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Subject: Fwd: Standards Watch: Service Modeling Language; Demo ShowDoesn't Do Complexity
If a second draft of SML was published in November, it managed to miss me. Anybody known anything more about this beastie? Sorry for any duplicated postings, but I wanted to get a wide audience on this. Cheers, Rex >Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:06:38 -0500 (EST) >From: "Network Computing >Newsletter"<NetworkComputing@update.networkcomputing.com> >To: rexb@starbourne.com >Subject: Standards Watch: Service Modeling >Language; Demo Show Doesn't Do Complexity >X-Rcpt-To: <rexb@starbourne.com> >X-DPOP: Version number supressed > > > Network Computing Newsletter- Monday, February 5, 2007 > > > > Everyone >loves a big, vendor-studded standards effort--if >it works. That's always the rub, isn't it? In >this issue, ><http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0E2lu0Ek>we >take a close look at SML, or Service Modeling >Language, a multivendor effort to create a >common vocabulary for describing literally >*everything* in an IT environment--hardware, >software, applications and, eventually, >services. The idea is that standard descriptions >will make it easier for management products from >different vendors to share information about the >assets they manage. > >SML's supporters represent a who's who of IT >vendors: BEA Systems, BMC Software, Cisco >Systems, Dell, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, >Microsoft and Sun Microsystems. > >So, what are SML's prospects? It's still early, >but things look good. A second version of the >spec was published in November, and the group is >aiming to turn its work over to a >still-to-be-named standards body sometime this >quarter--with a goal of creating a standard >sometime next year. > >It's no surprise that many of the players behind >SML are also architecting their management >products around configuration management >databases, or CMDBs. The easier it is to bring >asset data into CMDBs, the more they will be >adopted by customers. If you're interested in >SML and simplifying IT management, go deeper >into this story by reading our ><http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0Ez370Ex>recent >analysis of CMDBs:. Also check out our in-depth ><http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0EbfH0Eh>RFI >analysis of the leading service-management >vendors and ><http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0E2lv0El>get >the low down on ITL, or IT Infrastructure >Library, another major industry effort to >standardize IT management best practices. > >Also this week, editor in chief Art Wittmann ><http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0E2cR0E1>wraps >up his coverage of the DEMO conference, where >brave souls put on live demos of new IT products >and services. Not surprisingly, Art saw plenty >of new Web 2.0-style products, but also noted a >dearth of serious enterprise-scale offerings, >leading him to note that DEMO doesn't do >complexity. > >Richard Karpinski ><mailto:rkarpinski@cmp.com?subject=[Daily]-02-05-2007>rkarpinski@cmp.com ><http://www.networkcomputing.com/>www.networkcomputing.com > ><http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0E2lu0Ek>Service >Modeling Language Manages IT Assets >By Andrew Conry-Murray >The SML standard establishes a common vocabulary >for disparate tools and has the backing of some >big vendors. > >GO DEEP: > > <http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0EbfH0Eh>Service >Delivery Modeling Strategies > > > <http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0E2lv0El>IT >Best Practices With ITIL > > > <http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0Ez370Ex>CMDBs: >An IT Goldmine? > > > ><http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0E2lw0Em>The >NWC Interview: Jon W. 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Chris Shipley >now drives this show, and quite honestly, it's >not an obvious fit for Network Computing. The >technologies discussed tend toward the consumer >side, or at least toward enabling B2C business. >If one could find a theme in this morning's >demos, it would be Web 2.0-ification of >everything. Most applications shown were all >about improving the end-user experience of >Web-based apps. So far there have been a few >standouts. > ><http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/n4FD0GMAHn0G4g0E2cR0E1>DEMO >Doesn't Do Complexity >By Art Wittmann >DEMO continued this afternoon with another spate >of vendors--you guessed it--demoing their >products. The format of DEMO is an interesting >one. Each vendor gets six minutes to show off >its product, and the time limit is strictly >observed. If the product is intended to be used >with the Internet, then that's how it's shown. >If the vendor runs its program against Amazon >and Amazon slows down at that moment, well tough >luck. 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