IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

Business benefits

*Features, advantages and benefits*
Features	Advantages	Benefits
Real-time, centralized monitoring of complex networks and IT domains. With scalability that exceeds millions of events per day	Netcool/OMNIbus bridges the gap across multiple networks and IT silos to help organizations improve the end-to-end availability of their applications and services.	Help increase efficiency by consolidating network and IT operations under a single management solution with automated fault deduplication, isolation and resolution capabilities to minimize problem resolution time.
Environments supported by Netcool/OMNIbus software include a vast array of network devices, Internet protocols, systems, business applications and security devices.	Enables staff to hone in on the most critical problems and even automate the isolation and resolution of those problems.	Help optimize service availability by quickly identifying problems before they cause costly outages and by adopting real-time service views
Netcool/OMNIbus provides high scalability with a flexible architecture, the software can deliver robust event management to support environments of any size.	Helps improve the efficiency of their problem resolution efforts by providing an advanced capability for automating corrective actions to common problems	Help accelerate deployment of new business services by integrating the management of existing and next-generation technologies

Around-the-clock management and automation

IBM Tivoli Netcool®/OMNIbus™ software delivers real-time, centralized monitoring of complex networks and IT domains. With scalability that exceeds millions of events per day, Netcool/OMNIbus offers around-the-clock management and automation to help you deliver continuous uptime of business services and applications, optimize operations costs and efficiency, and improve time to market. Environments supported by Netcool/OMNIbus software include a vast array of network devices, Internet protocols, systems, business applications and security devices. Because the software offers breadth of coverage, rapid deployment, ease of use and exceptional scalability and performance, enterprises and service providers worldwide can leverage the Netcool/OMNIbus suite to manage the world's largest, most complex environments.

Many customers use IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus to manage tens of millions of events daily.The software can be deployed in a distributed, parallel or hierarchical fashion to support complex operations environments that span diverse geographic boundaries. Because it couples scalability with a flexible architecture, the software can deliver robust event management to support environments of any size. When the software detects faults, they are processed in the ObjectServer, a high-speed, in-memory database that collects events from across the infrastructure in real time. Netcool/OMNIbus then eliminates duplicate events and filters events through an advanced problem escalation engine. The software enables your staff to hone in on the most critical problems and even automate the isolation and resolution of those problems.

Netcool Probes

To actively collect business and technology events from more than 1,000 sources in real time, use Netcool Probes™. These lightweight agents and applications look for events and traps, and monitor network devices across the business. You can also develop and customize Netcool Probes to support virtually any kind of "event," such as those generated by proprietary business applications. In addition to the Netcool Probes, you can deploy the IBM Tivoli® Monitoring family that integrates with Netcool/OMNIbus to proactively measure user experiences and performance across applications — and generate alarms based on thresholds you establish.

Your organization can also assimilate data from applications and the operations environment into service views by using IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop™. Netcool/Webtop provides your executives, line-of-business managers, operations personnel and customers with real-time, customizable views of faults, services and key performance indicators. Highly customizable dashboards offer an array of images, graphical maps, charts, tables and event lists that are tailored according to your requirements — showing the "big picture" of a service or the specific devices that may be causing a problem.

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