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18th September 2008 Data Center Planning Tool Released AssetGen Planner is now available - the latest product in the AssetGen infrastructure management tools. Designed to help reduce the manual workload involved in planning and managing change, AssetGen Planner automates the use of information held in data centre and service management toolsets. Some of the features include;
"AssetGen Planner really makes a difference to the workload of data centre operations and project teams" said David Cuthbertson, MD of Square Mile. "Provisioning, decommissioning and reporting activities suddenly become easier. Taking down a PDU would involve tracing every device connected to each power strip, then tracing the connectivity of servers and LAN/SAN switches, as well as having to understand service impacts. Now it takes a few seconds rather than days or weeks. Producing updated Visio diagrams of racks is so easy that no organisation can say its too time consuming to have accurate data centre documentation". For more details on AssetGen Planner and white papers, [click here]
10th January 2008 Square Mile launches IT Infrastructure Training Courses Square Mile Systems announced today the introduction of their training programmes to help with the management of complex IT infrastructures. They enable IT teams and managers to acquire additional skills and experience in areas that are strategic in nature, but difficult or poorly served. "The need for these courses has directly resulted from our integration and deployment activities" said David Cuthbertson, MD of Square Mile. "Optimising the mix of process, technology and people when managing end to end services is not easy. All our courses are about real world issues where a short, focused training session can save months, or years of internal communication. If delivered on site within a customer, they provide a means to help communication within multi-disciplinary teams developing internal workng practices." More details about the six courses are in the training section of the Square Mile web site. All courses are one day in duration. 1. Practical Data Centre Management Part 1 2. Practical Data Centre Management Part 2 3. How to Map Services and Systems 4. Practical Asset and Configuration Management 5. Practical Data Integration across IT Toolsets 6. Improving Infrastructure Change Processes The first public courses are scheduled for March 2008 in the UK and April in Australia. [click here] for the latest course schedule
14th December 2007 Square Mile Systems Opens in Australia! As part of our growth, Square Mile Systems are pleased to announce the opening of our new office in Western Australia for supporting Australia and the AsiaPac region. Brendan Martin joins the team and will be providing sales and technical support to AsiaPac countries. "I've been following Square Mile activities for some time, mainly related to their leadership in ITIL configuration management practices" said Brendan. "Being offered the chance to help set up Square Mile activities locally was too good to miss. It also gives me the ability to combine my first hand experience with large government IT programmes, with solutions that actually deliver what ITIL only promises". "We welcome Brendan to the team and look forward to expanding our international activities in 2008" said David Cuthbertson MD of Square Mile. "He is well qualified to achieve the same success we have found in the UK and US. All companies with large IT infrastructures are finding that managing change is becoming more difficult, with the combination of our practical solutions and skills being very attractive." For Australian and AsiaPac customers, you can contact Brendan Martin directly on +61 (0)417 231726 or via the contacts page for email. 27th September 2007 AssetGen Connect 1.6 & AssetGen CMDB 1.3 Released The latest versions of AssetGen range have now been released with additional integration features between the two packages. Any service maps, network diagrams, rack layouts, system diagrams derived from the AssetGen toolsets have embedded links that launch you back to the original database in one or two mouse clicks. These enhancements make it easier for technical infrastructure, service management and outsource teams to work more effectively when planning, managing or reacting to changes. For example; Launch an impact assessment on software or services by selecting a hardware component in a rack diagram Find the exact physical location of a device referenced in a service map or service desk CMDB Navigate from a system diagram back into the infrastructure database to verify/update current data Quickly assess all services impacted by a hardware fault or an unsuccessful change implementation Access existing service desk CMDB data faster than the existing standard user interface It is easier to show the speed and ease of use of our latest enhancements, rather than describe them so contact us for an online demo on +44 (0)870 950 4651. All you need is a web browser and 20 minutes to see the latest configuration management techniques implemented in our technology! 15th March 2007 Square Mile Systems to develop training course on Practical Data Centre Management CableNet Training, a leading provider of training courses on data centre design and implementation practices has commissioned Square Mile Systems to develop and deliver a training course on practical data centre management. For full details of the CableNet Training press release [click here]. First courses are scheduled for April 2007. For a course brochure [click here] and for booking places please contact [Cablenet Training] directly. 9th February 2007 Square Mile Systems sponsoring "The CMDB Clinic" at the Service Desk Show. Square Mile Systems has agreed to sponsor "The CMDB Clinic" at the forthcoming Service Desk which runs on 24th/25th/26th April 2007. We will be sending out a call for papers week beginning 12/2/2007 and will consider presentations and panel participation submitted by 28th Feb. If you have a story to tell, or a technique covering real world configuration management then please contact David Cuthbertson on 0870 950 4651 referencing Service Desk Show. If you would like to attend, please contact the show organisers for registration and an up to date programme. 13th November 2006 Free Place at UKCMG Conference on 27th November. We have been given a free delegate pass to the UKCMG (Computer Measurement Group) event being held on the 27th November in London, England. To get this pass worth £295 for free! please ask for Gordon Petrie on 0870 950 4651 referencing UKCMG offer. For more details [Agenda] [UKCMG] 28th September 2006 AssetGen Connect Version 1.5 Released The latest version of AssetGen Connect - The infrastructure database has now been released. New functions and reports include: Capacity reports on cabinet space, power and ports Single click end to end connectivity reports on servers, switches etc. Audit trail now covering all changes to device information, with change source detailed (user, import etc.) Sharing of device data for the new AssetGen CMDB Launching of Assetgen CMDB impact analysis from within AssetGen (requires CMDB product) For more details, visit the products section. If you unfamiliar with the Assetgen range, call us for an online demo on 0870 950 4651. 4th May 2006 BCS Focus Group for Data Centre Specialists - update The next meeting of the BCS-DCSG will take place at 2pm, on Thursday 25th May at the BCS offices in Covent Garden, London. The agenda covers the formation of the group, initial committee members and a social afterwards. More details from Zahl Limbuwala directly on +44 (0) 771 858 3160, or visit www.globalearth.com for a detailed agenda. Please register by email to dcsg@globalearth.com 23rd April 2006 BCS Focus Group for Data Centre Specialists Square Mile Systems sponsored the inaugral meeting to help set up a BCS focus group on data centre management on the 19th April in London. For more information on the formation of the group look at www.globalearth.com or contact Zahl Limbuwala directly on +44 (0) 771 858 3160 or email: datacentre-sg@globalearth.com 22nd March 2006 Help Desk Show - Configuration Masterclasses - Over 400 booked to attend so far Within 2 weeks of the initial show publicity, the organisers of HITS 2006 (Help desk & IT Support) exhibition have had advanced bookings exceeding expectations. As part of the free education programme supporting the show, the two masterclasses have had over 200 booking each so far. With over 5 weeks still to go, it is expected that the master classes will be fully booked and make the show even better for delegates. More details of the show at [click here] 30th Sept 2005 Outsource Magazine "Did you understand all impacts" [click here] 9th Sept 2005 White Paper "Is Automating Infrastructure Documentation Practical?" published on Square Mile web site. 29th June 2005 BCS focus group for Service Management formed The formation of the Service Management Specialist Group (SMSG) was approved by the BCS, emphasising the increasing interest in service management diciplines. The inaugural launch of the SMSG is to be held after work on Tuesday July 12th 2005 at the BCS London offices. To register with the BCS and have more details on the launch which involves speakers from the BCS, Help desk Institute, BSI and other please [click here] 16th
December 2004 Adding to the success of the Academy vocational training programme pioneered by Cirencester College. , the IT Academy held it's inaugural board meeting of employers and college representatives on 10th Dec 2004. At the meeting David Cuthbertson, Managing Director of Square Mile was elected as chairman of the board. The Academy is expected to officially launch in late 2005. 16th
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December 2004 Implementing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance Methods and Tools 22nd Feb 2005, London Short Term Pain/Long Term Gain: 23rd Feb 2005, London (How to add business value while achieving regulatory compliance) |
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