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    Italian Fishermen Turn to the Cloud

    Thomas_Ortelt 1100005MEK | | Visits (4966)

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    In case you have not come across this interesting application of Cloud Computing: the economy in Bari and its territory (the southern Italian region of Puglia) is based on small and medium-size businesses, primarily in agriculture and food products. To help sustain development, the University of Bari built a system that enables fishermen, wine growers and others to contract for services through a portal decreasing time-to-market, reducing transportation costs and the amount of products wasted. You will find a video with more details about this... [More]

    Tags:  cloud system_z tsam

    TUC Webcast: Strategies to move from virtualization to cloud for rapid application deployment and lower costs

    LizCrider 270005ET06 | | Visits (4936)

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    Join us on the Tivoli User Community webcast and opportunity for questions, Tuesday, September 25th at 11:00 AM, ET, USA R eserve Your Webcast Seat Now Overview:   While virtualization can produce significant cost savings as a result of reducing infrastructure overhead, it does not address the single-largest cost element for most data centers—the labor to manage this environment—which can be as high as 40 percent of the overall cost. If not controlled, management costs can negate the cost savings realized through virtualization.... [More]

    Tags:  computing community webcast user ibm tuc rodkey virtualization matt cloud tivoli

    2011 IBM Cloud Computing Technical Symposium in Europe

    Thomas_Ortelt 1100005MEK | | Visits (4924)

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     The 2011 IBM Cloud Computing Technical Symposium will take place November 28-30, 2011, at Darmstadt, Germany. Attending this event is a smart and efficient way to catch up on key messages and up to date technical content in just 3 compact days. The symposium agenda offers a choice of more than 150 knowledge-packed technical sessions and hands-on training.  

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    Capacity Management -Rationale for Cloud Computing: Research and Markets Report

    JKUVLESKY 060001P7SS | | Visits (4921)

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    I recently found this article which discusses the rationale for cloud adoption: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2011/10/31/5893685.htm.  One factor listed is capacity management - " Users are considering cloud for capacity management issues including periodic demand peaks and better management of data center growth, power, and cooling issues."  This statement speaks to the maturity of clients surveyed who are considering cloud in that they have the visibility into their virtual environment to understand workload usage trends such as... [More]

    Tags:  cloud capacity planning virtualization

    NetApp Storage Agent now provided vfiler information

    whisen 060000NG7K | | Visits (4919)

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    The IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Virtual Environments Agent for NetApp Storage now provides Disk Data Read, Disk Data Written, NetData Received and Net Data Sent for vfilers.  For more information and to download the interim fix, go here:   Interim Fix 7.1.0-TIV-ITM_NETAPP-IF0001 General information about the NetApp Storage agent is available here:   NetApp Storage Agent Wiki

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    Do you want to know about available SmartCloud Orchestrator? Ask the expert!

    rossella 120000Q98F | | Comment (1) | Visits (4898)

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    This is the first one of a series of meetings ment to increase knowledge of SmartCloud Orchestrator capabilities and functionalities. The session will provide an overview of the Business Process Manager toolkits available for SmartCloud Orchestrator customers to download. Of course there will be room for question and answers. Session details: Date: June 17th 2014, from 16:00 to 17:00 CET Web meeting: https://www.ibm.com/collaboration/meeting/unyte.nsf/index?OpenForm&schedid=6351695 Details about the dial in numbers will be provided in the... [More]

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    New Tivoli Service Management Extensions add to the core capabilities of TSAM

    SinghPriya 270004S51H | | Visits (4894)

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    New extensions released for TSAM 7.2.2 extend core capabilities and offer customers •           More secure customer networks •           Faster response, effectiveness and adaptation to Cloud users •           Lower storage costs managing shared virtual file systems Network Extension for Juniper Extends TSAM Network device support with Juniper firewall and F5 Big-IP Load balancer Increases security by creating firewall configuration rules within TSAM Increases resource utilization by setting Load balancer policies... [More]

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    Deploy a J2EE app with TSAM extensions

    MicheleCrudele 060000UYRR | | Visits (4848)

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    IBM® Tivoli® Service Automation Manager (TSAM) 7.2.2 introduces the concept of extension, a set of TSAM software components that can implement a new IT service automation solution (known as a service definition) or add capabilities to existing service definitions. This article ( Deploy a J2EE app with TSAM extensions ) defines a scenario in which the desired result is to securely deploy a three-tiered enterprise application (a J2EE app) to the cloud. It demonstrates how to set up and provision extensions in TSAM as the first step to... [More]

    Tags:  cloud extensions firewall tsam load_balancer

    TUC Webcast: Best Practices in Data Center Infrastructure Management with the new IBM and Emerson Network Power Solution

    LizCrider 270005ET06 | | Visits (4839)

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    Please join the Tivoli User Community for a live Webcast, Best Practices in Data Center Infrastructure Management with the new IBM and Emerson Network Power Solution ,  on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM ET USA. Click Here to Register Now! OVERVIEW: IBM and Emerson Network Power have recently partnered to provide an end-to-end Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution. This solution combines Tivoli's IT Service Management expertise with Emerson's real-time infrastructure optimization capabilities, enabling holistic... [More]

    Tags:  cloud apm tuc banta network center webcast emerson nicholson sean data vikul ibm power

    Service Health for IBM SmartCloud Provisioning

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    We're pleased to make available as a beta Service Health for IBM SmartCloud Provisioning.  As this is a beta we welcome any and all feedback.    Service Health (Beta) for  IBM® SmartCloud Provisioning  provides prebuilt integrations between  IBM SmartCloud Provisioning  and IBM SmartCloud Monitoring.  This solution allows you to easily monitor your IBM SmartCloud Provisioning infrastructure to identify and react to issues in your environment.   This solution is available via the IBM Integrated Service Management Library( ISML ).  You can find... [More]

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    Free Webcast: Orchestrate the cloud with IBM and OpenStack (March 19, 2013)

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    Determine the right cloud orchestration strategy to address the unique needs and pain points of your organization while increasing productivity and spurring innovation. And learn more about the recently announced orchestration capabilities from IBM that leverage OpenStack to manage heterogeneous hybrid environments. Sign up today!

    Tags:  cloud-computing virtualization orchestration cloud openstack

    Backing up and Restoring Workload Deployer Virtual Machines Deployed in VMware

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    There is a new white paper available on the IBM Integrated Service Management Library ( ISML ) that explains how to use Tivoli Storage Manager to back up a VMware virtual machine that was deployed by the Workload Deployer in IBM SmartCloud Provisioning version 2.1.   The white paper explains how to locate, and back up the virtual machine in VMware using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, and how to restore the virtual machine to the Workload Deployer environment.   The white paper can be downloaded from the  IBM Integrated Service Management Library... [More]

    Tags:  smartcloud provisioning storage kvm management tsm backup smartcloud_resilience cloud esx solutions integration vmware

    IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management - Transparent Development

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    Have you ever wanted access to what the development team is planning for the future, along with the ability to provide direct feedback on each item within a planned release? With Tivoli's shift towards transparent development, now you can. Transparent Development is the ongoing, open engagement between IBM development and our users on the development of our products. The emphasis is on being open and transparent about our direction and providing you with open access to key release content, including: Release plans and details... [More]

    Tags:  smartcloud smartcloudapm transparent-development

    There's still time to sign up for the IBM webcast: Best practices for cloud service management

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    There's still time to sign up for the IBM webcast: Managing the Cloud – Best practices for cloud service management    Organizations today are looking to cloud computing to deliver cost savings and faster service delivery. However, most organizations are still struggling to have the basic IT infrastructure that is necessary to take the leap to a robust cloud. This session will explain how service management can help provide the essentials to maintain service levels in the cloud and best practices based on IBM's work with customers. This... [More]

    Tags:  cloud_computing monitoring provisioning performance virtualization cloud

    Endpoint security for SmartCloud Provisioning v2.1

    SandraWeiss 060000BCJJ | | Visits (4706)

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    The solution Endpoint security for SmartCloud Provisioning v2.1 has been published on IBM Integrated Service Management Library (ISML).   The purpose of Endpoint security for SmartCloud Provisioning v2.1 is to demonstrate how IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager can be integrated with the IBM SmartCloud Provisioning Infrastructure. Endpoint security for SmartCloud Provisioning will generate the components required by IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 to automatically install IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager agents when deploying virtual systems. This will... [More]

    Tags:  security provisioning virtualization image cloud smartcloud_security image_management smartcloud solutions maintenance endpoint
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