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Autonomic Computing

  • Published: Dec 28, 2012
  • Copyright 2004
  • Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/4"
  • Pages: 336
  • Edition: 1st
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  • ISBN-10: 0-13-315319-3
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-13-315319-4

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  • Systems that install, heal, protect themselves and adapt to your needs —automatically
  • Using autonomic computing to reduce costs, improve services, and enhance agility
  • Autonomic components, architectures, standards, and development tools
  • Planning for and implementing autonomic technology
  • Current autonomic solutions from IBM and other leading companies

Reducing IT costs, improving service, and enabling the "on-demand" business

IT operations costs are accelerating, and today's increasingly complex architectures and distributed computing infrastructures only make matters worse. The solution: autonomic computing. Autonomic systems are self-configuring, self-healing, self-optimizing, and self-protecting. They operate intelligently and dynamically, acting on your policies and service requirements. This book presents everything IT leaders and managers need to know to prepare for autonomic computing—and to begin leveraging its benefits. Coverage includes:

  • How autonomic computing can reduce costs, improve service levels, enhance agility, simplify management, and help deliver the "on demand" business
  • The key elements and attributes of autonomic computing systems
  • Current autonomic technologies from IBM and many other leading suppliers
  • Autonomic computing architectures, open standards, development tools, and enablers
  • Implementation considerations, including a new assessment methodology
  • The future of autonomic computing: business opportunities and research challenges

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Let's try again, May 30, 2004
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G. M. Arnold "Geoff, that is" (Santa Clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Yes, I know it's an IBM Press publication, so dial up your "self-serving effluent" filters - but not too high. Overall this is a really useful book. While it's targeted at CIOs and their staffs (folks who have read, and bought into, the Autonomic Computing Manifesto), it's not afraid to dive the details and point at source code to back up the architectural diagrams. It discusses what's going on in the research community and what competitors are up to. And I like the way the author models "customer maturity"; the readiness and ability of customers to take up some of the things described in the book. I disagree with some of his numbers, but without this kind of model the temptation to believe one's own propaganda is irresistible.

There are a few goofs (mobile agents? please, no), as well as some yawning gaps (systems modelling and policy languages). And while it's reasonable to skip the IBM-heavy... Read more

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting overview, July 15, 2004
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Dr. Lee D. Carlson (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autonomic Computing (Hardcover)
Optimistic in its projections, and sometimes exaggerating what is currently possible, this book gives an interesting overview of the status of the `autonomic computing' project of IBM. Targeted to the network manager reader, the book views autonomic computing as a new approach to computer and systems management. Reducing costs are its goal, as well as increasing the quality of the service. An autonomic system must, according to the author, have knowledge of itself, have the ability to configure and reconfigure itself, as well as self-optimize itself. It must also have the capability to self-heal, to protect itself, and the ability to discover knowledge of its environment and context, and then adapt itself if needed. Most importantly, the system must be able to deal with any type of environment, and be able to anticipate and adapt to the user needs. The complexity of computing systems though is what is considered to be the real driving force behind research into autonomic computing... Read more
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful to me as a computer manager, June 7, 2004
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A Johnson (Latmer, Bucks United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I have read the reviews and I have read the book and to be frank I suspect the reveiws were not written by IT managers with the problems of running a large shop of hundreds of computers. From my viewpoint the book showed that IBM and others are working on solutions to the nightmare of computer support....just that alone was worth the read. I found the book well laid out and readable.
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Table of Contents



Acknowledgments.


Preface.

I. AUTONOMIC BEGINNINGS.

1. Autonomic Attributes and The Grand Challenge.

Introduction. Definitions. A Quick Guide to the Human Autonomic Nervous System. E-Business on Demand. Autonomic Computing Elements. Self-Configuring. Self-Optimizing. Self-Healing. Self-Protecting. Open Standards. Autonomic Computing-Why Now? Is Autonomic Computing New? What Happens if It Does Not Change? Creating the Autonomic Culture. Why Is a Culture Important? Is Autonomic Computing Working Today? Same Soup-Different Flavor. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

2. Complexity-In All Its Forms.

Introduction. Some Examples of Our Complex Society. Cartoons Are Simple. Software Complexity and Disasters. What Is Complexity? A Complexity Case Study-IBM. IBM Transformation-A Summary of Results. Complexity in It. Simplifying the It Infrastructure. Autonomic Computing: One Answer to Complexity. Complexity-The Enemy of CIOS. It Complexity Transformation. The Cost of It Complexity. Corporate Complexity Assessment. Goals. Infrastructure Assessments. Summary and Conclusions. Recommended Reading. Notes.

3. Autonomic Products and Applications.

Introduction. IBM'S DB2 Database Management System. DB2 Today. Future Autonomic Functionality in DB2 Releases. Autevo from Intamission. Autonomic Space Systems. Summary and Conclusions.

II. INDUSTRY DEMAND.

4. The It Industry-An Engine Of Growth and Opportunity.

Introduction. A Snapshot Introduction. It Industry Segment Fundamentals. The Software Generations. The Fifth Generation-Almost. The Internet-From Whence It Came. Slower Economy-Smaller It Budgets. Software Predictions. Predictions for 2004 and Beyond. IBM and on Demand. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

5. Fast and Faster.

Introduction. Life at Internet Speed. No Patience? Moore's Law. Speed In Business. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

6. Human Capital.

Introduction. U.S. Population Growth and Employment Trends. Occupation Growth. The Dynamics of the It Labor Market. Origins of It Staff Shortages. High-Tech Visas and Legislation. Costs Of the It Recruitment Crisis. Current It Unemployment. It Skills Development. Keys To a Successful Skills Management Endeavor. Skills Management for Autonomic Computing. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

7. The New Agenda-E-Business on Demand.

Introduction. E-Business on Demand Challenges. E-Business on Demand Operating Environment. The Emergence of the E-Business on Demand Enterprise. A Brief History of E-Business on Demand. E-Business on Demand, A Case Study-Teinos. The New Reality: E-Business on Demand Is Here To Stay. What the New Agenda Requires. Summary and Conclusions.

III. AUTONOMIC COMPUTING-MORE DETAIL.

8. AC Architectures.

Introduction. Control Loops. Autonomic Component Description. Autonomic Manager Collaboration. Autonomic Manager Development. Architectures-As Is And To Be. Summary and Conclusions.

9. Autonomic Computing and Open Standards.

Introduction. A Brief History of Open Standards. A Case for Open Standards-Department of Homeland Security. Types Of Standards-Proprietary versus Open. Web Services Interoperability Standards Organization. Important Standards for Autonomic Computing. New Standards for Autonomic Computing. Open Standards and the IBM Portfolio. The E-Business on Demand Service Provider Business. NGOSS as a Framework. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

10. Autonomic Implementation Considerations.

Introduction: Take Action-Be Prepared. It Staff Obstacles to Acceptance. Who Is Using Autonomic Computing Today? Evolution, Not Revolution. Autonomic Assessment. Autonomic and Metrics. Development Software. Summary and Conclusions. Note.

11. Grid Computing-An Enabling Technology.

What Is a Grid? Grid Is in Use Today. Benefits Of Grid Computing. Underutilized Resources Can Be Exploited. What Applications Run on a Grid? Grid Types. Software and Licenses. Grid and Open Standards. Grid and Autonomic Computing. Recommended Reading.

12. Autonomic Development Tools.

Introduction. The IBM Emerging Technologies Toolkit. Autonomic Computing and Open Source. The IBM Commitment to Open Source. Autonomic Computing With Open Source. Problem Determination-A Log and Trace Analyzer for Autonomic Computing. Heterogeneous Workload Management: Business Workload Manager Prototype. The Solution Enabler. Software Agents. Autonomic Agent Technology. Summary and Conclusions. Note.

13. Independent Software Vendors.

Challenging Times For Software Vendors. The New ISV Agenda. ISVS Drive the Autonomic Marketplace. Early Adopters and IBM. A Sample List of ISVS. Tools and Templates. Autonomic Computing Business Partner Initiative. Autonomic Alliance with Cisco. The Acquisition of Think Dynamics. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

14. Other Vendors.

Introduction. Sun-N. Microsoft-Dynamic Systems Initiative. Microsoft, HP, and the Dynamic Data Center. Trustworthy Computing. HP-The Adaptive Enterprise. Intel-Proactive Computing. Autonomic Alliance with Cisco. Other Management Software. Summary and Conclusions. Note.

15. The Tivoli Management Suite-Autonomic Features.

Introduction. Self-Configuring. Self-Healing. Self-Optimizing. Self-Protecting. Tivoli Case Studies and Success Stories. HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt Kgaa. Santix AG. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

IV. AC MARKETS AND THE FUTURE.

16. Small Business and Personal Computing.

Introduction. The Role of Small Businesses in the Economy. The Growth of Small Business Technology. IBM and Small Business. SMBS and Autonomic Computing. Autonomic Personal Computing. Autonomic Computing Beyond The It Industry. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

17. Autonomic Research Challenges.

Introduction. Research Challenges. The Life Cycle of an Autonomic Element. Relationships among Autonomic Elements. Scientific Challenges. Research Projects in Autonomic Computing. University Research Projects in Autonomic Computing. Summary and Conclusions. Notes.

18. Final Thoughts.

Introduction. It's All About Speed. The State of Autonomic Computing Today. Then and Now. Future Recommendations. Conclusions.

Glossary of Autonomic Terms.

Index.

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