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Systems Management Software

Systems Management

What is Systems Management Software?

Systems Management software assists in managing an organization’s infrastructure. Functions include software distribution and upgrading, user profile management, version control, backup and recovery, job scheduling, virus protection, and more.

Common Features

  • Auto-Discovery
  • Event Correlation & Management
  • Server Performance Monitoring
  • Deployment Model
  • Access Rights Management
  • Network Performance Management
  • Network Mapping
  • Network Configuration Management
  • Capacity Management
  • Multi-Site Functionality
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Applications Monitoring
  • Storage Monitoring
  • Patching Automation
  • Centralized Dashboard
  • Automated Remediation

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Products: 8
Next Award: Jun 2025

Top Systems Management Software 2024

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Composite Score
8.9 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10

AWS Systems Manager is a secure end-to-end management solution for hybrid cloud environments.

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Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Efficient Service
Badge Winner
Datadog

Datadog

Composite Score
8.6 /10
CX Score
8.7 /10

Datadog is a monitoring service for hybrid cloud applications, assisting organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across the application and organization.

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Pros

  • Fair
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
Badge Winner
Composite Score
8.2 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

Move IT operations from a reactive team to one that works intelligently for the business. Gain visibility across infrastructure and apps, maintain service health, and optimize cloud delivery and spend. Deliver high-performance business services with visibility and AIOps.

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Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Respectful
  • Generous Negotitation
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

IBM Power Systems for your hybrid multicloud strategy. Get the answers to six of the most common questions posed by IBM Power Systems clients—from AI and disaster recovery to what Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Cloud Paks means for AIX and IBM i clients.

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Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Effective Service
  • Security Protects
  • Performance Enhancing
Badge Winner
Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

Oracle Enterprise Manager provides a – single pane of glass – that allows you to manage on-premises and cloud-based IT using the same familiar interface you know and use on-premises every day.

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Pros

  • Respectful
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Fair
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

Deliver higher service quality and achieve greater IT efficiency with Kaseya VSA, offering remote monitoring and management for all IT functions integrated in a single console.

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Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful
  • Helps Innovate
Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.2 /10

Operations Management Suite (also known as OMS) is a collection of cloud-based services for managing your on-premises and cloud environments from one single place. Rather than deploying and managing on-premises resources, OMS components are entirely hosted in Azure.

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Fair
  • Helps Innovate
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
7.7 /10
CX Score
7.9 /10

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is designed to monitor your applications and their supporting infrastructure, whether running on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment. Don’t let slow applications and downtime impact your end users and business services. Pinpoint the root cause of application issues across various layers of the IT stack.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Saves Time
Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft System Center

Composite Score
7.2 /10
CX Score
7.0 /10

System Center helps customers gain an unified datacenter management experience with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection and self-service capabilities. You can now extend System Center capabilities with Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) to deliver a cloud-inspired, platform-agnostic solution to help you manage both traditional infrastructure and modern applications with ease.

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Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
  • Respectful
  • Acts with Integrity

Cons

  • Wastes Time
OpenText Corporation

Opentext Operations Bridge

Composite Score
6.9 /10
CX Score
7.2 /10

OpenText Operations Bridge is enterprise event and performance management software. With automated discovery, monitoring, and remediation, it fast-tracks your move to full-stack AIOps across multicloud and on- premises environments.

Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Caring
  • Fair