Storage Configuration Advisor is a PC server with an agentless discovery tool designed to alert IT staff to policy violations in storage-area networks. An Enterprise Strategy Group analyst explains how configuration changes can throw a wrench into your network
Hopkington, Mass.-based EMC releases Server Configuration Manager and Configuration Analytics Manager to tackle compliance and policy issues. An Enterprise Management Associates analyst likes what he sees
The York Regional Police department uses software from Microsoft partner Legend to manage its mobile laptops, including pushing information out to officers on patrol and processing electronic tickets
A few steps beyond policy-based network management is the road to managing through a directory services domain and the move to service-level management.