EMA Announces IT Management Webinars for February

Topics include virtual systems management, data deduplication strategies, and a user-centric approach to proactive application performance management

BOULDER, Colo., Jan 29, 2009 – Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT management research and consulting firm, today announced it will host a number of free Webinars focused on IT management during the month of February 2009.

The EMA™ Webinars set for February include:

Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Virtual Systems Management (VSM) 2009: New Research Highlights and Best-Practice Tips for Managing Virtualization
Enterprise Management Associates has just completed extensive primary research on how the best-run enterprises manage their virtualization deployments and what results they are achieving. EMA research director and noted virtualization expert Andi Mann will share highlights from his 2009 research report, including:

* Top VSM disciplines and how they make a difference to virtualization success
* Key VSM metrics and how enterprises can measure their own progress
* Best-practice recommendations for IT professionals and vendors


Thursday Feb. 12, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Data Deduplication Strategies for the Enterprise: New Research Highlights
In a recent research report on data deduplication, EMA presented the views, adoption plans and concerns of more than 155 key decision makers in large enterprises spanning multiple industries. EMA senior analyst and leading storage industry expert Curtis Breville will share key findings from this December 2008 report, including:

* Most widely practiced deduplication strategies
* Implementation time frames of deduplication by large enterprises
* Common concerns of decision makers about data deduplication


Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EST
How a User-Centric Approach to Proactive Application Performance Management will Optimize your Business, Improve IT Processes and Increase User Productivity
Recent EMA research found that more and more problems are being reported by end users versus being detected by IT personnel or Application Performance Management (APM) software. During this Webinar, EMA senior analyst Julie Craig and Aternity President and CEO Trevor Matz will cover:

* The latest trends and strategies around a user-centric approach to APM that is delivering a competitive edge to Fortune 500 companies
* How to dramatically reduce business disruptions and increase end user productivity through preemptive problem detection, dynamic isolation of impacted users and immediate identification of “real” business impact and probable cause
* Best practices for identifying and applying strategies and tools to equip organizations with the benefits of a user-centric, proactive IT management approach


About Enterprise Management Associates
Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is a leading industry analyst and consulting firm dedicated to the IT management market. The firm provides IT vendors and enterprise IT professionals with objective insight into the real-world business value of long-established and emerging technologies, ranging from security, storage and IT Service Management (ITSM) to the Configuration Management Database (CMDB), virtualization and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Even with its rapid growth, EMA has never lost sight of the client, and continues to offer personalized support and convenient access to its analysts. For more information on the firm’s extensive library of IT management research, free online IT Management Solutions Center and IT consulting offerings, visit www.www.enterprisemanagement.com.