“‘Now we have one tool that can access both of the databases that we use here,’ said SQL Developer user Dominic Delmolino, senior director of database engineering at Network Solutions. ‘The developers really like having just one interface.’”

(tags: oracle tools sqldeveloper mysql databases sqlserver)

Interesting data-point for the question, “how do you maintain focus through M&A (or not doing an M&A) in the software/tech world?”

(tags: ncr teradata datawarehousing m&a business)

Nice angle on why you need this real-time packet sniffing and reaction vs. tradition systems management approaches. Also, note the appliance nature.

(tags: infowork sysmgmt taxonomyprg networking networkmanagement appliance snmp packetisland smb)

(tags: bmc redmonkclients hosted saas remedy helpdesk smb ragingwire)

(tags: sysmgmt storage cmdb itil standards)

As usual, Zimbra support is fantastic and works how I’d like it to: I just casually blog a problem, they find the blog, and then accept it as a bug if needed. I am a lazy customer. Thanks for catering to me ;)

(tags: zimbra support bugs ical messaging goodenough)