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » IT Management Podcast #23 - Buying Milk in Rocket Cars http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/comment-page-1/#comment-253142 People Over Process » IT Management Podcast #23 - Buying Milk in Rocket Cars Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:30:09 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/#comment-253142 [...] discuss the recent finding in the wild of OpenNMS, maps and dashboards in IT Management platforms, Novell putting in plans to buy Managed Objects, CMDBf being demo’ed, and we get general updates on OpenNMS and Zenoss from Tarus and [...] [...] discuss the recent finding in the wild of OpenNMS, maps and dashboards in IT Management platforms, Novell putting in plans to buy Managed Objects, CMDBf being demo’ed, and we get general updates on OpenNMS and Zenoss from Tarus and [...]

]]> By: Berkay http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/comment-page-1/#comment-252521 Berkay Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:18:23 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/14/novell-buying-managed-objects/#comment-252521 I have to say this acquisition does not seem to make any sense. What's Novell to do with IT management? And ManagedObjects is not your run of the mill monitoring tool, etc., it's a leader in BSM market. The question is how does this make sense for ManagedObjects? After all these years staying a bachelor, why now get hitched with such an underwhelming prospect? ManagedObjects was a private company so their finances are unknown. Has there been trouble? This was a company that weathered the previous market contraction in 2000-2002 period. Are things worse now? Another possible explanation is that verticalization of IT industry with soup to nuts software + services comp(IBM, HP) is taking its toll on the independents and it's getting tougher/infeasible to compete the big guns. If so, this is not good news for the customers. I have to say this acquisition does not seem to make any sense. What’s Novell to do with IT management? And ManagedObjects is not your run of the mill monitoring tool, etc., it’s a leader in BSM market. The question is how does this make sense for ManagedObjects? After all these years staying a bachelor, why now get hitched with such an underwhelming prospect? ManagedObjects was a private company so their finances are unknown. Has there been trouble? This was a company that weathered the previous market contraction in 2000-2002 period. Are things worse now?

Another possible explanation is that verticalization of IT industry with soup to nuts software + services comp(IBM, HP) is taking its toll on the independents and it’s getting tougher/infeasible to compete the big guns. If so, this is not good news for the customers.

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