I use Quest's Spotlight and Solarwinds IP Monitor, which are displayed on 2 wall mounted wide screen TVs.

In the morning I can see immediately what is going on the moment I walk in the office and all I do is check and fix whatever is red.

Any items flagged as orange need to be looked into, but not urgently.

As the monitoring is constant, any issues are flagged up within minutes without me having to run any repetative tasks myself.

On the weekends certain critical events (like disk space etc) are sent to me automatically by text message so I can remotely log on and fix rather than waiting until Monday by which time the critical event may have become a fatal one. I also receive a text message to confirm that the issue is resolved - handy when you know some issues will clear themselves with a certain timeframe.

With these two tools set up efficiently, there are no logs or emails to go through and no manual tasks leaving me to get on with the 'interesting stuff'.