Since the beginning of the information technology era, IT managers have implemented various systems management applications, ranging from enterprise frameworks to open source products, in an attempt to manage the various servers, storage, and network devices currently found in their data centers. For the most part, these costly solutions have met little success because most of these devices cannot communicate with each other, as they are based on different standards and protocols depending on the vendor that created them.
Just as a Rosetta Stone was needed to translate hieroglyphics into a common language, the systems management market needs a way to unify these technologies and attain the holy grail of the automated data center.
