The Business Value of BMC Distributed Systems Management Solutions

System management professionals find themselves facing one or more of the following financial challenges at some point in their IT careers, namely:

• Justifying the purchase of systems management software for the first time
• Proving the value of an existing investment in systems management software
• Making a case for a systems management software upgrade
• Extending an investment in systems management software
• Explaining the reasons to migrate to a competitive product

The reality is most IT professionals would prefer to avoid completing this kind of work. However, with IT budgets under such severe scrutiny that is not a likely option. Instead, this white paper illustrate a robust yet rapid method to complete these different types of analysis. It includes detailed business value analysis comparisons for each of three customer scenarios -- investing in BMC software for the first time, upgrading to the newest release of BMC software, and extending an existing investment in BMC software from an application group to the enterprise.

"Business Value of BMC Distributed Systems Management Solutions" is an interactive white paper -- it includes a number of business scenarios you can now review in greater detail. There are three steps to accomplish this:

Step 1 Download and install the CIOview Player, CIOview's desktop application (4 MB). Click here for installation instructions.

Step 2 Select the example (project file) you wish to review, unzip and save to your desktop. Section 3.1: Deploying BMC Software in a Greenfield Environment Section 3.2: Upgrading and Extending BMC Software Section 3.3: Extending BMC Software Across the Enterprise

Step 3 Launch the CIOview Player using the shortcut on your desktop and open the project file you saved.

Questions? Contact CIOview Customer Support Read the installation instructions