Under New Management

ABSTRACT

In an increasingly competitive global environment, enterprises are under extreme pressure to reduce operating costs. At the same time they must have the agility to respond to business opportunities offered by volatile markets.

REFERENCES

• 1: Gentzsch, W., Iwano, K., Johnston-Watt, D., Minhas, M. A., and Yousif, M. 2005. Self-adaptable autonomic computing systems: An industry view. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Self-Adaptive and Autonomic Computing Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark (August 24-25).
• 2: IBM Autonomic Computing Research; http://www.research.ibm.com/autonomic/.
• 3: Jeffrey O. Kephart , David M. Chess, The Vision of Autonomic Computing, Computer, v.36 n.1, p.41-50, January 2003 [doi>10.1109/MC.2003.1160055]

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.1 Project and People Management

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.4 Systems and Software
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Subjects: Intelligent agents

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.4 System Management

General Terms:
Design, Management