http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/rss/beat.xml Tivoli Beat - A Weekly IT Service Management Perspective en-us Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation kemble@us.ibm.com (Kim Kemble) http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/images/TivoliBeatLogo.gif http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/rss/beat.xml Manufacturers looking to achieve a better return on investment from their assets may want to consider the IBM Maximo asset management family. Through an optimal use of ’Maxim's asset management capabilities, they can implement an integrated information framework approach that can be leveraged to monitor assets, manage their operational performance, refine and improve customer services and ultimately, obtain more business value from all assets, at every stage in their lifecycles. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11172009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11172009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure strategy has just become even more dynamic, thanks to new offerings, enhancements, and integrations available to improve data center efficiency and cost-efficiency, links between IT development and operations teams and tools, industry-specific service management packages and a pair of new services available to optimize service delivery. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11102009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11102009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Pulse 2010 may be the premiere service management of the year, but it also represents a great way to educate yourself on the many compelling possibilities of IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure vision. This strategy, based on modular optimizations implemented in a prioritized way over time, can help organizations achieve superior service management as well as reduce costs, improve service levels and proactively mitigate many business risks. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10272009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10272009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Attend the IBM Information On Demand conference and find out about new solutions and strategies designed to help organizations protect and leverage information, and information infrastructures, for more business value than ever. The conference, to be held in Las Vegas from October 25-29 of this year, will offer hundreds of compelling and informative talks, demos and other educational opportunities for IT professionals, executives and IBM business partners. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10202009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10202009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Smart data archiving solutions are increasingly needed to achieve compliance, reduce storage costs and increase business resilience. The IBM Information Archive delivers key features such as tiered storage migration and leading security to help organizations get the most out of data in a way that acknowledges business priorities. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10132009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10132009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Getting a grip on network performance requires high-performance, high-compatibility tools to analyze network flow. IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Flow Analyzer offers extraordinary flexibility, scalability and powerful reporting features for the communications service provider and enterprise markets. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10062009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10062009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Mid-market organizations looking for quick, cost-effective service management will benefit from the IBM Tivoli Foundations offerings, which are service management solutions designed and priced to meet the needs of mid-sized organizations. IBM Tivoli Foundations Application Manager provides the capabilities to quickly and comprehensively monitor, alert and report on the performance and availability of your key IT infrastructure. IBM Tivoli Foundations Service Manager provides focused help desk capabilities through ITIL V3.0 aligned service request, incident and problem management processes. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09292009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09292009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Delivering secure access to key services and applications is mission-critical for organizations going forward. The IBM Tivoli access management family has made that possible for ten years now and today, this suite of solutions, designed for extensive cross-domain, third-party support, is more powerful, more scalable and more secure than ever. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09222009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09222009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Pulse 2010 will be the leading service management event of the year—and you can play a part. If you'd like to deliver a presentation at the show, relating to one of the four streams of content, submit a proposal today. Clients who are selected to deliver their presentations will receive a free pass to the event, including access to the IBM VIP Client lounge, as well as the chance to receive awards, learn from professional interaction and help their organizations obtain increased visibility. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09082009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09082009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Managing workloads for ideal business value is far from easy. With IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS, however, System z-empowered organizations can consolidate and enhance almost every aspect of the way workloads are managed to reduce costs and increase service levels. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09012009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09012009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Going green means more than optimizing the data center. IBM’s new Green and Beyond initiative includes powerful new solutions, and cross-industry collaboration, through which organizations can, more comprehensively than ever, reduce energy costs and carbon emissions. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08252009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08252009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Healthcare providers face many challenges as they strive to improve service management. IBM can help. IBM Service Management for Healthcare includes many leading solutions that can be combined to reduce healthcare costs, increase service levels and mitigate many forms of business risk—leading to better patient care overall. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08182009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08182009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Getting control of software assets has never been easier. In version 7.2 of IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT, many powerful new features address asset autodiscovery, inventory, deployment, licensing issues and user self-service. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08112009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08112009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS IT organizations using both Tivoli Service Request Manager and SAP Solution Manager can get an improved workflow by integrating these two offerings. A new IBM service is designed to provide exactly that—carrying out the implementation and training team members in only fifteen days. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08042009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08042009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack is an exceptionally powerful backup/restore solution for Windows data. Compared to competing tools, such as EMC Avamar, FastBack offers extremely swift data restoration, bare-metal recovery, superior ease of use, and many other advantages. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07282009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07282009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For organizations today—especially mid-market, growing businesses—it's not enough to acquire and deploy even the best IT solutions. Obtaining real business value from them will require deep expertise in both business and technological dimensions to ensure they are leveraged as optimally as possible. Helpful in this context is the IBM Tivoli Deployment Accreditation Program, which classifies IBM Business Partners into three levels of expertise, and thus assists IBM Tivoli clients in the pursuit of the ideal consultant to meet their unique needs. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07212009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07212009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For transportation-sector organizations, asset management is a complicated proposition involving many asset classes and business goals. IBM Maximo for Transportation helps via targeted features and functions designed to reduce costs, simplify regulation compliance and spur a faster response to changing goals and strategies. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07142009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07142009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS CIOs today want more cost-efficient data centers. IBM Tivoli rises to that challenge, thanks to intelligent solutions capable of automatic software provisioning, workload management and improved cost-tracking and analysis. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07072009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07072009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Getting the best business outcome from their wireless and wireless infrastructures is a serious challenge for communications service providers today. Helpful in this context is IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager, which facilitates performance management across both domains for an elegant, simplified, expandable and cost-effective total solution. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06302009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06302009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Organizations interested in reducing IT costs can achieve that using the IBM Tivoli portfolio, which delivers exceptional return on investment through consolidated management of everyday tasks for many different IT solutions. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06232009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06232009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Optimized asset management represents a powerful opportunity for organizations to reduce costs even in a shaky economy. Via solutions such as the IBM Maximo family, cost reductions can be achieved in many different respects, such as inventory control, software budgeting, extended asset lifetimes and simplified regulation compliance. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06162009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06162009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Deploy intelligent storage management, and you enhance the business value generated by storage throughout the organization. IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 4.1 now boasts many powerful improvements and new features designed to help simplify, optimize, and centralize management across the complete storage infrastructure. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06092009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06092009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Creating retail growth given today's dark economic outlook is no simple task. The IBM Service Management for Retail package helps via many solutions that directly address retail-pertinent concerns, such as in-store monitoring and deployment, security and enterprise integration management. Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06022009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06022009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS How can organizations reduce operational costs going forward? One answer: IBM Service Management via IBM Tivoli solutions, to consolidate software management, automate data centers and manage assets at every stage in their lifecycles. Tue, 26 May 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05262009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05262009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For service management professionals specializing in security, facilities/production, operations/storage, and communications service, the Service Management Resource Center will likely be of interest. This IBM-sponsored site serves both as a portal to many relevant content types and as an interactive platform designed to foster communication between specialists working in each of those operational roles. Tue, 19 May 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05192009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05192009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For communications service providers today, getting best business results will require rethinking and reimplementing service management to mitigate risks, reduce costs, and create competitive new services that align well with customer demand. The IBM Service Management for Communications Service Providers package helps via included solutions that span five key areas: data management, security management, service assurance, configuration management and asset management. Tue, 12 May 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05122009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05122009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Service management is a complex matter for utilities. IBM's response? A special service management package designed to help utilities meet today's operational challenges and rise to tomorrow's opportunities by reducing costs, increasing service levels, simplifying complexity and enhancing end-to-end security. Tue, 05 May 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05052009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05052009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Protecting a SharePoint environment efficiently requires exceptional speed and granularity from a backup solution. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Microsoft SharePoint delivers in both categories, and thanks to the new Business Criticality Matrix, helps organizations ensure that the most important data is backed up in proportion to its changing business value. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04282009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04282009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Asset management is a key element of service management. And both service management and asset management mean different things in different industries. Fortunately, IBM now offers industry-specific service management packages-many of which contain asset management components designed to apply directly to those industries. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04212009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04212009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Solving security problems requires leading insight and solutions. Fortunately, both will be on display at RSA 2009, the security tradeshow to be held this year at the Moscone Center at San Francisco. IBM's thought leadership and many offerings will be on display at the show, and you can even get a free pass to attend courtesy of IBM. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04142009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04142009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Controlling operational costs through improved energy efficiency is key in a bad economy. But where to start? IBM can help with its online Green Self-Assessment Tool, which quickly pinpoints apparent opportunities to optimize and suggests logical solutions. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04072009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04072009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS A challenging economy demands innovative solutions. IBM responds with a compelling new vision: the IBM Dynamic Infrastructure. IBM provides the solutions and services organizations need to build and manage a responsive, flexible, cost-efficient, dynamic infrastructure. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03312009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03312009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS When encryption key management only requires one tool, management costs and complexity fall and overall security is enhanced. IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager delivers these and other business wins-and now supports disk drives as well as tape drives. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03242009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03242009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Service management means different things in different industries. Fortunately, at Pulse 2009, IBM unveiled seven new industry-specific service management packages-each tailored to meet the special needs of organizations in that industry. The new packages address banking, retail, utilities, chemicals and petroleum, electronics, communication service providers, and product lifecycle management Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03102009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03102009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Getting exactly the right technical information may be challenging, but it's also essential. IBM's new technical Wikis helps by delivering a broad assortment of data, some of it available nowhere else, with a special emphasis on best practices and integration scenarios. Tue, 3 Mar 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03032009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03032009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Bulletproof security is more important than ever. Centralized security policy management represents a step in the right direction-and it can be achieved using IBM Tivoli Security Policy Manager. This new tool gives organizations a single point of control to manage security policies spanning many domains, levels of abstraction and across the complete policy lifecycle. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02242009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02242009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS With version 6, the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager family consolidates its lead as the enterprise-class backup/restoration/archiving solution of choice. Key among its new features: the use of DB2 as the underlying database, translating into substantially higher performance, scalability and reliability for more complete data protection with lower costs. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02172009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02172009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Pulse 2009 is more than just the best service management show of the year-it's also one of the best investments an organization can make. Through four dedicated streams and a wealth of opportunities to interact with peers, executives and technical gurus, attendees can get the actionable intelligence they need to help make their organizations more responsive, more efficient and more cost-efficient-all of which can lead to a better bottom line. Tue, 3 Feb 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02032009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02032009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS The time for green energy management is now. Fortunately, IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management and IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager deliver a complete energy management and monitoring solution, capable of spanning both IT and facilities resources, in any desired level of granularity, for a greener planet and a better business bottom line. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01202009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01202009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Organizations looking to implement an ITIL-driven change and release management project should consider a new book from IBM Press titled Implementing ITIL Change and Release Management by Larry Klosterboer. The book, developed through Klosterboer's direct experience on such projects at IBM, helps translate ITIL theory into real-world deployments in four stages-avoiding pitfalls and reaping many business benefits along the way. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01132009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01132009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For IT managers going forward in the new year, facing rapidly escalating data volumes on increasingly complex infrastructures, it's more important than ever to consolidate and optimize storage management. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center delivers with a broad array of powerful features applicable to even the most heterogeneous storage environments, providing an end-to-end management solution with a single point of control. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01062009.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01062009.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Service management professionals, take note: Pulse 2009 will be the blockbuster event of the year. Boasting more than 200 client presentations, technical certification labs, interactive sessions and a detailed exploration of many key service management topics and solutions, this show is a must-attend event. Four different streams will explore service management from a different perspective, each logically linked to IBM's bold new Smarter Planet initiative. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12162008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12162008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Centralizing identity management across different applications, domains and business contexts delivers many powerful benefits. Organizations interested in achieving that should consider IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2, which now includes many innovative features designed to simplify and extend its functionality-without compromising security. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12092008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12092008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For organizations looking to achieve a quick and effective service management implementation, the Protect entry point will likely be of interest. This model helps organizations improve service levels by addressing core IT concerns such as data/storage, security and overall business resilience. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12022008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12022008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Minimizing energy consumption is increasingly important for organizations today, yet it must happen without compromising service levels. Toward that end, IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management now integrates with solutions from nine IBM Business partners to deliver key energy-eletric information spanning both facilities and IT assets. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11182008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11182008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Organizations looking to accelerate and improve the software development process will get good results by optimizing their test labs. Two solutions from IBM Tivoli and IBM Rational now integrate to accomplish exactly that. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11112008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11112008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Organizations interested in getting an efficient start with a service management implementation should consider IBM's new model, which is based on five modular entry points. In this article, second in a series, the Monitor entry point helps organizations achieve improved visibility into services and service levels from both business and technological perspectives. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11042008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11042008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS In a difficult business climate, optimizing operational performance becomes more important than ever. Organizations interested in unifying their response to emerging problems in IT and Facilities-two closely-related domains-may want to consider IBM Tivoli Service Request Manager, which possesses many features applicable in both contexts. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10282008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10282008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For organizations looking to centralize and simplify encryption key management, IBM offers the new solution Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager. This tool delivers secure key management with both IBM and non-IBM storage devices at every stage in the key's lifecycle-reducing the number of keys needed as well as operational costs. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10212008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10212008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Pulse 2009, to take place in Las Vegas next February, will explore how service management goals apply in different industries, technologies, and emerging areas. The 6000+ expected attendees will find that by aligning services as closely as possible with customer needs and interests, organizations today can enhance the business bottom line. Register now to attend the premiere service management event of the year. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10142008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10142008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS IBM unveiled at Pulse 2008 a clear, straightforward model many organizations can use in establishing what service management can do for them—and how to get started. Discover, one of five different entry points to be discussed in a series of articles, comprises three different projects suitable for the early stages of a service management implementation – revealing, in detail, how IT services work and which assets are involved. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10072008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10072008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For IT managers looking to dramatically improve software provisioning throughout a complex virtualization infrastructure, IBM has two offerings that integrate for powerful results: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment and IBM Systems Director. Because Systems Director treats Tivoli Provisioning Manager as a plug-in, managers get accelerated provisioning to any virtual server on any physical host, spanning multiple virtualization environments and both IBM and non-IBM physical hosts. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09302008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09302008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Visualizing composite applications in the infrastructure is hard enough. Leveraging that information in real-time to drive the overall business outcome is even harder. Fortunately, IBM offers a highly integrated solution – IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager and IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager – designed to solve both problems through seamless integration, reflecting composite application dependencies and changes from both technological and business perspectives. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09232008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09232008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Data center energy costs are a major operational challenge for the enterprise today. Yet establishing energy usage and costs in different contexts is exceptionally difficult. A new version of IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager helps by integrating with IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management to create the granular, cross-domain cost tracking information needed to empower energy management strategies. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09162008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09162008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS How can organizations best link IT development and IT operations? One answer comes from three IBM solutions that optimally integrate software creation with subsequent stages of software deployment, including change and configuration management, for a superior business outcome.. Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09092008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09092008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Many of today's organizations would benefit by connecting related IT domains, such as service desks, IT asset management and change and configuration management. Fortunately, IBM offers three powerful tools in these areas that seamlessly link to create a powerful, flexible overall solution capable of increasing efficiency and reducing costs. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09022008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09022008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS As data volumes explode, the IT challenge to protect and retain data, ensure compliance in managing it, and make it as continually available as possible becomes harder than ever. The forthcoming IBM Information Infrastructure initiative, launching in September, directly addresses the problem and incorporates many exciting new solutions and strategies to help organizations get the maximum business value from data. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08262008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08262008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Interested in getting smarter, more comprehensive storage management? Watch this IBM demo on the TotalStorage Productivity Center suite, and find out how this elegant offering, comprised of five components, can simplify overall storage management, increase the return on storage investment and decrease total cost of ownership. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08052008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08052008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Protecting data is more important than ever. But as data volumes scale up and data is more distributed throughout the organization, comprehensive protection can be hard to achieve. The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack portfolio helps via three targeted data protection solutions that together deliver swift, policy-driven data protection for all Windows software assets. With IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack, administrators have the power to quickly recover from any type and amount of data loss, no matter what happens. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07292008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07292008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Managing a complex storage infrastructure is not for the feint of heart. Get help from the Aperi Storage Resource Manager, a free, open-source framework that delivers powerful storage management features for improving storage solution interoperability and driving overall IT business value. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07222008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07222008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS If you’re looking to enhance IT service management via improved tools, you might want to consider the new IBM Tivoli Service Request Manager 7.1. New in this version is a powerful catalog feature that allows users to self-select the services they need, fulfilling them more effectively, as informed by best practices, and reducing the overall cost to an organization. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07152008.html2?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07152008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For many organizations, unstructured data, such as spreadsheets and word processing documents, represents up to 80 percent of all data, yet lacks the security required to shield it from unauthorized access. Such organizations may want to consider the IBM Unstructured Data Security Solution, based on three integrated offerings, which helps organizations lock down business data more comprehensively via automated classification, policy management and trusted insider monitoring. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07082008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07082008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Organizations seeking to accelerate and improve software provisioning need look no further than IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 5.1.1 and its new Web Replay feature. Through Web Replay, administrators can easily automate common tasks, quickly train new IT staff members, and generally enhance software provisioning in many contexts, ranging from data centers to test environments. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07012008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07012008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Today's organizations require continuous protection of core data wherever it exists in the infrastructure—and exceptionally swift restoration at times of data loss. IBM's recent acquisition of FilesX gives its customers three powerful, targeted solutions to achieve exactly these goals. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06242008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06242008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS The new Tivoli Service Request Manager 7.1 boasts new features in both the service desk and catalog components to empower and inform the IT response to end user problems. And because the solution leverages the Tivoli Process Automation Platform, it also helps by connecting service requests to related IT domains such as change management for more optimized and cost-efficient overall operations. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06172008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06172008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Organizations looking to achieve best business value from software provisioning should consider the new IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Operating System Deployment. The latest version, 5.1.1, incorporates powerful new features such as DoD-class data overwriting and support for VMWare ESX 3.x infrastructure to drive data center virtualization. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06102008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06102008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS IBM's ongoing commitment to mid-market, growing customers is clearer than ever. With new solutions, online resources, and a new accreditation initiative, IBM helps empower these customers with the information and tools they need to get the most business value from IBM Tivoli solutions. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06032008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06032008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Client-side technical issues can easily hamper the efficiency of IT operations. IBM Tivoli Remote Control addresses that challenge by giving IT staff remote access to any supported target machine, allowing full problem resolution in many cases without requiring a personal trip. Tue, 27 May 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05272008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05272008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Service management strategies can help organizations improve service levels by aligning business needs with the service infrastructure. But where to get started? IBM has identified five common entry points, each with relevant projects, through which organizations can achieve measurable improvement in service levels—fast. Tue, 13 May 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05132008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05132008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Strong encryption is essential to securing organizational data, but managing keys is far from simple. What many organizations require today is federated key management to link different solutions and secure data in all three of its broad categories—data at rest, data in use, and data in motion. Tue, 06 May 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05062008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05062008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Effective security requires effective enforcement of security policies. For organizations looking for a unified way to secure applications in many different contexts, IBM Tivoli Access Manager 6.1 now delivers faster, more flexible, and more scalable organizational security than ever before. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04222008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04222008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS In a perfect world, software provisioning tools would integrate with software development tools to create a unified, efficient application deployment process. IBM Provisioning Manager does just that by integrating seamlessly with the IBM Rational development portfolio, accelerating time-to-value for new applications and application revisions. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04152008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04152008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Tracking IT costs across organizational or technological boundaries can be complicated, especially in today's enterprise-class, virtualized datacenters. Simplifying that complexity is IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager, which pulls cost information from many different sources and presents it in straightforward reports designed to help organizations align costs with business objectives and reduce operational overhead when possible. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04082008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04082008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Portal Partnership, an IBM Premier Business Partner, had a complex challenge: Develop and deploy a comprehensive new provisioning strategy, spanning both development and operations, to help a client achieve improved compliance. The solution: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager, an optimized, enterprise-class provisioning tool. The project time required: Less than you might think. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04012008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04012008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Asset management is a key focus for enterprises going forward, and the IBM Maximo product family delivers the industry's only holistic, end-to-end asset management solution built on a single platform. What's more, the IBM Tivoli User Groups site now offers many types of content specifically aimed at meeting the needs of IBM Maximo users. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03252008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03252008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS As organizations increasingly utilize IT as an instrument of business goals and strategies, they must ensure business value by securing IT at every level-data, identity pools, applications, and networks. Moving from point solutions to end-to-end, adaptive strategies is the key theme of IBM's presence at RSA 2008, a major security-centric conference taking place in San Francisco this year. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03182008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03182008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Innovation is the key to success. IBM's Blue Cloud offerings, driven by IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager, foster innovation by creating a flexible design and testing platform that also reduces costs and simplifies IT infrastructure and management. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03112008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03112008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For IT professionals and business managers looking to get a leg up on the many changes taking place in IT security today, one excellent opportunity comes from the IBM Security Roadshow. This multi-city event will tackle security topics ranging from compliance to identity management to information security. Register now!. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03042008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03042008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS To help you stay In Touch, In Tune, and In Sync with the service management industry, IBM Pulse 2008 comes to the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida this May 18-22. At this premiere event, professionals working in enterprise IT, plant management, or communications service can interact with peers, learn from technical gurus and IBM executives, build and extend business relationships, and even achieve technical certification in key areas. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02262008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02262008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Application security is a key element of any comprehensive security strategy. IBM Tivoli and IBM Rational solutions can deliver in key areas of authentication, authorization and compliance, securing applications and driving business value throughout the application lifecycle. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02192008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02192008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Effective asset management is key to getting best business results from enterprise-class IT. Fortunately, IBM offers a holistic, unified solution designed to track and monitor all IT assets, creating actionable business intelligence in the process. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02122008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02122008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS At Marist College, rolling out new IT applications requires a rigorous initial test process. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager helps simplify and shorten that testing process, ultimately resulting in better software, faster. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02052008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02052008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS With IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager, organizations can accelerate and improve every aspect of software provisioning, a particularly critical aspect of data center optimization. And thanks to TPM 5.1.1's innovative new features, the solution is more powerful and easier to use than ever before. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01292008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01292008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Getting best results from diverse solutions can be a challenge. One answer to that challenge is OPAL, an online library of integration modules aimed at making it as easy as possible for IT professionals to maximize IBM Tivoli solution integration and interoperability. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01222008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01222008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Customer Experience Management (CEM) is essential in telecom service assurance, a mechanism for understanding the relevance of services to customers and delivering true, valuable intelligence about customer behaviour and service adoption across multiple dimensions. With IBM’s new offering, IBM Tivoli Netcool Service Quality Manager, service providers are better positioned to ensure high customer Tueisfaction than ever before. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01152008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01152008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Innovation is the key to business success, but achieving it means reducing operational spending and optimizing IT to support new strategies. IBM Service Management, as pursued through IBM Tivoli solutions, can help. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01082008.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01082008.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS The Tivoli User Group site boasts a new feature, Be Heard!, which empowers users to generate and publish their own content, unlocking their collective domain expertise to the benefit of all. Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12182007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12182007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Managing information risk is increasingly important, across every IT application and at every stage in the data lifecycle. IBM Tivoli system management solutions can help you achieve information assurance. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12112007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12112007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Automating OS provisioning through a best-in-class tool can confer many business benefits for enterprise IT-especially in the case of Linux, an OS requiring extra expertise to install and configure. Learn how IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment is just such a solution. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12042007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12042007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Getting best business value from a complex data center means, in part, reducing its operational costs as much as possible. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager can help by provisioning data across physical and virtual servers in accordance with actual demand, thus reducing energy consumption during off-peak hours. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11132007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11132007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Today's security strategies must address internal as well as external threats. By monitoring, tracking and controlling privileged-user access to core IT assets, IBM Tivoli systems management solutions can help. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11062007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11062007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Server virtualization has transformed enterprise-class datacenters. By deploying multiple virtual servers on a single physical server, enterprises have dramatically improved server resource utilization while reducing operational costs such as energy consumption-thus leaving the datacenter a more flexible instrument of business strategy than ever before. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10232007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10232007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Gyldendal, a Denmark-based publishing house, needed a complete revision of its data backup strategy. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager proved the best-in-class solution the company required to consolidate all backup operations, centralize management, and achieve significant gains in automation and total performance. Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10162007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10162007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is a leading solution in the enterprise-class backup/restore space. With version 5.5, available in mid-November, customers can expect a host of new enhancements and features in key areas such as performance, security, ease of use, and interoperability. Learn about the new features you can expect with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager version 5.5 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10092007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10092007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Though commonly associated with the enterprise market, the IBM Tivoli portfolio is admirably suited for mid-market growing businesses. Customers looking to improve their business resilience, IT operational efficiency, and security from both internal and external threats, should consider the best-in-class, scalable Tivoli portfolio. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10022007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10022007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Getting a grip on energy consumption is essential to the enterprise's bottom line and the bigger-picture ecological impact. IBM’s strategies and solutions reflect a serious commitment to reduce consumption whenever possible. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09252007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09252007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Achieving a total security strategy means tracking security logs throughout the organization as well as mapping breaches to operational consequences-and potential violations of governmental regulations. The IBM Tivoli Security and Compliance Offering answers all these challenges in a unified solution. Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09182007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09182007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS The IBM Business Continuity Service Level Protection solution helps maximize business continuity through a tailored, multi-phase, multi-class strategy which delivers services and products in a way that can evolve as business needs change. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09112007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09112007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS One way to optimize enterprise IT is through automated solutions - especially when they work together. The IBM Tivoli system management portfolio offers just such integration for the fastest possible time-to-solution. Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09042007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09042007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Monitoring a complex wireless carrier network that routes ten million calls a day is no easy feat. Hong Kong-based SmarTone-Vodafone chose IBM Tivoli Netcool to monitor that network and experienced an eighty percent reduction in fault events as a result. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08282007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08282007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Improve your software provisioning process for test machines. With IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager, the enterprise can automate and script all software provisioning, leading ultimately to improved testing and better software. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08212007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08212007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS United Space Alliance needed to streamline and accelerate its diverse IT operations. ITIL best practices and IBM Tivoli solutions delivered substantial improvements-fast. Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08142007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08142007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Maximizing return on IT investment is all about getting the most out of solutions. For IBM Tivoli customers, therefore, a few central questions of continuing interest are: Would it be possible to obtain more business value from the Tivoli solutions I have? Should I consider buying new solutions? How can I bring myself up to speed on the latest developments in Tivoli solutions, deployment, integration, and best practices? Such focused questions demand equally focused answers. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08072007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08072007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Imagine you are the CTO of an enterprise-class company. Fundamentally, your task is to oversee IT at your company, solving today's technology problems with a continual eye on tomorrow's needs. That's a challenge of enormous complexity, and solving it requires both enterprise-class tools and enterprise-class best practices. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07242007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07242007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Any successful enterprise relies on strong customer communications. Start with the idea that business success comes in proportion to customer Tueisfaction, and it follows that tracking the level of that Tueisfaction is crucial to the business. Without a continual stream of information flowing to and from its customers, the enterprise risks falling out of touch with customer interests, customer needs, and, most critically, customer pain points. Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07172007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07172007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Identity management is a central challenge in today's increasingly competitive business environment. As the enterprise works to become more responsive to emerging opportunities, and more resilient to emerging threats, establishing secure transactions through validated authentication becomes more important than ever. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07102007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07102007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Imagine you are the CTO of an enterprise-class company. Fundamentally, your task is to oversee IT at your company, solving today's technology problems with a continual eye on tomorrow's needs. That's a challenge of enormous complexity, and solving it requires both enterprise-class tools and enterprise-class best practices. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07032007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07032007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Service management begins with a simple premise: paying customers should receive good service. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06262007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06262007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Business success for the wireless service provider lies in the minds of its subscribers, often numbered in the millions. These subscribers expect to be offered a continuous stream of new services that span wireless radio and IP-based technologies. They expect to experience the highest quality of service at competitively low rates. Most importantly, the quality of service they experience is quantified in stringent service level agreements - agreements that stipulate credit be applied to customer accounts for any service parameters that fall short of agreed levels. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06192007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06192007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS How can enterprise IT achieve and maintain business resilience? As IT has become more and more tightly integrated into business operations, the data it generates has become mission-critical, and maintaining the integrity of that data has become mission-critical as well. Fortunately, the tech industry has responded with a broad range of disaster recovery solutions, spanning many classes of products from many vendors. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06122007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06122007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Desktop support ranks among the most challenging tasks handled by enterprise IT today. One reason for this is the sheer size of the installed base of desktop computers. Many enterprises have thousands of employees, yet the IT staff supporting them is several orders of magnitude smaller. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06052007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06052007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS It's widely accepted that enterprise IT security is more important than ever before. As IT solutions have become more complex and sophisticated, so have the threats confronting them. Tue, 29 May 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05292007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05292007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS One of the central stories of enterprise IT in the last decade has been the growing power of open solutions. Usually, this philosophy applies to the technology itself. If a software product's code is available to the public, it's called open source, and hardware which uses public protocols is said to embrace open standards. Tue, 22 May 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05222007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05222007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Data storage is among the most dynamic fields in technology today. Enterprises have demanded ever-increasing storage to handle the data generated by applications of ever-increasing complexity, and vendors have rapidly responded with new technologies. Just as data capacity has climbed, data costs per unit of storage have fallen. Tue, 15 May 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05152007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05152007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Composite applications offer some of the most exciting possibilities in enterprise software development today. In large part, this is due to the straightforward model they represent in the solution of complex business problems. Composite applications are built via the integration and orchestration of services and processes actually in use in the business, drawing data from such diverse sources as databases, other programs written in languages like Java, and the Web. Tue, 08 May 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05082007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/05082007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Support is a classic challenge for technology providers, and often the challenge scales in proportion to the technology. In the case of a company like IBM, the challenge is immense. No technology company has as rich and diverse a portfolio of software and hardware. Toward this end, IBM has responded with many different forms of support, some of them automated, thus essentially using technology to support technology. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04302007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04302007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Most enterprise applications, including web services, are characteristically data-driven. Long before anyone had heard of Information Technology, every major enterprise had a Data Processing (DP) department. Long before the first room-size computers were invading the loading docks of companies, sorting and tabulating machines were clattering and whirring away in their back office DP departments. This is the caldron from which the first computer applications were brewed. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04242007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04242007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS In the new millennium, security has emerged as a major challenge for enterprise IT. While the enterprise has a greater need than ever for network and resource access and availability-in which the right information gets to the right people at the right time-many forms of security problems threaten that goal. External malware is an obvious example, as is external denial of service attacks, but recent studies suggest that misconfiguration errors and internal security breaches by employees can be even more operationally significant and prevalent. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04172007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04172007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Wireless services have experienced phenomenal growth in the new millennium. Attracted by the convenience and mobility wireless solutions provide, customers have increasingly demanded them, and vendors and service providers have responded by delivering a whole new class of technologies designed to match their interest. The result? Services are becoming available wherever you happen to be, whenever you need them. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04102007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04102007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Business growth often translates into market share growth. That is, in a fairly Tueurated market, one company's gain is often going to mean another company's loss. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04032007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/04032007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Remote management is central to modern IT processes. Enterprise IT staffs often deal with heavy demand; the more they can accomplish remotely, the better. If remote management can be paired with automation so that direct human supervision isn't required for an ongoing process, that's a double win for the business. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03272007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03272007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Centralizing Authentication Without Side Effects One of the core challenges facing modern enterprises is centralized authentication management. Employees need straightforward access to services and information, yet IT managers must reduce security threats and system complexity. These two business goals are often in conflict. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03202007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03202007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Standing out from the pack In today's competitive Darwinian marketplace, what's the best way for a company to distinguish itself? Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03132007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03132007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Support is a perennial challenge to the technology sector. Vendors want their customers to be informed and Tueisfied, and customers want quick and thorough answers when they have technical questions. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03062007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/03062007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Consider a traditional steel blade. It performs best when it's sharpest; this is because with the thinnest blade, the most power can be concentrated on the smallest space. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02272007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02272007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS In the new millennium, file service and archiving solutions have emerged as one of the hottest sectors in the IT field, and it's easy to see why. If a mission-critical server fails, entire corporate divisions may grind involuntarily to a halt. The premise that time is money is never more self-evident than when a key server goes offline and a hundred employees take an involuntary coffee break. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02202007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02202007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Technology guru Paul Graham-best known for selling Viaweb to Yahoo in the late nineties-says the mission statement of all businesses can be abstracted into something quite simple: You make something people need, and you refine it over time to meet that need more perfectly. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02132007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02132007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS No one would expect nuclear power plant operators to improvise procedures. Yet, large IT organizations have long accepted the improviTueion of procedures by storage administrators. With the introduction of IBM Tivoli & Storage Process Manager, IT is finally able to align storage process management processes with ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) defined process flows while automating best practices to improve important storage-related operations, including provisioning and backup incident prioritization. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02062007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/02062007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Global operations and strict governmental requirements for extensive records retention have shattered the common notion of a backup window for IT. Few sites are now in a position to shutdown all data processing and backup their data and applications. They certainly cannot do so with complete confidence that 100% of the data is up to date. As more edge applications run 24X7 and competitive pressures drive mechanisms to sense-and-respond to market changes, the ability to shutdown mission-critical applications dwindles. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01302007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01302007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS The IBM& Tivoli& Open Process Automation Library (OPAL) is a comprehensive, easy-to-access online catalog that currently contains over 500 pre-defined validated product extensions for Tivoli products, such as: automation packages, integration adapters and modules, together with instructional documentation. The OPAL Library enables Tivoli customers to maximize the integration capabilities of their Tivoli applications and reduce deployment time through product extensions. The latest additions to OPAL include a catalog for Netcool/OMNIbus integration modules with associated documentation available for download. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01232007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01232007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Attention IT Managers and IT decision makers from Boston, to Barcelona, to Bangkok; IBM& is hosting essential half-day Service Management seminars around the globe on that include in-depth presentations and demonstrations. IBM Service Management solutions can help you and your organization achieve competitive advantage through. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01162007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01162007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Since 1982, new federal rules and regulations on U.S. businesses have increased by 114,000. The Cato Institute pegs the impact of this regulatory burden on the economy at $1 trillion. This makes regulatory compliance a major corporate issue that is now having a major impact on IT. Thanks to a growing number of regulations like Sarbanes Oxley, one of this year’s major IT trends has been the establishment of risk and compliance architectures. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01092007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01092007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For IT, the rollout of a new operating system can be a traumatic time. For the rollout of Microsoft&’s new Windows Vista™ Operating System (OS), without the proper deployment tool, traumatic is a tepid descriptor. The thought of a new OS, with a new security model and a new installation scheme, is enough to stir up IT’s worst nightmares. The universal solution is a thorough period of pilot testing. To speed that testing, IBM& Tivoli& Provisioning Manager for Operating System Deployment (TPM for OS Deployment) can take the sting out of implementing a new OS and provide IT what is arguably the most complete tool set for any other OS deployment. Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01022007.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/01022007.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS How do you tell that someone works in IT? They have a 2GB USB Flash Drive to hold their to-do list. To be funny, Tueire needs a certain degree of truth and the overburdened work schedule of IT professionals is far too real. Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12262006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12262006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Threats to an enterprise's IT environment and the constant worry of the consequences of these threats have troubled CIOs for a long time. As IT has gone from a back-end function to one that is recognized as offering a strategic advantage, the importance of IT security has moved to the forefront. It is now recognized by line-of-business executives and vendors as a key component of any business system. As a result, the airwaves are constantly being bombarded with advertising messages to "tell your CIO that you know how to handle a plethora of security issues." Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12192006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12192006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For many companies today, a key strategy used to drive revenue growth and improve brand equity is to align the four primary components of their business—people, processes, information, and technology—and use them to drive high value-add services. Being a service provider can be a daunting task, especially for those new to the role. Whether new or well versed in providing services, the offering can help organizations identify such critical success factors as the absolute importance of process. Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12122006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12122006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Whether it is new markets, competitors, regulations, or workforces, the rapid-fire pace of business change continues to drive companies to look for new ways to adapt and respond more quickly. Nonetheless, a business can only be as flexible as the IT systems that support it. Service oriented architecture (SOA) is a significant evolutionary step in applications infrastructure intended to help IT organizations meet the complex challenge of delivering agility and adaptability to an enterprise. By representing business processes as repeatable tasks, dubbed services, an SOA creates a dynamic environment that breaks static security schemes and requires security management that integrates identity management, end-to-end message-level security, and single sign-on for users as found in the IBM& Tivoli& security management solutions family. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12052006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/12052006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Funding IT capital growth in today’s businesses is quickly becoming an issue of garnering savings out of IT operations. For some time, CIOs have been under a mandate to do more with less: cut costs, and at the same time, drive new capabilities for mission-critical applications. From a technology perspective, a critical component to making IT operations more efficient is virtualization. Working with resources unconstrained by physical limitations gives IT a way to squeeze significantly higher rates of utilization for equipment and generate savings through cost reduction and avoidance. While separating the logical notion of a device from its physical limitations makes it easier to manage the device, it also significantly increases the complexity of accounting for the usage of that device. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11282006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11282006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For any enterprise, a customer that is willing to act as a reference is one of the most valuable of all business assets. There is no better way to support a sales or marketing effort than to have a Tueisfied customer to speak on behalf of a product or service that they purchased. By doing so, that customer goes a long way toward validating the vendor’s marketing message and eliminating uncertainty in the minds of potential customers. Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11212006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11212006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For service providers, the Tivoli & Netcool & portfolio delivers end-to-end service management to help meet the fiercely competitive needs of emerging service markets. With over 1,800 customers in 45 countries, the Netcool family of solutions provides a flexible, cost-effective solution to meet the most demanding customer requirements. Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11142006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11142006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Most enterprise applications, including web services, are characteristically data-driven. Long before anyone had heard of Information Technology, every major enterprise had a Data Processing (DP) department. Long before the first room-size computers were invading the loading docks of companies, sorting and tabulating machines were clattering and whirring away in their back office DP departments. This is the caldron from which the first computer applications were brewed. Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11072006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/11072006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS At this moment, somewhere around the world a commercial airliner is sitting on a runway waiting for clearance to begin takeoff. Soon, it will begin to accelerate down the runway, and at a critical moment the copilot will call out the command, "rotate." At that instant, the pilot will pull back on the controls, the aircraft will rotate along its longitudinal axis, the nose will point up a few degrees, and a very heavy jet aircraft will begin lifting off of the ground. Everyone in the cockpit knows the drill. Everyone on the plane believes it will happen. Precious few know how or why it does. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10312006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10312006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Today, business is obsessed with the notion of time. Our entire business lexicon revolves around issues associated with time: Whether it is lead-time, lag-time, or time to market, the currency of business is the value of time. Inextricably tied to this fixation on the value of time is the movement of information. Turn back the pages of time and life in the Middle Ages was marked by a perpetual present. For the medieval adult, the modern notion of time had no meaning and, more importantly, information was bounded by what he or what someone that he knew had observed. Life in a perpetual present started changing with the introduction of paper from China, and began to move on with rumble of Guttenberg’s moveable type, but it was the clatter of Hollerith’s tabulation by punch card that really got things accelerating. Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10242006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10242006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS IT support personnel were aptly described by an MIT professor as, "the people who do the groundwork on which our productivity depends." It is their job to deal with the thorny support challenges that require rapid resolution and likely involve the interplay of application software, middleware, and at least one operating system. Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10172006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10172006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS The deployment and release of new software is a classic white-knuckles period for any CIO. This is the time when end-users feel the most vulnerable and CIOs are the most susceptible to criticism. Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10102006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10102006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Service management is rapidly becoming a central issue for a growing number of businesses all over the world. This new focus stems from the desire to improve brand equity by offering high quality, value-added services that attract and retain customers. But to deliver on this critical objective, virtually all common business functions need to be rallied: cost management, regulatory compliance, security risk reduction, and above all, the meeting of financial performance and market share growth expectations. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10022006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/10022006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS On January 25th, 2003, the BBC World Service reported on an attack by a fast-spreading piece of malicious computer code that dramatically slowed Internet traffic and interfered with e-mail delivery. The BBC chronicled the attack as having been started at about 5:30 a.m. GMT by a malicious piece of code just 376 bytes in size. With extraordinary prescience, they compared the attack to the Code-Red virus, which had brought Internet traffic to a halt in the summer of 2001. By Sunday, CNN reported that the attack had shut down 13,000 ATM's within the Bank of America network. Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09262006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09262006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For some time, Linux& has been a hot server technology for midsized businesses. Now there are over 6,000 ISV applications available on Linux to entice IT demand even further. In Linux, many IT decision makers see the solid reliability of UNIX& enhanced with greater flexibility in the choice of hardware for lower total cost of ownership. On the other hand, others see an ease-of use that rivals Microsoft& Windows with the solid reliability and security of UNIX. What is common to those looking to Linux from either a UNIX or Windows perspective is security. Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09182006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09182006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Dealing with issues from shrinking product life cycles to expanding global markets has led businesses to pursue real-time sense-and-respond operational strategies. At the same time, growing regulatory pressures are putting significant restrictions on the access, handling, and retention of data. For IT, those issues are fostering a growing dependence on database-resident transactional data, which leaves production systems susceptible to performance degradation as the volume of data expands. Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09122006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09122006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS We are rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of the breakup of AT&T. At the time, this grand legal experiment appeared to be the biggest parting of the waves since Moses. Naturally, such disruption engendered significant opposition from many quarters, including Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger, who argued that the military needed a single, integrated communications network, and Nobel laureate and Big Bang luminary Arno A. Penzias, who adamantly believed that the innovative Bell Labs would flounder. Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09052006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/09052006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast last year, it not only ravaged the landscape of the Gulf region, it also devastated countless paper-based medical records and exposed the extraordinary gulf between the state of IT for medical research and the state of IT for healthcare delivery. Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08302006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08302006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Controlling access to data is a critical element to any security policy. While the challenge is universal, there's a very wide range of security access needs for individual sites. At the extreme end of security consciousness, one site is using a 3,000-line security policy just to define the rules securing three servers. Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08222006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08222006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For IT to function successfully in an On Demand business environment, it must master change as a normal event. The old line that change is constant has finally given way to the realization that change is changing-it's accelerating. In the face of that accelerating change, IT is frequently called upon to repurpose existing infrastructure, such as reprovisioning an older database server as a Web server, as well as to roll out new equipment, especially in the form of new laptop or desktop PCs. Typically, these are highly labor-intensive tasks that could be made significantly more cost-effective and less prone to error through automation, with a solution such as IBM & Tivoli & Provisioning Manager. What's more, Tivoli Provisioning Manager integrates with Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) in a sophisticated ITSM framework. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08152006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08152006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Today's software applications can be tricky to deploy, diagnose, and troubleshoot - challenges which only become exponentially more complex in a multi-tier service-oriented architecture (SOA). As a result, CIOs, who are constantly under pressure to cut IT overhead, are making built-in manageability and instrumentation to ease the load on their operations staff a non-negotiable requirement for applications. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08082006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08082006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS IT Service Management (ITSM) is all about delivering IT as a service by managing IT as a set of discrete consistent processes which can be automated. That notion alone will be enough to generate a steady stream of theoretical papers coming from the Harvard, Sloan, Stanford, and Wharton business schools. For the real world of IT, however, what's needed is an actionable infrastructure plan that is built on real products. What's more, those real products need to work with and encompass the existing real products from multiple vendors already in use. All of the rigorous consistency and repeatability of ITSM is of little value if, at the end of the process, it does not deliver greater choice and flexibility in terms of adding new hardware, applications, and middleware. Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08012006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/08012006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Across all industries and all sizes of business, IT is challenged with security issues never dreamed of in the halcyon days of planning for Y2K. Then, the major issue for IT was single sign-on for internal users. As new operating systems were introduced and mission-critical applications proliferated, each having their own user directory, end users rapidly became frustrated trying to weave their way through a maze of usernames and passwords. Large IT shops found themselves trying to manage with an infrastructure of up to 100 different fragmented user data repositories. Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07252006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07252006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Surveys of backup practices at mid-sized businesses by Imation show a remarkable absence of concern for performance or time constraints; but administrators have considerable concern for backup procedures. That concern is centered on complexity and proper implementation. To solve that problem IBM developed Tivoli Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Files, which is specifically targeted at end-user computers such as laptops and workstations. Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07182006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07182006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Talk to a CEO or CFO about business applications and they'll tell you that they want the ability to quickly sense and respond to business-environment changes no matter from where in the value chain those changes are coming. For an application to meet those needs, it must be easy to integrate with existing business functions and rapidly deployed. For a CIO to deliver that kind of application, it takes an IT environment built around a service-oriented architecture (SOA), in which services are composed of elemental business functions with well-defined, standards-based interfaces. Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07112006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07112006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Early this year, the Forrester research report, North America's 2006 Enterprise IT Spending Outlook, cited 77% of firms as having rated the improvement of IT efficiency as their most important operational priority in 2006. Making matters worse, the Forrester report came on the heels of findings by Gartner Research in "U.S. IT Spending and Staffing Survey, 2005" that pegged 75% of IT budgets as going to maintain the status quo. Dig a little deeper and you'll find that nearly 25% of the money allocated to maintenance goes into software support. If you dare to add in help desk costs, that number starts closing in on 40%. Is it any wonder that IT is often thought of as an impediment, rather than as an enabler to business efficiency and growth? Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07042006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/07042006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS A recent market share report confirms that IBM has maintained the top position in IT Operations Management for the 5th consecutive year. To get a perspective on the current ITOM market and how it is evolving toward IT Service Management (ITSM), we talked to Michael McCarthy, Director of Strategy, IBM Tivoli Software. Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06272006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06272006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS Starting in the mid 1980s, small to mid-size businesses have been going through an IT evolution that has taken them from being PC-centric in their technology, to being Internet-centric, and now to embarking on becoming network-centric with distributed systems and early pilot grid projects. IT at these sites is faced with a unique set of challenges and the IBM Tivoli& Express Portfolio™ of IT management software addresses those challenges in the following areas: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06202006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06202006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS For CIOs, today's foremost issue is how to demonstrate that IT is functioning as effectively as the other lines of business within their company. These hard-pressed CIOs, however, have little time for theory and an immediate need for an actionable plan to begin implementing IT Service Management (ITSM). To meet that need, the IBM IT Service Management Roadshow will be laying out a roadmap to a practical ITSM transition in over 50 cities worldwide between May and September 20th. At each event, IT practitioners are led through four critical business scenarios and learn to: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:51:07 +0000http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06132006.html?ca=fromBeatRSShttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/beat/06132006.html?s_cmp=rss?ca=fromBeatRSS