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The Internet has been the most fundamental change during my lifetime and for hundreds of years. Someone the other day said, "It's the biggest thing since Gutenberg," and then someone else said "No, it's the biggest thing since the invention of writing." - Rupert Murdoch

IT Operations

Today’s business is faced with the challenges of managing costs while improving flexibility and agility to drive new business opportunity. All in an increasingly complex IT landscape.

The Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) is a long-term strategy to dramatically reduce the complexity and TCO of developing, deploying, and managing applications, so IT staff can focus on delivering new business value. DSI provides a model-driven approach together with a complete, integrated set of technology solutions that put IT pros in control of their environment.

Microsoft has the following servers offering to address the IT operations :

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
Simplify branch server management, improve identity and access management, reduce storage management costs, and benefit from a rich Web platform and cost-effective server virtualization.

Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
Helps you fully manage the distribution of updates released through Microsoft Update to clients in your environments, after your testing, and on your schedule.

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Microsoft Windows Hypervisor
In conjunction with Windows Server 2003, Virtual Server 2005 R2 provides a virtualization platform that runs most major x86 operating systems in a guest environment. Hypervisor technology virtualization will be built into the Windows Server “Longhorn” operating system.

Microsoft System Center
These products integrate systems management tools and technologies to help you ease operations, reduce troubleshooting time, and improve your planning capabilities.

Microsoft Operations Manager 2007
Helps simplify identification of issues, streamlines the process for determining the root causes, and facilitates quick resolutions to restore services and help prevent potential IT problems.

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 R2
Now organizations can provide relevant software and updates to users quickly and cost-effectively. Systems Management Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 provides a comprehensive solution for change and configuration management for the Microsoft platform.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Help software development teams ensure quality early and often throughout the development process. Visual Studio 2005 Team System is an extensible suite of lifecycle tools that expands the Visual Studio product line to enable greater communication and collaboration.