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 »

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 »

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 »

Information is power and for many organizations, that power lies in the insights that data can offer about customer behaviors. Without context, however, that power isn’t worth much. Real-time Network Performance Analytics can provide the context that organizations need regarding the data from their monitoring solution, but many organizations don’t know where to begin. There …

Harnessing the Power of Real-Time Data Analytics Read More »

One of the biggest news stories in August was when Delta experienced an internal outage followed by the failure of a backup system at one of its operations centers in Atlanta. The outage, which only lasted for five hours but had rippling effects, caused over 2,000 canceled flights over three days, stranded thousands of travelers, …

When Network Downtime Costs Your Business $150 Million Read More »

You remember the story of Goldilocks. The little girl runs out of the forest and stumbles into the home of the three bears. She tastes the first bowl of porridge and it’s too hot. Then, she samples the second bowl, but it’s too cold. Finally, she tries the third bowl. “Ahhh, this porridge is just …

4 Reasons Why CaaS is Just Right for Business Read More »

Today, businesses must constantly reinvent themselves to stay one step ahead of the competition. Entire industries are being transformed in the blink of an eye. Take banking for example. In 1969, the ATM changed retail banking forever. The modern ATM isn’t completely irrelevant today, but customers want more. They want mobile banking, virtual currencies, instant …

3 Reasons Why Your Business Should Embrace the Digital Transformation Read More »