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Today, I am doing a webinar for Ziff Davis and IBM. The subject is Smart IT Tool Management Strategies. As I was preparing the slides, I got to reflect on the evolution of network and server monitoring technologies over the past two decades. It has gone from very basic server and OS monitoring, over dial up lines that report to really simple text based consoles, to very sophisticated application and transaction monitoring that reports to complex graphical consoles.
These tools evolved like everything in IT to meet the new demands of users and business being conducted faster than ever. Cloud computing, an environment where we don’t own or control all the IT assets, is putting a whole new set of pressures on IT management. Customers are becoming more familiar with the concept of Service Level Agreements, and now, know more about what they need to demand in an SLA.
Many of the traditional IT management problems remain, one of which is the multiple panes of glass, because we still have to use so many specialized point products for particular problems. Cohesive integration of all these tools would be nice. But I don’t see that happening for a long while.
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Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed by Alvaka after a software patching sequence to ensure that the system is working correctly and to identify any misconfigurations or conflicts within the patched system.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.
You want to enter in a fully burdened labor rate for this field. What that means is that you want to take the base hourly rate, plus 25-30% for employer payroll taxes, benefits, vacation/holiday time, etc.
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied.