Automated Operations Technical Council at Pulse 2012

For the first time Automated Operations Technical Council (AOTC) will be held in conjunction with the Pulse Conference The Automated Operations Technical Council (AOTC) will continue its long term focus on the IBM Tivoli® System Automation family. AOTC is the place to be to gain the knowledge that will help you protect your business and IT services through end-to-end high availability and automation.

Join us for AOTC at Pulse for 4 days of technical education, discussions, workshops, live demonstrations, and personal networking that will enable you to improve the automation of your environment and keep your business infrastructure highly available and humming along. The knowledge that you gain at AOTC will be invaluable now and throughout the year.

What’s in store

Data center automation continues to be a topic of interest to IT professionals, particularly with the advent of cloud. Whether driven by the requirement to do more with less, the desire to reduce complexity or the need for continuous business operation, the need for automation remains an important topic of conversation.

By joining us at Automated Operations Technical Council (AOTC) in 2012 you will have the opportunity to participate in:

• Three days of technical presentations about a variety of system automation related topics delivered by technical experts and users
• Demonstrations of new features and enhanced functions
• A one-day private customer council with discussions about industry trends and product directions
• Informal networking, "birds of a feather" gatherings, and conference reception

The AOTC focuses on the IBM Tivoli® System Automation family of products and their ability to help reduce the frequency and duration of service disruptions and ensure high availability through advanced policy-based automation. (The System Automation family includes these products: System Automation for z/OS, System Automation for Integrated Operations Management, System Automation for Multiplatforms, System Automation Application Manager, AF/OPERATOR, AF/IRM, and Business Continuity Process Manager). In addition to the System Automation products, the conference agenda includes presentations about related products of interest including NetView, Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS), OMEGAMON IBM Tivoli Monitoring, and more.

Due to the confidential nature of material presented at AOTC on Day 4, participation is limited to selected customers. Discussions typically include both product futures and requirements; therefore, all attendees are required to sign a confidential non-disclosure agreement. The enrollment system will initially automatically confirm your participation; however enrollments will be reviewed. Preference is given to existing IBM clients; prospective clients will be accommodated where space is available.