Year on year as business processes are developed and refined, organisations become increasingly reliant on technology. This reliance usually results in a larger networked desktop and server infrastructure, which in-turn increases the network infrastructure administrative overhead.
Microsoft/BDS Case Study
A joint Microsoft/BDS SMS Case Study has been produced and published on the Microsoft website following the BDS SMS2003 Implementation at Blackpool Fylde & Wyre Hospitals Trust.
To read the case study, click on this link:
www.microsoft.com
Microsoft Systems Management Server
The implementation of Microsoft Systems Management
Server delivers cost effective, scalable change and configuration management for Microsoft-based desktop and
server infrastructures.
Regardless of network size Microsoft Systems Management Server provides an easy, comprehensive solution for centrally managing and troubleshooting networked systems, maintaining software and hardware inventories for efficient distribution of software.
High-level Benefits
- Application Deployment - Enables organisations to deliver critical business productivity applications reliably and easily to users in the right place at the right time.
- Asset Management - Enables organisations to compile and maintain hardware and software inventories.
- Mobility - Enables organisations to deliver enterprise management to a mobile workforce through industry standards independent of connection or location.
- Software Metering - Enables organisations to reduce software costs and stay compliant by understanding the installed software application base and its usage.
- Security Patch Management - Improves the security of the Microsoft Windows environment through increased vulnerability awareness and reliable targeted delivery of updates.
- Windows Management Services Integration - Enables organisations to reduce their operational costs by fully utilizing the management capabilities built into the Windows platform.
Microsoft Systems Management Server Services
The benefits associated with the implementation of Microsoft Systems Management Server has been long recognised and promoted by BDS Solutions and to-date the company has provided Microsoft Systems Management Server consultancy to numerous organisations of all sizes.
Due to the wide range of benefits that can be achieved through the introduction of Microsoft Systems Management Server, its implementation must be well planned and should represent a balance between administrative and support costs, ease of collaboration and the desired level of security and automation.
BDS Solutions employs a dedicated team of qualified technical consultants who specialise in helping customers realise their maximum business benefits by planning and deploying Microsoft Systems Management Server in a way that fits their particular business needs.
