The first public beta of Operations Manager has been released to the internet, it can be downloaded from the following link.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26804

Overview

System Center Operations Manager 2012 provides the monitoring component of cloud and datacenter solutions, to help you manage your datacenter and cloud environments by:

• Delivering flexible and cost effective enterprise-class monitoring and diagnostics while reducing the total cost of ownership by leveraging commodity hardware, with standard configurations to monitor heterogeneous environments.
• Helping to ensure the availability of business-critical applications and services through market-leading .NET application performance monitoring and diagnostics plus JEE application health monitoring.
• Providing a comprehensive view of datacenters, and private and public clouds.

Feature Summary

• Predictable performance and availability of critical applications
  • End-to-end views of application health and topology
  • Establishment of application service-level delivery (SLAs)
  • Precise identification of application errors
• Flexible and cost-effective infrastructure monitoring
  • In-depth monitoring, diagnostics, and reporting for heterogeneous environments
  • Integrated network device monitoring and alerts
  • Simplified management infrastructure
• Comprehensive monitoring for your datacenter and cloud—on your terms
  • Integrated physical, virtual, and cloud management
  • Common console across datacenter and clouds
  • Rich reporting