Building an On Demand Computing Environment with IBM

Beginning Your On Demand JourneyIn October 2002, IBM announced a new corporate-wide strategy called e-business on demand. Since then, every IBM product line and service offering has been steadily infused with the technology and function necessary to support the on demand business model.Popular technology author Jim Hoskins starts by describing the three components of the on demand business model so you can see the big picture and understand how your business can benefit. This MaxFacts Guidebook then moves in for a closer look at the computing infrastructure necessary to support the on demand business model. It provides a clear picture of how you can evolve your current computing infrastructure to achieve the flexibility vital to the on demand business world. Building an On Demand Computing Environment presents an overview of key product lines such as IBM eServer systems, TotalStorage, Infoprint printers, WebSphere, DB2, and Tivoli from an on demand perspective. You will learn how autonomic computing can help your infrastructure automatically “sense and respond” to changing conditions so that things keep running smoothly. You will see how virtualization techniques can be leveraged t