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If you are a multi-location business owner you undoubtedly have discussions about the increasing costs of IT support, including personnel and equipment. Today, increased efficiency in operational processes often comes at the cost of increased computer system management overhead. A large portion of this cost is incurred through the employment of on-site technology support methods and personnel. Out of Band Management solutions offer you a way to reduce these costs and save thousands of dollars in future reoccurring expenses.

In the past, as computer and network infrastructures grew from their infancy to modern day configurations, companies relied on having technology administrators and staff present at each company location to manage, maintain, repair and provide support for these systems . IT personnel accomplished this by sending control messages to equipment through the same physical network lines which data was also being sent through. Unfortunately, if the network equipment or pathways failed, repair or changes were necessary before the business computing environment could be re-established.

Today, with the advent of more sophisticated management systems, you can reduce your operational costs by centralizing your IT management people to one location and allowing them to remotely manage and support. Out of band management accomplishes this through the use of control lines which are maintained and used separately, apart form your data lines. With this new type of technology, employees caring for your computing infrastructure can gather real time statistical information on the functionality of your entire enterprise technology as well as reconfigure and update it from afar.

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