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￿Establish location and asset hierarchies to roll up costs across systems, subsystems, departments and locations, enabling a better understanding of the true cost of assets (initial cost, financial value, cost to maintain, and so on).

￿Monitor asset and location conditions to enable proactive—rather than reactive—maintenance that helps reduce unplanned downtime.

￿Support both conventional and linear assets.

Work Management

Manage both planned and unplanned maintenance activities, from initial work request and work order generation through completion and recording of actuals. Work planners can match job tasks to available resources, estimate and obtain approval of costs, establish priorities, and initiate maintenance activities across the enterprise. Work management supports your business goals by providing the following benefits:

￿Tracking tools enable more detailed analysis of resources, inventory and equipment use and costs, helping decrease labor and materials costs.

￿Multiple assets, locations and configuration items are allowed per work order or ticket. Work management also supports work order tracking, task sequencing, attaching documents at the task level and generating work orders from asset information.

￿A graphical assignment manager helps optimize maintenance schedules and labor use by assigning the right person with the right skills to the right job.

￿Preventive maintenance (PM) functionality allows you to put PM schedules in place with the right job steps and resource requirements, facilitating the planning as well as the work, to help reduce unplanned downtime and reactive maintenance.

￿Newly developed work management tools enable job plan hierarchies, automated workflow processes, enhanced status control, and support for linear assets.

￿Contract correlation links SLAs to vendor contracts, helping you identify unreliable vendors as well as low-quality products. It also enables you to reference SLA performance metrics when renegotiating vendor terms.

￿A terms and conditions library allows you to more consistently apply standardized policies across the organization.

￿Automatic notifications and alerts help you meet vendor terms, avoid penalties and get the most value out of every contract.

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SG24-7645-00 specifications

The IBM SG24-7645-00 is a high-performance server designed for businesses seeking robust computing solutions for demanding applications. This versatile server model integrates advanced technologies that cater to a variety of workloads, making it an excellent choice for enterprises focused on efficiency and scalability.

One of the main features of the IBM SG24-7645-00 is its powerful multi-core processing capability. The server is equipped with multiple processor options, allowing organizations to select configurations that best suit their workload requirements. This flexibility ensures that businesses can optimize performance while managing costs effectively.

The SG24-7645-00 supports large memory capacities, which is critical for data-heavy applications and virtualization environments. The server can accommodate significant amounts of RAM, enabling it to handle multiple simultaneous processes without compromising speed or performance. This characteristic is particularly useful for enterprises running large databases or complex applications that require quick data access.

In terms of storage, the IBM SG24-7645-00 features expansive options, including both traditional HDDs and faster SSDs. This variety allows businesses to balance between storage capacity and speed, ensuring that data can be retrieved and stored efficiently. Additionally, the server supports RAID configurations for enhanced data redundancy and reliability, safeguarding critical business information against loss.

Connectivity is another strong suit of the SG24-7645-00. With a range of network interface options and additional expansion slots, the server can be customized to meet specific connectivity needs. This adaptability is essential for businesses looking to build a robust IT infrastructure that can grow with emerging technologies.

Furthermore, the IBM SG24-7645-00 is built with energy efficiency in mind. The server is designed to reduce power consumption while maintaining high performance, which is increasingly important for businesses aiming to minimize operational costs and their environmental impact.

Lastly, IBM provides comprehensive support and security features for the SG24-7645-00. This ensures that organizations have access to the necessary resources for maintenance and troubleshooting, while also protecting their data with the latest security measures.

In summary, the IBM SG24-7645-00 is a powerful server that combines multi-core processing, large memory capacity, flexible storage options, robust connectivity, energy efficiency, and strong support. It's an ideal choice for businesses looking to enhance their computing capabilities and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.