Autonomic Computing: the next e-business step; IBM: 'it's time to design and build computing systems capable of running themselves, adjusting to varying circumstances and preparing their resources to efficiently handle workloads'. (Emerging Technologies).

Industry Week, January, 2003 by Teresko, John

IBM's ALAN GANEK (ABOVE) WANTS TO evolve computing infrastructures to be as self-regulating as the human body's autonomic nervous system. "There is a business necessity to reduce the complexity and expense of managing IT infrastructures," says the newly appointed vice president of Autonomic Computing, Hawthorne, N.Y.

"The goal is to achieve intelligent, open systems that can mask the complexity of systems that have some knowledge of themselves."

He sees autonomic computing technology mediating between the improved price/performance of IT tools and their rapidly increasing complexity. Ganek's vision is to use autonomic features to support the successful integration of business processes to the dynamic demands of customers, partners and employees. ...

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