This author describes the three components of the on demand business model so you can understand how your business can benefit and how you can evolve your current computing infrastructure to achieve the flexibility vital to this era.

In October 2002, IBM launched a new corporate-wide strategy called e-business on demand. Since then, every IBM product line and service offering has been steadily infused with the technology and function necessary to report the on demand business model.

In this MaxFacts Guidebook, popular technology author Jim Hoskins starts by describing the three components of the on demand business model so you can see the big picture and understand how your business can benefit. He then moves in for a closer look at the computing infrastructure necessary to support the on demand business model. You will come away with a new understanding of how you can evolve your current computing infrastructure to achieve the flexibility vital to the on demand business era.

Building an On Demand Computing Environment with IBM presents an overview of key building-block product lines such as IBM eserver systems, TotalStorage, Infoprint printers, WebSphere, DB2, Tivoli, and Linux from an on demand perspective. You will learn how autonomic computing can help your infrastructure automatically “sense and respond” to changing conditions so that things keep running smoothly. You will see how virtualization techniques can be leveraged to improve utilization and reduce costs. You will see how to evolve your infrastructure towards the goal of end-to-end integration by leveraging hardware and software that adheres to open standards.