Useful Resources and White Papers
Webinars
up.time 5 Webinar
Learn how up.time 5 can be your tool for monitoring and management
across your infrastructure. With this webinar, you will hear more on our
supported platforms, virtual environments, applications, and service level
management.
Podcast
Virtual Strategy Magazine Podcast: Featuring up.time 5 (18 min)
Listen in or download this short podcast to hear
Carryl Roy of Virtual Strategy Magazine interview Alex Bewley, Co-CEO and
CTO of uptime software, and Nick Johnson, Director of Marketing, about
up.time 5 IT Systems Management, including the new capabilities released
in June, 2009.
DABCC Radio: Featuring up.time 5 (44 min)
Listen in now or download this in-depth podcast by
Douglas Brown of DABCC Radio, as he interviews Alex Bewley, Co-Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Technology Officer, and Nick Johnson, Director of Marketing
at up.time software. In this podcast Doug, Nick, and Alex discuss the up.time
solution for enterprise virtualization and physical systems management, how
it works, what it takes to install, how and why a customer would benefit from
it, plus much more. Additionally, learn about the new capabilities added to
up.time 5 in June, 2009.
Service Level Management.
Gartner describes fast and affordable ways to implement
Service Level Agreement management and reporting in your organization. Hear
from Debra Curtis, Research VP at Gartner, on the best ways to approach Service
Level and IT management. You'll also hear from Stephen Boucher of Toll Holdings
Group (with over $7.5B in revenues), a real-life customer, and how they were
able to roll out Service Level Management easily and score a big win for the
IT organization.
ROI Calculator
This tool helps you estimate your organization's expected ROI by implementing a server
monitoring and capacity planning solution.
White Papers
Optimizing the Virtual Environment
Five (5) Guidelines for Selecting a Virtual Monitoring & Management Solution.
Learn about the pitfalls inherent with virtual environment management and
monitoring, as well as 5 guidelines to help you choose the right vendor for
your systems management needs.
The Truth behind Agent vs. Agentless Monitoring
Monitoring servers, applications, and services has become an essential part of the IT department over the past 10 years. However, it can be a daunting task to find the right solution for your Enterprise. This brief paper will examine the differences between Agent and Agentless monitoring, so you can make the right decision based on your company's needs, the metrics you need, your budget range, your resource availability, and your management's reporting needs.
Harnessing the Power of an Enterprise IT Dashboard
Discover the three key reasons how enterprise IT dashboards can deliver highly valuable information to your organization in an easy to use format, and learn the importance of implementing simple processes that will turn dashboard data into actionable IT decisions.
Three Tips for Cutting Server Downtime by 50%
Discover reasons why many large, and even sophisticated, enterprise IT environments fail. Know these pitfalls and take proactive actions against them to cut downtime by up to 50% in your organization.
The 12 Pitfalls of IT Systems Management
Learn what the 12 pitfalls of IT Systems Management really are, as well as the bridges you need to cross them.
The SLA Way to IT Success - Help IT Build Confidence and Credibility
To ensure their organizations remain a vital and respected
contributor to business value, IT managers must aggressively monitor and
report on service levels. Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are now the
key factor in translating IT effectiveness into measurable business
value. Service Level Management (SLM) is the emerging discipline that
revolves around ensuring these agreements are appropriately governed and
met. This paper will address these questions and provide actionable
advice to help IT leaders make Service Level Management a powerful
reality.
Case Studies
Read how a Large European Financial Firm used up.time dashboards to
manage VMware with ease.
"Rolling out to 250 servers across VMware, Solaris, Linux, and Windows was a snap and we didn't have to pay for each virtual host, that's a huge cost savings."
Read how Telekurs Financial drove 510% ROI from up.time enterprise server monitoring and capacity planning software and saved over 60% at the same time.
Read how the Bank of Montreal saved over 50% of their current spend with new,
powerful, and enterprise ready server monitoring and capacity planning
software.
Read how to save IT Budget and drive server performance in an AIX environment.



