Tools of the Trade: Enabling Centralized Management of Distributed or Remote IT Sites update from April 2020

Cisco forecasts more IP traffic in 2022 than in the first 32 years of the internet era combined, and more and more of this data will come from or be accessed by distributed sources – 12 billion mobile devices and IoT connections, to be specific. IT personnel are being asked to manage more sites, many in locations with little or no technical support, making IT management tools more valuable than ever before. These tools can increase the productivity of IT staff, maintain the availability of critical systems, enable faster provisioning, enhance security, reduce mean time to repair and, ultimately, reduce operating costs. This paper looks at the technologies available and the benefits they provide.