IBM Director Software Rejuvenation

As companies continue to rapidly deploy Intel processor-based servers in mission-critical areas of their businesses where continuous operation is expected, managing and controlling the costs associated with these servers will increase in importance. IT professionals across all segments of the market will expect servers to be enabled for manageability in any environment, right out of the box, and will depend on manageability tools that easily allow them to deploy, manage and support the entire server configuration over its entire life cycle. Rapid deployment, high availability, proactive management and the ability to remotely solve problems quickly and efficiently will be of the utmost importance in order to minimize costs associated with lost productivity and server downtime. GartnerGroup estimates that the annual total cost of ownership (TCO) of Intel processor-based servers is roughly four times that of desktops, or between $40,000 and $50,000 per year. Depending on the application, the total cost of server downtime is severe—it can be as high as $27,000 per minute for critical applications.