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Edison analysts put the management software of an HP EVA system through a series of typical day-to-day storage management tasks. The same tasks were also evaluated on similar systems from NetApp and EMC. This study demonstrates how the superior user interface and virtualization offered by the HP EVA storage system can provide organizations with the benefits of higher administrative efficiency combined with the potential ability to utilize less expensive human resources.
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Distinguishing Business Use of the Network from Recreational Use.
One of the fundamental challenges facing network professionals is balancing ongoing responsibilities with reacting to daily events. Many spend the bulk of their time putting out fires or responding to unanticipated business requirements — often at the expense of dealing with the routine “care and feeding” of network operations.
A new generation of automated network-management software and services is helping in-house staff address this challenge. These let network professionals establish regular patch-management procedures to safeguard against escalating security threats; and create system-monitoring routines to identify load imbalances, which could cause service disruptions or performance problems. They also discover, inventory and track assets to make sure that hardware and software licenses are up-to-date and that problems can be resolved faster.
Veteran network-management professionals might ask what makes these new products and services so special, because plenty of network- and system-management (NSM) products and tools have performed such functions in the past. The difference is that the new software and services automate processes so network staffs don’t have to initiate routine functions themselves.
An example of a software vendor offering this type of NSM automation is Kaseya. Kaseya’s software lets network professionals create scripts that automate patch management, auditing and discovery, remote desktop monitoring and management, help desk and trouble ticketing, software deployment and systems management, network policy management, and backup and disaster recovery.
A growing array of software-as-a-service and managed-service alternatives also perform these functions so network professionals can focus on more important work. Just as business units are discovering the advantages of subscribing to software-as-a-service applications from such companies as Salesforce.com and NetSuite to replace outmoded legacy applications from companies like Oracle and SAP, network professionals are beginning to recognize the benefits of using hosted management services to help them overcome the costs and hassles of using traditional NSM products.
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