Since the beginning of the information technology era, IT managers have
implemented various systems management applications, ranging from enterprise
frameworks to open source products, in an attempt to manage the various
servers, storage, and network devices currently found in their data centers.
For the most part, these costly solutions have met little success because
most of these devices cannot communicate with each other, as they are based
on different standards and protocols depending on the vendor that created
them.
Just as a Rosetta Stone was needed to translate hieroglyphics into a common
language, the systems management market needs a way to unify these
technologies and attain the holy grail of the automated data center. To
achieve this long sought-after visio... (more)