New Free IT Podcast: Gartner and uptime - 'Making IT Service Level Management Easy'

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) April 30, 2008 -- Recently, Gartner and uptime partnered to deliver a Podcast explaining how to make Service level agreement monitoring and management easy and affordable for IT departments. Gartner Research V.P., Debra Curtis, discusses best practices for tackling Service Level Management the right way and an up.time customer, Toll Holdings Group, talks about how they successfully implemented strategy and software that made Service Level Management easy, quick, and budget friendly.

For a free copy of the Podcast, visit: up.time Gartner Podcast (http://www.uptimesoftware.com/gartner.php) - Making IT Service Level Management Easy.

"up.time's solution set is getting more notice from analyst groups today because of up.time's ability to meet the many needs of the IT department well within their budgets. With capabilities that include service level monitoring and reporting, server monitoring, VMware monitoring, virtual system monitoring and management, capacity planning, application monitoring, and cross-platform monitoring (Solaris, AIX, Windows, Linux, HP/UX, Novell and VMware), more Fortune 1000 companies are turning to up.time as the cost effective way to manage and monitor their virtual and physical servers and applications," explains Nick Johnson, Director of Marketing at uptime software.

While this new podcast covers IT systems management, it focuses on how companies can get started with IT service level management and monitoring. The Podcast stresses that IT service level agreements should not be a complicated process. Tips from the Podcast include:

* Get a Fast Start: Look for solutions that can be implemented quickly so the IT department and business units can begin to see value in days not months

* Get Quick Wins to Build Momentum: Start small with one or two service levels and work out from there

Why is up.time making waves in IT systems management, monitoring, and reporting?

up.time is the clear, new direction in monitoring and reporting in the IT environment. It is incredibly easy to deploy and use, and its deep and broad reach across platforms (Solaris, AIX, Windows, Linux, VMware, etc) and metrics make it ideal for enterprises up to 5000 servers. However, it's the cost savings that make up.time a must have option for medium and large size enterprises. up.time can save companies up to 75% compared to the traditional methods of IT monitoring and reporting through helping companies double capacity and maintain performance without increasing hardware.

An enterprise version of up.time is available for a risk-free 14-day evaluation download at uptime's website. uptime software's world class support services are free during this evaluation period to help customers drive value from up.time in their environments.

About uptime software (http://www.uptimesoftware.com) inc:    

uptime software inc. is a privately held corporation founded in 2000 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada and is a premier provider of systems management, server monitoring (http://www.uptimesoftware.com/servermonitoring.php), VMware monitoring (http://www.uptimesoftware.com/vmware.php), virtual system monitoring and management, capacity planning (http://www.uptimesoftware.com/capacityplanning.php), and application monitoring (http://www.uptimesoftware.com/application-monitoring.php) technology to the Fortune 1000 marketplace. With clients in more than 30 countries worldwide, it has made numerous innovations in business software enabling clients to experience a Return on Investment (ROI) by as much as 510 percent.

Contact: Nick Johnson

Director of Marketing, uptime software inc.

Telephone: 416.594-4605

555 Richmond Street West

PO Box 110, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 3B1

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