If you manage a large corporate network, you’ve faced the dilemma: how can your company achieve maximum server uptime and user productivity without breaking the budget? You need a way to automate the management of server content and configuration—a way to eliminate redundant tasks, ensure consistency and reduce costs. KIS provides the solution by building around 2 main Products.
Manufacturers used by KIS to create solutions in this Practice Area:
Novell- ZENworks for servers (currently shipping version 7.0, actual 4th generation)
Microsoft – SMS/MOM (Currently shipping SMS 2003, actual 3rd generation)
Features (not necessarily of both Product offerings):
Distribution reporting
Versioning notification
System management monitoring
Traffic analysis
Network discovery
Web-based health reporting
Linux management & monitoring
Directory management & monitoring
Business Benefits:
Consistent management and continual network health monitoring ensures the reliability, predictability and stability of network servers.
Distribution of server content/applications to multiple servers in multiple locations can be automated via the internet.
Remote management reduces the need for dedicated IT staff at branch offices.
Secure encryption during transit protects mission-critical information and applications.
Standard server procedures can be schedules in groups to improve efficiency.
Directory-based policies ensure network availability and responsiveness by prioritizing and scheduling distribution.
Lower-cost, off-peak WAN hours can be uses to distribute and synchronize data and software, keeping peak-time productivity high.
When combined with Desktop Management, your customer can realize payback in as little as three months, with a three-year ROI of up to 2,000%.
Distributing ZENworks Desktop Management applications to users in remote offices is just as efficient as distributing to local users.
New Servers can “self-configure” with appropriate OS, configuration settings and software.
Server content, configuration, policies, and inventory can be managed from a single point across these platforms: Windows Server 2000 and 2003, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Sever, Novell NetWare and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.0.
