The modern enterprise is a dynamic, breathing organisation comprised mostly of human beings. But such is the effectiveness of computing, a businesses heart and soul can only be kept healthy by the careful use of technology.
Therefore, attaining maximum performance is not just about fitting the latest, greatest hardware and setting it loose, you must also maintain sensible human processes. Since the culture of IT management is typically one of problem solving, enjoying the adulation of the fixer must be balanced by the steady control of the planner.
According to a depressing survey from software vendor, Appsense, an average of 44% more users can be accommodated on a typical enterprise server, and up to 112 Mb of memory can be released.
The survey of 160 systems over 1600 days highlights where enterprises are unable to get the best from their server systems, but when you're busy fighting fires and reacting to users' complaints, how are you supposed to pro-actively improve server performance and pre-empt future problems?
