The number one question we get asked about Live Maps is, “How are other companies using your product?” Last week, we got the chance to chat with both Ryan Durbin, Network Admin at Woodforest National Bank, and Seth Steward, System Center Deployment Engineer at Tribune Company, and asked how their companies use Savision’s solutions. Here’s what they had to say: Nick Hebert (Savision, head of Americas sales): What is the greatest value you see in the Live Maps product? Seth Steward: “Bringing a visual component to a very data-driven side of technology.” Ryan Durbin: “The largest value I see in …

By default, the Live Maps Web Console only supports Windows Authentication when it is installed on the Root Management Server (RMS). When it is installed on a non-RMS server, Forms Authentication is to be used: To be able to also use Windows Authentication on a non-RMS server, we need to setup Kerberos constrained delegation. In this article the steps required to allow for Windows Authentication while having the Live Maps Web Console installed on a standalone Web Server are described.  

If you’ve ever tried to find out if your virtual machines are being constrained by a resource-starved Hyper-V host, you’ll know that this isn’t as straightforward as you might think.  Let’s use CPU usage as an example.  CPU usage is shown in: Task Manager on the Hyper-V host Task Manager on each virtual machine (assuming they are running Windows) Hyper-V Manager Performance Monitor through the Processor, Hyper-V Hypervisor Logical Processor, Hyper-V Hypervisor Root Virtual Processor, and Hyper-V Hypervisor Virtual Processor object   It can be difficult to grasp what each of these mean, and ultimately determine if the processors on …

At Savision we are constantly working with our customers to help them be pro-active when it comes to IT problem management. Today Savision Live Maps and Vital Signs already help our customers to proactively control their IT infrastructures. With the new wave of System Center products around the corner, Savision is investing heavily to make it even easier to integrate our products in your day-to-day Service Management processes. Savision customers that (are planning to) work with System Center Service Manager (SCSM) 2010/2012 will see even more benefits from their Live Maps investment with the ability to model and visualize their …