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System Management

In computing, system management refers to the process, techniques, and tools required to control and measure the configuration and operation of hardware and software in a computing system. System management may involve one or more of the following tasks:

Hardware inventory.
Server availability monitoring and metrics.
Software inventory and installation.
Anti-virus and anti-malware management.
User activity monitoring.
Capacity monitoring.
Network capacity and utilization monitoring.

A wide variety of software packages are available to automate system management. The following is an incomplete list:

Hewlett Packard OpenView
BM Director
Microsoft Systems Management Server
Vector Networks PC-Duo Enterprise Desktop Management and Support
LANDesk

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