14-11-2012, 05:35 PM
Autonomic Computing
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Autonomic Nervous System
Component of the nervous system
Functions to maintain homeostasis of our bodies
Computing infrastructure that adapts automatically to meet the demands of the applications that are running in it
Project: OceanStore (UC Berkeley)
Global data store
Techniques to secure information storage and retrieval in an untrusted environment
Internal event monitors to adapt to environmental changes
Creates local replica of data object
Challenges in Implementing Autonomic Computing
Open standard architecture
Heterogeneous IT environment
Fear of losing control
Fear of losing jobs
Need to change existing business processes
Need for new skill sets
Complicated algorithms & technical details
How Can My Firm Benefit from Autonomic Computing?
Some components are already available
IBM’s Tivoli software
Has more than 20 products with autonomic capabilities (as of October 2002)
Sun’s Terraspring
A software providing comprehensive infrastructure automation capabilities (as of February 2002)