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Service Level Management
By Per Bauer on Fri, 02/26/2016
While IT managers agree that service level management (SLM) is critical to their organizations, many also find it intimidating. It need not be. An SLM program is what you make it - it can be formal or informal, all-encompassing or focused on key services. The point is to document required service levels for services provided to the business by the IT organization.
Service-level requirements are...
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Top 15 Vendors in Capacity Management Software
By Per Bauer on Fri, 02/19/2016
Where TeamQuest (now part of Fortra) Capacity Management Stands
TeamQuest, a global leader in capacity management and predictive analytic modeling, has made the Top 5 Vendors list by Research in Action’s 2016 Capacity Management SaaS and Software Report.
Called “the most important focused player in capacity management,” TeamQuest (now part of Fortra) scored higher in customer satisfaction and...
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What Is Queuing Theory?
Mon, 02/15/2016
Queuing theory is the study of queues, otherwise known as waiting lines. It sounds straightforward. But unless you have an advanced math degree, queuing theory can be difficult to understand. That’s why we’re clarifying queuing theory basics.
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Global IT Management Survey 2016—NewsWorthy Analysis
Mon, 02/01/2016
Results of a Kelton survey in which IT departments in large enterprises are tasked with responding to numerous business-impacting issues on any given day, including equipment failures, fluctuating website demand, and data security.
Case Study
Telecom Company Meets Strict Service Requirements & Prevents Major Service Failure
Organization Description: Voice and data services provider focusing on serving customers in rural areas and small to mid-sized cities. The company has greater than three million customers in 22 states and annual revenues of $2.4 billion.
Business Value of Vityl Capacity Management (formerly TeamQuest): Client uses Vityl to identify bottlenecks in applications and to eliminate unnecessary hardware...
Case Study
Selling the Capacity Upgrade
Company Overview: This financial technology provider delivers banking and payments technologies to more than 8,000 financial services firms and businesses worldwide.
Business Value of Vityl Capacity Management (formerly TeamQuest): The company’s capacity planners use carefully chosen workload definitions in conjunction with predictive modeling to show their management the business rationale for...
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Legislature Uses Capacity Planning Software to Optimize IT Services
Business Value of Vityl Capacity Management (formerly TeamQuest): This legislative body uses Vityl Capacity Management to find and identify performance problems, plan for the future, assist in time management and be more proactive.
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