Systems Administration

Systems Administration is an information technology discipline that encompasses the installation, configuration, maintenance, and operational oversight of computing infrastructure and systems to ensure their reliability, security, and continuous availability.

227

Publications

14.3K

Citations

494

Authors

204

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

System Administration

Parents

Information Technology

Children

Access ControlAutomation ScriptingCloud Infrastructure AdministrationConfiguration ManagementContainer AdministrationDirectory Services AdministrationFile System AdministrationGroup ManagementLog ManagementNetwork Services Administration

Publications

227

The vision of autonomic computing

Jeffrey O. Kephart, David M. Chess · Computer · 2003 · 6.4K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +10

Career Orientations of MIS Employees: An Empirical Analysis

Magid Igbaria, Jeffrey H. Greenhaus, Saroj Parasuraman · MIS Quarterly · 1991 · 369 citations

Business, Information Systems, Management Information Systems +7

The structuring of systems using upcalls

David D. Clark · ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review · 1985 · 286 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +5

Policy hierarchies for distributed systems management

Jonathan Moffett, Morris Sloman · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications · 1993 · 247 citations

Computing, Information Systems, Distributed Systems +9

Impact of Organizational Maturity on Information System Skill Needs*

Izak Benbasat, Albert S. Dexter, Robert W. Mantha · MIS Quarterly · 1980 · 244 citations

Management, Information Systems, Management Information Systems +14

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Authors

494

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Paul P. Maglio
IBM Research - Almaden, United States
8 publications · 423 citations
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Eser Kandogan
IBM Research - Almaden, United States
8 publications · 426 citations
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Nicole Forsgren Velasquez
University of Arizona, United States
6 publications · 106 citations
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Rob Barrett
IBM Research - Almaden, United States
5 publications · 364 citations
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Eben M. Haber
IBM Research - Almaden, United States
5 publications · 382 citations
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Institutions

204

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Venues

Communications of the ACM
10 publications · 511 citations
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MIS Quarterly
10 publications · 1.2K citations
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USENIX Large Installation Systems Administration Conference
Conference · 8 publications · 131 citations
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Information Systems Management
4 publications · 136 citations
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Information Technology and Libraries
3 publications · 53 citations
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See also Systems Administration
Core Methods	Data Backup Log Management Security Policy Configuration Configuration Management Incident Response Performance Tuning Reliability System Monitoring Troubleshooting Preventive Maintenance Capacity Planning
Security Practices	Access Control Multi-factor Authentication Security Hardening Patch Management Vulnerability Scanning Data Encryption Security Auditing Endpoint Detection Zero Trust Architecture Key Management Microsegmentation
Tools	Remote Server Administration Robotic Process Automation Patch Management Alarm Management Systems
Infrastructure Scope	Network Virtualization Server Virtualization Storage Virtualization Infrastructure As A Service Storage Networking Virtual Machines
Reliability Metrics	Availability Durability Robustness Fault Tolerance Mean Time Between Failures Mean Time To Failure Mean Time To Repair Maintainability Hazard Functions Service-level Indicators Resource Utilization