Server & Infrastructure

THE FOUNDATION FOR OPERATIONAL AGILITY
During the past 10 years, IT infrastructures experienced significant growth due to distributed computing environments and inexpensive, more robust servers. These innovations provided benefits in the form of lower entry costs, greater flexibility and faster build outs. As this growth developed so too did the company’s reliance on the IT infrastructure. Today companies depend on it for most facets of their business. Whether it is financial systems, e-mail systems, customer relationship databases, warehouse information or corporate websites, all of these activities are serviced and managed through distributed IT infrastructures.

Server management and IT infrastructure management involves the administration of server hardware, line of business applications, and associated network connectivity throughout their lifecycle, including initial deployment, delivery of software, ongoing maintenance and support, and retirement.

Challenges
System administrators face several key challenges in deploying and managing their server infrastructure, including:
• Cost and effort involved in manual system administration
• Difficulty managing new technology adoptions, such as blades and virtual servers
• Unreliable quality of service
• Escalating security risks
• Consolidating or rationalizing sites and resources
• Ability to respond to business requirements