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Software Management

Knowledge Flow Corporation

The OBTAIN 24/7 software tool enables all the players in the planning process: hardware planners, system programmers, facilities specialists, electricians, vendors, and operations to participate in a planning process at their convenience. Change cycles have shortened. There is less time for planning meetings. Yet, the change process is becoming more complex. Fabric switches, trunk cables, and patch panels are replacing point-to-point connections. SANS are replacing dedicated storage. Mainframe, Open Systems and their associated storage requirements continue to be an important factor.

OBTAIN 24/7 provides the capability to plan multiple scenarios for each hardware change and to keep all planning data in sync with the 'production' data and among competing plans. Common resources such as patch panel slots or switching capability can be reserved to prevent conflicting plans. Best of all, planners can view the changes and progress in the planning cycle without wasting the time used by other planning methods to keep everyone informed and actively engaged in the process.

Download an evaluation copy of the software at www.obtain.com/ordercdvion.htm

For more information see the following:

Obtain 24/7 brochure (PDF 1.5MB)
Case Study (PDF 224KB)
Presentation - Powerful Asset and Connectivity Management Software for Enterprise Data Centers (PPS 2.2MB)