We continually strive to make the use of our IT resources as efficient as possible. Often in the good times, it seems as though we roll out the new technology in the guise of being more efficient. It’s the latest, so it must be the best….or at least better….or…. In harder times like the last few years, we don’t necessarily have that luxury – less money means the new technology only comes in if the payback period is short. Not so long ago I would see people justify capacity management software over a three year payback period. Last year I worked with one who had to show payback in three months.
Of course, Capacity Management is critical to gaining that efficiency you seek whether you’re rolling out new technology or making the most of what you already have. Any unplanned change is likely to have cost implications that are higher than they would be if you’d used good capacity management practice to plan ahead.
Server sprawl was replaced with virtual server sprawl in organizations that didn’t capacity plan the migration. Cloud could reduce that virtual server sprawl, but unplanned usage of Cloud resources will carry a premium cost and erode cost benefits of the Cloud over time.
The best answer is always to look at what the business needs. From Metron’s capacity management perspective, one of the tools in our arsenal to achieve this is Business Transaction Management. This allows the Capacity Manager to look at their environment from the traditional view, silo by silo, piece by piece, but also look at it from the End-User perspective. For example, being able to map a user transaction through its life cycle allows the Capacity Manager to look at both the breadth and depth of the environment. Issues and requirements are seen from a user and business perspective. The effect of differing IT resources and technologies on these are easily seen.
Our technology for achieving this takes Metron’s Athene in conjunction with Correlsense’s SharePath to provide that breadth and depth. This combination lets you see how much good tuning existing infrastructure can do for the business, how well the business can be supported for a given cost with new technology and much more. We’re excited about the opportunities afforded by using these two products in tandem to move capacity management forward from a technical task to a value-add business process.
The bottom line is whatever the next “Big Thing” is that comes along, the Capacity Manager will be able to effectively manage their IT resources.
Talk to us about how Athene + SharePath can help you get more from what you have, and make the most of wherever the technology takes us next.
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