Are your businesses core operations healthy? Unfortunately, in the case of most companies the answer to this question is a resounding ‘no’, the reason being that in order to enhance a organisation’s infrastructure, one must understand what is happening in the business data centres. Most do not simply because they lack the proper tools. This paper examines what the use of the correct monitoring and reporting software will do for your company, how it will improve decision making, data operations and availability so you can finally tackle virtualisation the right way.