What to Look for If You're Buying Network Management From an ESM Platform Provider - an Advisory Note
Posted on: Thursday, 31 January 2008, 06:00 CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c81309) has announced the addition of "What To Look For If You're Buying Network Management From An ESM Platform Provider - An Advisory Note" to their offering.
While the larger ESM vendors, such as BMC, CA, HP, and IBM have made investments in network management over the last five years, some of them rather dramatic mergers and acquisitions, the ability of ESM platforms to deliver truly next generation solutions for the NOC remains ambivalent. This report gives you a few pointers on what to look for in assessing your ESM platform for strategic network management advantage.
Given the growing role for cross domain analysis in the network operations center (NOC) - so that network, systems and applications issues can be geographically isolated before point solutions dive in more deeply - you might think that enterprise systems management (ESM) platform vendors are finally ready to lead rather than follow in network management. And with all the activity in mergers and acquisitions over the last few years, the dominance of the platform vendors in network management would seem to be truly at hand. However, the truth is far more ambivalent. While, as a class, enterprise management platforms such as BMC, CA, HP and IBM are moving in the right direction, none have truly shored up all the requirements to become NOC dominant.
So as you're weighing your purchasing opportunities for ESM in the NOC, this advisory note provides you with a few things to keep in mind. You won't likely be able to eliminate investing in other types of network management tools, but knowing what to look for in platform selection should help you to define a more realistic framework for investing in a balance of well-chosen brands.
Companies Mentioned:
BMC
CA
HP
IBM
For more information, visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c81309
Source: Business Wire
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