Policy Technologies for Self-Managing Systems

Policy Technologies for Self-Managing Systems   Dakshi Agrawal Calo Seraphin Kang-won Lee Jorge Lobo Dinesh Verma   Use policies to build self-managing IT systems that save money, improve availability, and enhance agility   IT policies can be used to guide and automate decision making in the management of computer and network infrastructure, helping IT organizations reduce costs, improve service quality, and enhance business agility. Now, a team of top IBM researchers introduces the latest innovations in policies and autonomic computing and demonstrates how to put them to work in your organization.   The authors cover the entire policy lifecycle: planning, definition, representation in standard policy languages, validation, distribution, enforcement, and more. They identify proven patterns for designing policy-enabled self-managing systems and show how policies can be integrated into a complete framework for system self management. They carefully introduc… More >>

Policy Technologies for Self-Managing Systems