Software helps align IT to business objectives.
Press Release Summary:
By focusing on critical business services rather than IT resources, IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager V3.1 provides IT and business leaders with executive dashboard that enables both groups to visualize health of key business systems and service levels across enterprise. Web Console provides availability management from virtually anywhere at any time. Desktop workflow functions help users find problems, determine severity, and work toward resolutions.
Original Press Release:
IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager V3.1 Helps Align IT to Business Objectives
Overview
IBM Tivoli® Business Systems Manager V3.1 takes IT management
to the next level by enabling IT teams to become responsive to
customers, not to technology. By focusing on critical business services instead of simply IT resources, IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager V3.1 provides IT and business leaders with an executive dashboard that enables both groups to visualize the health of their key business systems and service levels across their entire business. This knowledge can ultimately help to
improve the overall operational agility of businesses by reducing the high cost of application downtime.
Key prerequisites
Host software
o IBM z/OS® V1.4 or later
o IBM Tivoli NetView® for z/OS V5.1
Planned availability dates
o Electronic planned availability: October 15, 2004
o Physical media planned availability:
- October 15, 2004 (z/OS components only)
- November 9, 2004 (distributed components)
At a glance
What's new In Version 3.1
o Integration with IBM Tivoli Service Level Advisor V2.1 so
that services created within IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager can be used to receive Service Level Agreement status
from IBM Tivoli Service Level Advisor (available separately
with a separate charge).
o A new executive dashboard that can allow executives to
visualize the health of their key business systems and service
levels across their entire business. An executive dashboard API is available to allow executive dashboard information to be used in various other customer applications.
o Availability management from virtually anywhere at any time,
with the redesigned Web Console providing a high-level
view with filters of the availability of business systems.
o Various desktop workflow enhancements to help enable users to find problems more readily, determine their severity, and work toward their resolutions more effectively, ultimately helping to increase overall operations productivity.
o IMS(TM) and DB2® topology views.
o New reports for shift turnover and business system availability.
o Improvements and out-of-the-box configuration tools that can help speed overall implementation, increasing time to value.
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