These are the areas of expertise that CMG builds, fosters and is chartered to advance:
Business Performance Management
Business Performance Management (BPM) raises the focus of performance beyond the IT infrastructure and addresses the overall performance of the business. This includes the identification, measurement, analysis and reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), using business intelligence (BI), business activity monitoring (BAM) and executive dashboards. It also includes corporate governance issues, such as HIPPA, SOX and HEPA.
zSeries
The IBM mainframe is a complex and ever-changing environment . This environment, inclusive of the operating system and its components, has evolved over time. The operating system has gone from MVS and VM to Z/OS. Long time components, such as CICS, IMS, DB2 and Batch have also evolved, are still ever-changing and continue to play a mission-critical role in mainframe usage. New advanced components such as WLM with its Enclave structure, Capacity on Demand, Software Licensing and zAAPs are further examples of the mainframe’s evolution.
Linux and Unix
Performance management of Unix has become crucial to large enterprises on various platforms including IBM, HP and Sun. The rapid adoption of Linux on the Intel platform is an important technology disrupter that is just starting to have an impact on enterprise-class installations. This subject area covers everything, from measurement and analysis to management and chargeback.
Windows
Exchange, .NET, servers and desktop environments are all part of mission critical applications in today's business organizations. The measurement and management of Microsoft's tools and applications is a key component of this subject area.
Storage
Storage continues to be a key factor in guaranteeing customer satisfaction and achieving required levels of service. This topic is inclusive of wherever information is stored, and encompasses NAS, SAN, iSCSi, Fibre Channel, Backup, Recovery, storage virtualization, tiered storage, the Storage Performance Council and SNIA as well.
Computer Performance Evaluation (CPE)
Benchmarking and measurement techniques are at the heart of understanding performance inssues. Given the actual data, analysis, modeling, forecasting and "what-if" scenarios are an important contributor to the success of IT within the enterprise. In addition, core techniques, such as visualization and insightful reporting are key factors to achieving success.
Network/Internet
The internet continues to redefine world-wide commerce. Successful implemention of internet-based solutions rest in the proper management of capacity and performance. There are many aspects to this subject, including network components (hubs, routers and switches), systems and architectures (DNS, IP, proxies, redirection, content distribution and delivery, etc.) and internet-focused applications.
Hot Topics
This subject area introduces and offers a preliminary evaluation of hot topics and emerging technologies including but not limited to server consolidation and virtualization, Service-Oriented Architectures,, blade servers, grid computing, compliance and RFID.
