What Is Performance Management?

Performance Management is the measurement, analysis, optimization, and procurement of computing resources to provide an agreed-upon level of service to the organization and its end users. These computing resources could be CPU, memory, disk, network, and application related. It is a complete proactive process, far removed from the crisis-driven tuning and upgrading that seem so common.

Financial Management Scenario

The principles and benefits of managing resources should be familiar to everyone. A good analogy is financial management, so consider this scenario. A large department in a company is given responsibility to do some work. It also negotiates a capital budget, a staffing level, and an expenses budget ...

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