Philosophy Systems administrators and production personnel are having to wrestle with rapidly increasing complexity in a progressively dynamic environment. They often have to do this without significantly increased budgets in an industry which is plagued by a skills shortage.
Most organizations turn to systems management software to help out.
Many can see the potential benefits of integrated solutions. But the licensing of an expensive integrated systems management environment does not prove to be the universal panacea that users would like to see. Integrating the management of systems, networks and applications through a central toolkit can cost 10 times the price of the software. Research has shown that up to three quarters of these projects fail in the first 18 months of roll-out, caused by rising cost, blurry goals, shortage of expertise and a lack of progress. The solutions to your management problems need to be defined in the form of those policies which, if implemented, would remove the problems.