The Bottom Line

Systems management can be intimidating when you consider that the problems described to this point could happen even in an ostensibly “managed” environment. However, these examples just serve to illustrate that the processes used to manage change in your environment must be reviewed periodically and updated to accommodate changes in tools and technologies employed from the desktop to the datacenter.

Likewise, meeting the expectations of both the business and compliance regulation can seem an impossible task. At the end of the day, as technology evolves, so must IT’s thinking, management tools, and processes. This makes it necessary to embrace continual improvement in those methodologies used to reduce risk while increasing agility ...

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