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In this episode, we're joined by Tarus Balog of OpenNMS and also Matt Ray of Zenoss. John Willis gets on half-way though after a Skype-blow-out.

We start out talking about OpenNMS, of course, and then get into some other topics:

• What "network management" means.
• Using Perl for scripting in IT Management.
• Using ZipTie for asset management.
• John's 10 enterprises using cloud computing.
• And figuring out the division of work-loads between cloud and on-premise applications.

Them's the highlights I jotted down while we talked. There's more locked up in there, like Tarus' take on cloud computing.

Disclaimer: Zenoss is a client, as is AlterPoint and IBM. See the RedMonk client list for other clients mentioned.

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In this episode, John and I start out talking about training for IT departments.

We then get into a discussion of Managed Objects' myCMDB for which James Governor and I had a briefing earlier this week. The first question people have been asking me - John included - is "was the IT Skeptic right?" Also, see this guest post over in McClure-land.

After this, we pull up our favorite topic clouds, briefily mentioning the "WHAO, COWBOY! SECURITY FREAK-OUT! CODE-BROWN! CODE-BROWN!" piece on the need for more security think in cloud land.

Finally, we wrap up with the idea of "Grounded Clouds," or making sure to connect up your cloud stuff with all the on-premise software that exists out there. We get into commenting that most cloud providers probably have little idea about what "enterprise workloads" are (listener challenge: how many can you name?) and thus would be hard-pressed to figure out what to even migrate to the cloud. Less cynically, we talk about the interesting write-up of Cybernet moving its payroll system to EC2. This is the kind of think we need to see more of.

Disclaimer: IBM is a client, as is BMC. For other RedMonk clients mentioned, see the RedMonk client list.

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We're Joined by RMH

In this episode, we're joined by Curl's Richard Monson-Haefel. As you would expect, we open up the episode talking about Curl in detail. We go over some recent news, then delve into Curl's history, and then finally end up taking about the enterprise and business applications for Curl and features that help there.

Also, we spend sometime comparing the Japanese vs the American IT market, I topic I always enjoy dipping into. Richard and I have a bit of a Java Good Ol' Boys chit-chat as we compare the days of EJBs and JSF to RIA-land.

Launching into the news, we talk about Adobe providing Yahoo! and Google a special version of the Flash Player that "plays" SWF files, helping those search engines pull out more searchable text. We briefly touch on WordPress using Gears to boost their admin interface.

And, if you're interested in the free webinar on RIA, cloud, and data integration I mention at the end, check out more details here.

Disclaimer: Adobe and Microsoft are clients. See the RedMonk client list for other clients mentioned.