Five Trends That Will Shape The IT Infrastructure And Operations Profession In 2008
by Simon Yates
December 2007
Forrester Research

2008 will be a busy one for IT infrastructure and operations professionals. With CIOs openly espousing the benefits of server virtualization and losing sleep over the real costs of power leakage in their data centers, you will be on the CIO's "must call on Monday" list in 2008. What will they want to talk about? Virtualization, consolidation, simplification, standardization, business continuity, and that big technology refresh you've been pondering for the last year or two. But the challenge is twofold in 2008. The breadth and depth of your job requirements are increasing. Not only do you have to maintain a laundry list of projects, you also have to become a trusted advisor to the CIO.

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The Total Economic Impact^TM of Lumeta IPsonar
Based on the interviews with an existing Lumeta customer currently employing IPsonar, Forrester constructed a TEI framework and the associated ROI analysis illustrating the financial impact. The risk-adjusted ROI for the customer organization is 85% over three years with a breakeven point (payback period) of 15 months after deployment.

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Evolving Branch Office: Intelligently Reducing Your Network Infrastructure Footprint
by Robert Whiteley and Stephanie Balaouras
October 2006
Forrester Research

"Before you can consolidate, you must first build a baseline along two dimensions: performance and inventory. To get accurate end-to-end visibility and performance metrics, deploy tools ... that leverage probes and ... monitor application performance. This will inform you of the type, frequency, and criticality of your branch applications — as well as provide the usual byproduct of identifying rogue applications and users. Supplement this with tools like those from ... Lumeta, which will give an accurate bottom-up view of assets and topology."

Adaptive Security in a Changing World
January 2004
META Group

"Bottom Line: To provide value in changing business environments, an IT organization requires adaptive information security that is transparent, flexible, and consistent. In the context of increasing security threats that leave almost no time to react, being proactive and having flexible command and control is imperative."

Product View: Lumeta IPsonar - New Horizons in Network Intelligence
July 2003
Enterprise Management Associates

"IPsonar delivers network intelligence benefits, such as enhanced perimeter security and infrastructure visibility. With IPsonar deployment, IT management and operations can realize immediate savings in operational costs and a reduced risk of revenue loss. These savings will continue to be increased in the future as additional functionality becomes available from Lumeta, making IPsonar a prudent investment now and for the future."

Active eIRM: New Realities in Security for Managing Electronic Infrastructure Risks
September 2002
Aberdeen Group

"Lumeta is the only supplier providing the capability to shine a high strength, focused beam of light on the murky world of actual network behavior."