Systems and asset management monitors, controls and optimizes the management of complex physical assets and computing resources.
Application Performance and Availability
Software that enables enterprise customers to centrally manage e-business operations that span Web, client-server, and host environments. Organizations can define, measure, and manage to committed service levels across complex heterogeneous environments from centralized control points.
Change and Configuration
Change and configuration management software provides management of system and peripheral hardware and software assets. It supports problem definition and determination. Software for planning, tracking, and applying system hardware and software changes is also included, as is software distribution, license management, and auditing. Includes software distribution software which consists of tools that focus on moving an application or operating environment to a new user location.
Enterprise Asset Management
Enterprise Asset Management manages all critical assets – production equipment, facilities, transportation equipment and IT assets – using a single platform, enabling a consistent set of asset and service management best practices for all asset types. Transforms an asset management organization from a typical cost center into a strategic partner with the business. Manages critical assets with greater control and measures performance against clear expectations that are tied to business requirements. Examples: IBM Maximo Asset Management, IBM Maximo Configuration Manager, IBM Maximo Contract and Procurement Manager.
Job Scheduling
Job scheduling software manages the flow of work on systems. This category includes batch job schedulers and workload balancing applications working at the application (rather than system) level.
Network Management and Performance
Collects, analyzes, and projects the flow of network traffic, including network availability management software which collects and analyzes network events, alarms, response times, and utilization. Also includes network configuration management software that establishes and adjusts the network and its elements. Also includes tools for network design, IP address management, network element management, and mediation.
Other Systems & Asset Management
Other software for monitoring, controlling, optimizing computing resources and managing complex physical assets.
Service Level Management
Products that provide real-time, historical, and predictive management of the network or system in terms of Service Level Agreements. SLAs are fixed rules or guarantees, for network or system performance at an end-user level as well as thresholds for general fault frequencies that are the results of established policies.
Systems Performance
Product used for capacity planning, performance data collection, performance tracking, and simulation software, as well as service level management software when applied to systems and applications. It also includes resource accounting software for resource utilization tracking and reporting and IS specific financial management and planning. Includes resource performance management which identifies failing or sub performing resources and applications to increase information availability.
