Tag Archives: BMC

The Hunt for the Coveted “New Logo”

By Dick Stark People want to be told what to do so badly that they will listen to anyone. The day you sign a client is the day you start losing one.             –Don Draper, Mad Men BMC wants its … Continue reading

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Remedyforce Winter 14 Update

By Dick Stark and Wade Wennik What’s new with Remedyforce Winter 14? BMC hosted a Remedyforce Winter 14 preview webinar last week for its customers and partners. Winter 14 adds significant improvements and BMC is making it much easier and … Continue reading

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Character + Competence = Trust

By Dick Stark I just read an incredible story in Sports Illustrated by Chris Ballard, about a high school basketball team in San Jose, California.  In the fall of 2011 and fed up with his team’s poor attitude, Coach Mike … Continue reading

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Remedy vs. Remedy-onDemand

By Dick Stark I excerpted the following from a government proposal we submitted that required a comparison between Remedy and Remedy OnDemand.  The answer might surprise you… To excel at BSM, Big Government Agency (BGA) must rely heavily on out-of-the-box … Continue reading

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Report from the Pink 14 Launch Site

By Dick Stark The 19th annual Pink Elephant Conference, held February 16 to19 in Las Vega, is IT’s annual tribute and awards ceremony to all things ITIL. It’s fun and entertaining–words, not often found in the same sentence as ITIL. … Continue reading

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Report from BMC’s Exchange

By Dick Stark BMC’s Exchange, held last Thursday at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Pentagon City, was well attended by more than 250 customers, prospects, and partners. Sessions held all day covered topics such as Cloud, ITSM, Data Center Automation, and Performance … Continue reading

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Living the Dreamforce 2013

By Dick Stark I virtually attended several of the Dreamforce keynotes held this week in San Francisco.  Hard to believe but this year’s Dreamforce had 135,000 attendees, making it the largest software conference in the world. Salesforce is now 15 … Continue reading

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ITIL: A Four-Letter Word?

By Dick Stark ITIL is what happens when good ideas get absorbed by a bureaucracy and institutionalized and homogenized to a point where they are almost useless. Why is ITIL so obtuse that someone has to ask, “Is rebooting a … Continue reading

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David and Goliath at RightStar

By Dick Stark But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him: for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the … Continue reading

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Gartner’s Top Ten for 2013: How Do They Apply to ITSM?

By Dick Stark Since RightStar supports many mid-size customers, I attended Midsize Enterprise Summit this week held in Phoenix.  More than 200 CIO’s from mid-market firms also attended this event.  (In case you’re wondering, Gartner defines an average mid-market firm … Continue reading

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