14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is upping the stakes in the field of IT management solutions. The Redmond company announced at TechEd IT Forum 2007 in Barcelona, Spain, that it's expanding its current lineup of System Center offerings. In this regard, three new products will join System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Capacity Planner 2007 made available earlier in 2007. System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 will expand Microsoft's management solutions portfolio which will be completed with the launch of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, currently scheduled by mid 2008.
"Customers look to Microsoft for solutions that help them manage their IT environments in cost-effective and efficient ways, freeing them to focus more on transforming their infrastructure into a strategic and progressive asset for their business," said Brad Anderson, general manager of the Management Solutions Division at Microsoft. "With this new wave of System Center products and the broad support of our partner ecosystem, organizations have the enterprise-strength management capabilities required to unify and optimize their physical and virtual IT environments, enabling them to improve the overall bottom-line value and contributions to their businesses."
With a strong focus placed on expanding the delivery of dynamic systems, Microsoft also revealed that the licensing model for server management would be streamlined in order to make it more customer-friendly. The Redmond company is also working to evolve the current alliances and investments, continuing to bet on the partner factor. "With this wave of product releases, Microsoft is building on its strong desktop management foundation and making additional investments across the portfolio to further System Center's capabilities in the datacenter. These efforts expand Microsoft's ability to effectively address customers' needs and have helped the company rise to be one of the top four distributed system management software vendors by revenue", Microsoft added.