IT departments are constantly under pressure to reduce costs while simultaneously providing better services to users and bringing greater value to the enterprise. System management tools help IT address all three mandates by intelligently automating routine IT tasks like configuration and asset management, as well as more complex functions such as compliance, policy management, and process automation.

One of the Big Guns

BMC is a heavyweight in the systems management arena, with a wealth of enterprise experience in delivering integration for diverse platforms employed in heterogeneous environments (particularly Windows, NetWare, Macintosh, Linux, and UNIX). Performance Manager was released in 2005, essentially combining the functionality of Patrol Express with the classic Patrol portfolio.

Unlike other integrated system management suites, BMC Performance Manager operates without server agents. System management via agentless software is an advantage for a number of reasons...