The goal changes to keeping systems always up and active, increasing the meantime between failure. As your network grows, maintaining desktops and servers becomes increasingly labor intensive. The Cost Benefits of Systems Management System management tools can significantly reduce the time and cost spent keeping your desktops and servers up and running. Systems Management Considerations Networks, their operating systems, the operating systems used by their desktops, and the manufacturers you choose for your servers and desktops all change over time. In addition, as companies grow, the computing environment often becomes more distributed, sometimes extending over several locations.
Flexibility is essential.
Need an accurate inventory of desktop assets. Visit each desktop and physically log into the system or open the box to record the necessary information. This is time- consuming and disruptive to users. Use remote access to capture hardware and software inventory of each individual workstation from a central console. Need to monitor a large group of systems, often in different locations.