BMC Thought Leader: Tom Bishop Tom Bishop was named one of the top 25 CTOs by InfoWorld Magazine in 2004 and is a well-known industry innovator who holds nine patents in fault tolerant computing and in leading the development of industry standards, such as the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) and POSIX. Chief Technology Officer Tom Bishop discusses the advantages of how a "spanning layer" for systems management will provide the ability to manage and view all functions as a service. Learn about the value of a configuration management database. Select from the resources below: White Papers Tackle the Challenges of Virtualization Management (pdf) Business Service Management, Innovation, and Industry Trends (pdf) ITIL and CMDB Synergy: Enhanced Service Management (pdf) Executive Dashboards: Putting a Face on Business Service Management (pdf) ITIL, the CMS, and You (pdf) Articles Innovation Book: IT-Related Executive Dashboards: It’s No Longer a Question of If (pdf) Computerworld: Q&A: BMC's New CTO Talks about Tivoli, Database Plans InfoWorld: BMC CTO: IT Still Matters Inside The Minds Book: Making Critical Technology Decisions (pdf) ebizQ: Evolution Beats Revolution BMC Industry Insights: Greening the Data Center (pdf) BMC Industry Insights: Server Consolidation and Virtualization: Issues and Actions (pdf) Podcasts Take Command