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Best practices in lifecycle management

Comparing suites from Dell, LANDesk, Microsoft, and Symantec

Published June 2015

IT system lifecycle management includes a broad array of essential and complex processes for ensuring optimal reliability and performance of technology investments. Critical to enabling these management disciplines are automated solutions that simplify and standardize administrative and reporting tasks.

However, choosing a lifecycle management suite that cost-effectively meets enterprise requirements can often be a confusing process. To assist in the evaluation of automated lifecycle management platforms, EMA analysts have conducted a side-by-side functional and financial comparison of solution suites from four leading vendors in this market space: Dell, LANDesk, Microsoft, and Symantec.