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RightStar Win BMC North American Partner of the Year Award

By Dick Stark BMC began its FY23 on April 1 and held its annual sales kick-off (SKO) America meeting live in Las Vegas a week ago. I’m thrilled to report that BMC awarded RightStar both the North American and DSOM … Continue reading

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AIOps: A Research View

Last week, I tuned into a EMA Webinar, “AI(work)Ops 2021: The state of AIOps,” led by Valerie O’Connell, EMA Research Director. Valerie shared the results of an AIOps survey given to more than 30 customers of four AIOps vendors that … Continue reading

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Report From Atlassian’s Team 21

By Dick Stark and Alan Reynolds Atlassian held its Team 21 annual customer conference (formerly Atlassian Summit) April 28 and 29 virtually. This was a big deal with an estimated 25,000 online attendees. What a difference a year has made. … Continue reading

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BMC FY22 Officially Launched

BMC began its FY22 on April 1 and held its annual sales kick-off meeting on-line again this year. BMC opened the meeting by stating that BMC had a very good year with all groups achieving or exceeding their FY21 numbers. … Continue reading

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Jira Service Management and Chocolate Tasting

Mixing the Cocoa Beans A week ago RightStar held a Jira Service Management webinar for approximately 30 attendees featuring Theo Chocolate.  Although we did an excellent job presenting what’s new with JSM, the main draw was definitely the chocolate. (How … Continue reading

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Three Digital Transformation Stories

By Dick Stark On Tuesday, March 9, the Federal News Network’s Luke McCormack hosted a panel discussion with Dr. Raj Iyer, CIO, US Army, Dominic Cussatt, Acting CIO, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Heidi Myers, Deputy CIO, US Immigration and … Continue reading

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Report from Atlassian Team Tour: Government Symposium

By Dick Stark This past Tuesday through Thursday, RightStar exhibited at the virtual Atlassian Government Symposium. Also known as Team Tour: Government, the conference focused on, “how Atlassian is shifting its R&D investments and building new agile solutions to help … Continue reading

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IT Predictions: 2021

On Thursday, I tuned into an itSMF/Freshworks sponsored IT Predictions 2021 webinar with presenters Richard Pastore, The Hackett Group; Peter Baskette, Riverbed Technology; and Joy Su, Freshworks. The panelists presented the dynamics shaping 2021 and explored how to harness disruption … Continue reading

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Raymond James Software Disruptor Day

By Dick Stark Earlier this month, I received an invitation to the Raymond James “Software Disruptor Day,” featuring several private software companies in the Automation, Developer, DevOps, Security, and Identity spaces. The event was a fireside chat format with key … Continue reading

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December’s High Tech Prayer Breakfast

By Dick Stark To no one’s surprise, this year’s High-Tech Prayer Breakfast (HTPB) was held virtually. Although I missed having a real breakfast, the message, “The Reality of Reconciliation: What is our role in bridging the gap of division in … Continue reading

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