Infrastructure Management 

Infrastructure management (IM) is the management of essential operation elements, like policies, processes, equipment, data, human resources, and external contacts, for overall effectiveness. Establishing minimal duplication in the process while improving the flow of information throughout an information system. It develops adaptability necessary among organizational and external utilities, sustaining an effective and systematic approach to dealing with the transformation of an organization’s policies and practices.

An Infrastructure Management System is divided into categories.

Network Management

Security within the network is administered to protect against unauthorized access and data breachers. Resources should be properly dispensed to applications and services while quality and availability is being sustained. There should be transparency within the network in controlling the organization’s security posture.

Storage Management or Cloud Infrastructure Management 

Management over the users, data, application, and services that operate in a cloud. There are tools used for overseeing all the types of cloud activities, like resource deployment, use tracking, data integration, and even disaster recovery, as well as control over the infrastructure, platforms, applications, and data that create a cloud.

Cloud Infrastructure Management Services

With all the development in this era, businesses constantly face pressure consolidating their existing old system with the future-based cloud technology.

• Red Hat

Their open source technologies bring a consistent foundation to any cloud deployment, be it public, private, hybrid, or multi. With a standard operating system (OS) that works the same in any environment, a container platform that packages and moves apps from cloud-to-cloud, and tools that help you manage and automate it all, a Red Hat cloud will give you the ability to succeed on hundreds of certified public cloud platforms—or build your own private cloud.

• Exelanz

Exelanz helps administer the health, performance and security of any public cloud infrastructure, and any private cloud built using Eucalyptus or OpenStack. It also offers continuous, proactive monitoring of your cloud infrastructure with prompt alerts on email and mobile to ensure security threats are fixed right away. Admins are given the choice to add or remove resources (servers, storage, software) in the environment as needed which can reduce monthly cost for cloud infrastructure and maximize performance.

• ExcellenceTech

They have managed and hosted cloud infrastructure that runs on data centers which provides companies with the flexibility and choice to manage critical applications in a hybrid cloud environment. They allow admins to manage applications without adding extra hardware by deploying full proof solutions for provisioning, orchestration and monitoring multiple clouds. 

You can tweak cloud for enhancing performances and reducing infrastructure cost, while they ensure that you select the right software to monitor and run servers, attain load balancing and use the content delivery network to stay on top of resources and latest tools.

 They also proactively and continuously keep track over crucial system parameters of your cloud infrastructure like server faults, memory usage, memory leaks and bandwidth usage and rectify any error quickly as every notification reaches us through email or mobile alerts.

Systems Management or Data Center Management

Admins supervise all the assets in the data center, log management, workload automation, and configuration management. Unification of cloud-based applications and services are executed. Admins must be sensitive with intrusion for rapid detection and prevention. 

Admin tasks are and are not limited to upgrading hardware and software systems, management of data distribution and storage, backup processes, and of course emergency planning.

While some must be handled directly, some can also be automated to minimize physical employees, unnecessary manual tasks, and therefore reduce costing.

Infrastructure Management Services

• PagerDuty

PagerDuty is primarily a system monitoring and alert platform that provide incident management through a web or mobile application which can send crucial infrastructure alerts through phone, SMS and push notifications. It can even send them to specific people or groups via email.

The software also offers team scheduling management, real-time collaboration information through different devices and platforms, system and user reporting, always-on delivery and business-grade security. 

• ConnectWise Automate

They focus more on network management offering powerful cloud-based reporting and visibility into your IT capabilities, enabling the admin to perform any IT management task remotely with efficiency. It will also examine all your systems, solve problems and reduce time spent visiting on-site assets. 

• Pulseway

Pulseway’s Real-Time Remote Monitoring and Management Software will let you monitor Windows, Mac and Linux computers, and deliver real-time status on network performance, system resources and logged in users. Admins are given access to advanced IT automation so you don’t have to spend time on tedious tasks like maintenance, backup and security checks. Alerts can be set up for easy tracking and management of any system issues.

• HPE Oneview

Its software-defined intelligence enables automated provisioning with repeatable templates that ensure high reliability, consistency, and control—leading to lower operating expenses.

It enables IT administrators to easily compose on-premises physical infrastructure. The physical infrastructure of the data center is defined using software—making it programmable and able to be managed as code through one unified API. And provide them the  ability to connect their software-defined infrastructure from core to cloud by provisioning turnkey private cloud infrastructure with a diverse partner ecosystem.

• IBM Integrated Managed Infrastructure Services (IMI)

IMI simplifies hybrid infrastructure management with pay as you need modular services, delivering Remote Managed Services for legacy, 3rd party Clouds and Hybrid cloud infrastructures, providing Monitoring, Management and Reporting Services together with Cloud provisioning, enablement and orchestration across the server platform, middleware/groupware, database, backup, storage security and cloud, managed via portals.

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