IBM Systems Director is the platform management foundation for achieving Smarter Systems. An integral component of IBM’s Smarter Systems portfolio, IBM Systems Director enablesintegration with Tivoli, and third party management platforms, providing the building block for virtualization and integrated services management.

IBM Systems Director provides systems management personnel with a single-point-of-control, helping reduce IT management complexity and cost. With IBM Systems Director IT personnel are able to optimize compute and network resources, quickly respond to business requirements with greater delivery flexibility, and attain higher levels of services management with streamlined management of – physical, virtual, storage and network resources.

Key IBM Systems Director capabilities include:

• Simplified usability and reduced complexity – IBM Systems Director eliminates layers of management duplication through a single, unified, view of the total IT environment, reducing system management complexity, cost, and time to problem resolution, while improving visibility, availability, and service. IBM® Systems Director can help you dramatically reduce operational complexity and costs, significantly increase agility and efficiency, and optimize for maximum resource utilization.
• Integration – with Tivoli, and third party management platforms, provides the foundation for virtualization and integrated services management. With an extensive suite of available platform management tasks, and automated tools, IBM Systems Director assists systems management personnel in increasing productivity, resulting in improved responsiveness and service.

IBM Systems Director platform management solutions can help your systems become smarter! By integrating management of your IT operations with your business processes, Systems Director can help you meet your business goals and objectives.