Jim Melvin

There’s an old saying, “the more things change, the more they stay the same”.   In 2005, a network architect working at a Fortune 500 company foresaw a significant threat to his ability to manage network performance. Simply put, the legacy network performance monitoring systems he was working with could not keep up with the demands of the business. Constantly forced to make tradeoffs between how much data he could consistently collect, …

SevOne Network Performance Management – Now Powered by IBM Read More »

It’s been an exciting eighteen months here at SevOne. First an acquisition in November 2019 by Turbonomic, and now the most recent news, an announcement by IBM to acquire Turbonomic. As the infrastructure that runs today’s modern applications becomes virtualized, full-stack from top to bottom – compute, storage and now the network – it is …

SevOne Insight on Acquisition Announcement by IBM Read More »

Think about all the changes in networking and IT that have occurred over the past 15 -20 years. The dominance of the internet, ubiquitous smartphones, mobile everything, virtualization, the cloud, and more. These and other advances have fundamentally changed our networks, and how we communicate and conduct business. It’s truly remarkable. Equally remarkable is the …

It’s Time to Start Upping Your Network Monitoring Game Read More »

The SevOne team had a great showing last week at Cisco Live! Conference & Expo in San Diego. We were able to spend some quality time with our friends from Cisco (a key SevOne partner) and catch up with many long-time customers. We also met with some really interesting prospective customers and new partners. All …

Aligning with Key Themes from Cisco Live! Read More »

When it comes to setting near-term priorities and securing budget dollars, enterprise IT and networking pros generally have things pretty well buttoned up. They know which projects are needed most, what they’ll cost, and how the completion of those projects will help drive better business results. They make solid business cases, secure the needed funding, …

“Hey, what are you guys working on this year?” Read More »

About 30 years ago, we began connecting devices such as routers, hubs, and printers to IP networks. That meant these resources went from being mostly housed in one location like a data center to spread all throughout an organization’s operations. IT and NetOps teams immediately recognized that they needed a standardized way to monitor and manage …

Streaming Telemetry Has Arrived. Why You Should Care. Read More »

When I’m out talking with customers and prospects, the topic most of them want to discuss is digital transformation. It’s the reinvention of an organization’s business processes to leverage next-gen technologies like virtualized networking and cloud-based architectures. By making this fundamental change, CSPs, MSPs, and enterprises can really move the needle in terms of their operational …

A Measuring and Map-Making Tool for Digital Transformation Read More »

Here at SevOne, we’re often asked by prospects and customers about the ROI they should expect our network and infrastructure management solutions to deliver. It’s a simple question, but the answer is usually quite complicated. That’s because no two networks are the same. Every organization uses its network in different ways to support its unique operational …

Getting Your Arms Around the ROI of Network Management Systems Read More »

While the concept of automation is as old as computing itself, the concept of automatic infrastructure provisioning in response to user & application activity is new and exciting. Self-healing, self-optimizing network platform has been promised for some time but is now becoming more achievable than ever before. A combination of techologies now enables a world …

Your First ‘Must See’ at Cisco Live! Orlando: Automated Infrastructure Provisioning in Verizon’s MSP Suite Read More »

Here at SevOne, we spend a lot of time working on and talking about ‘self-driving IT’. That’s the intelligent, automated and dynamic provisioning of everything from compute and storage resources, to connectivity and bandwidth, to network services and applications. It’s similar in many ways to the self-driving car phenomenon. Let’s take a look at some …

The Key to ‘Self-Driving’ IT Read More »