Microsoft changes System Center plans
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft has reversed plans to deliver a bundle of systems management products under the System Center name and instead will use that name as an overarching brand for its systems management products, the software maker plans to announce next week.
System Center, announced a year ago, was originally introduced as a bundle of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and SMS (Systems Management Server) 2003 with a common interface and added reporting services. Microsoft has now dropped those plans, opting instead to deliver reporting capability in a tool called System Center Reporting Manager, which is currently in beta testing. MOM and SMS will remain standalone products.