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| User Group News | | | Tivoli User Groups in the News
- WELCOME our newest Tivoli User Group
the Great Plains Tivoli User
Group. If you are located near Nebraska and would
like to attend their upcoming May 16th meeting, sign up
today.
- The Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) and the
Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) user groups are
planning a 2 day meeting in Montpellier, France May 11
& 12, 2006. If you are a TAM or TIM user in Europe
please plan to join!
- Many TUGs are planning their upcoming
meetings check out the schedule today.
COMING SOON: Tivoli Technical User
Conference presentations on the TUG website!
We are working on getting some of the presentations
from the TTUC posted in the presentation zone on the website.
In addition, we will be having a CD of the top 15
presentations with audio available from your leaders at
your local TUG meetings sometime in June/July.
New to the Tivoli User Group website and
community?
We have created 5 quick steps to
getting started with the TUG community that will help
you get on a fast track to effectively use the
website.
Executive Corner - MICORMUSE EXECUTIVE
HIGHLIGHTED
Check out the Executive
Corner where you can hear from Tivoli executives
who want to address your concerns and share their
thoughts about their area of expertise. Our current
executive highlighted is, Craig Farrell CTO Netcool
Solutions Tivoli software.
YOU CAN Update your TUG
membership.
If you have changed companies or even want to
change your password all you need to do is update
your profile. Updating your TUG community profile will
help to keep your account current. You can access
your profile by logging into the
website and clicking on "Edit profile".
NEW ZONE: Member & Vendor
Partnering
A new TUG Zone launched, on March 11th in the
Global Tivoli User Group community site. We are
extremely excited about this new content zone which is
dedicated to increasing the amount of Business Partner
related information available to TUG members. This
zone will give members access to a repository of
vendor information, best practices in the community,
dynamic content, educational and event information.
Members can also collaborate independently with
vendors, develop valuable relationships globally, and
communicate queries directly to vendors.
If you are a business partner who would like to be
included in the new TUG Partnering/Vendor Zone,
please contact us at info@tivoli-ug.org.
NEW ZONE: References
Share your experiences, insights and successes with
the Global Tivoli User Group Community and beyond by
participating in the IBM Tivoli Customer Reference
Program.
Check out the TUG members who have shared their
stories.
Quickly Take the current IT Problem
Management and Root Causes Analysis survey today:
TUG Member Survey
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| Product News and Tools | | |
Arriving June 30th - NEW IBM Tivoli IT Process
Management Products
Built on IBM and Industry Best Practices, IBM Tivoli IT
Process Managers are innovative tools that drive
responsiveness and flexibility by automating IT
management processes within organizational silos and
coordinating processes across silos in conjunction with
the Tivoli Change and Configuration Management
Database (CCMDB). The longstanding IBM
commitment to developing self-managing (or
autonomic) technology continues at the operational
management level, but now extends into the "out of
the box" automated workflows in IBM Tivoli Process
Managers.
The initial release of these new products includes three
Process Managers each designed to help improve
efficiency and effectiveness in managing IT processes.
- The IBM Tivoli Release Management Process
Manager expedites and automates processes
related to server provisioning and patch deployment
supporting the release of new and upgraded application
software across the enterprise to minimize risk and
protect test and production environments and IT
services.
- The IBM Tivoli Availability Management
Process Manager helps improve problem resolution
time and decrease the business impact of incidents by
providing critical information to service desk analysts
and subject matter experts to better classify and
prioritize incidents.
- The IBM Tivoli Storage Process Manager
helps reduce costs by reclaiming storage space and
reducing redundancy; improve effectiveness with
sustainable improvements in storage and information
management efficiency; manage risk and streamline
compliance through intelligent information retention
policies and integrated search capabilities.
For more information on how these new products can
help you Manage the
Business of IT visit the website.
Want to ensure the right people have access to
the right data?
Check out the New Product: IBM Tivoli
Identity Manager Express
Through a robust workflow engine, IBM Tivoli Identity
Manager Express enables you to automate the user
provisioning process, including approvals and account
creation, as well as the user deprovisioning process.
Automating these processes across your
heterogeneous infrastructure, can help you maintain an
ongoing record of access-rights changes across both
Windows and Linux systems. This can help to reduce
the amount of time needed to gather the information
required to comply with security audits. Now priced for
small and midsized organizations, IBM Tivoli Identity
Manager Express fits your budget as well as the needs
of your growing business.
Want to simplify and secure the end user
experience?
Check out the New Product: IBM Tivoli
Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-
On
For on demand businesses that are tired of losing
productivity due to multiple sign-on's a day, IBM Tivoli
Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On is the
solution you are looking for to improve productivity
while staying secure. The IBM Tivoli Access Manager
for Enterprise Single Sign-On solution works in
congruence with both IBM Tivoli Access manager for e-
business and IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, to provide a
robust solution addressing the issue of password clutter
throughout the enterprise.
New Express Product: IBM Tivoli Provisioning
Manager Express for Software Distribution with Free
trial code available!
Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software
Distribution is an inventory management and software
distribution solution that
- Accurately and cost-effectively manages
distributed PC inventory
- Helps ensure that security patches can be rapidly
installed on only the machines that need them
- Defrays cost and effort of packaging, distributing,
installing and supporting software applications and
patches
- Helps minimize infrastructure costs and maintain
security
For a free 60 day trial, click here to register and
download the code. You will need an IBM id and
password to register for the trial code
If you do not already have an IBM id and password, it
is easy to create one prior to downloading the
code.
Open Beta Registration is now available for
Tivoli Provisioning Manager 5.1
The Open Beta Program is intended to give you an
opportunity to have a sneak peek and test the new
features. A series of web-based lectures, delivered
wholly or partly by key development staff, to explain
the new features is planned. Additionally, a forum and
direct email "Ask Beta TPM" will be implemented to
assist anyone in the program who has questions or
requires additional information.
If you are interested in participating in the Tivoli
Provisioning Manager 5.1 Open Beta Program, send an
email to TivBeta@ca.ibm.
com Upon approval, you will receive
access keys to the early beta code found here. You will need an IBM
id and password to access the code. If you do not
already have an IBM id and password, it is easy to
create one prior to downloading the beta.
Receive a Free Book when you watch the Automate Your Test
Center with Tivoli Provisioning Manager
Webcast
Find out how the latest in test center automation
solutions can improve quality and save you time by
taking human error out of the equation. The first 100
attendees who view the event will receive a copy of
How to Break Software: A Practical Guide to
Testing by James A. Whittaker, as our way of
saying thanks. A must for software testers, this
invaluable book is a practical, extremely flexible tutorial
that offers "attacks" you can perform to test your
software for bugs. Register for the Webcast here.
Did you know?: Tivoli is Expanding their Tivoli
Security Products
NEW IBM Tivoli Access
Manager for Operating Systems (TAMOS)
v6.0
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems V6.0
provides centralized auditing and simplified policy
management for UNIX and Linux environments. A
simple-to-use, policy-based security system, IBM Tivoli
Access Manager for Operating Systems (TAMOS)
securely locks down business-critical applications, files,
and operating platforms to help prevent unauthorized
access. This security capability blocks both insiders
and outsiders from unauthorized access to and use of
valuable customer, employee, and business partner
data.
In addition, TAMOS audits application and platform
activity. This capability provides the assurance your
customers, employees, and partners expect, and the
rigorous auditing the government and senior
management requires.
New Product: IBM
Tivoli Composite Application Manager Basic for
WebSphere v6.0 available on April 11 at a 75%
discount (for six months)
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager Basic for
WebSphere is a self-contained monitoring solution, the
cost-effective Tivoli Composite Application Manager
Basic -for WebSphere software provides a
comprehensive view into IBM WebSphere Application
Server and the behavior of WebSphere applications.
Part of the IBM Tivoli family of application management
solutions, Tivoli Composite Application Manager Basic
for WebSphere helps you pinpoint the source of
bottlenecks or other defects in application code, server
resources or external system dependencies.
IBM software (Tivoli Development) needs your
input!
As an industry leader, we at IBM know that software is
only as useful as your ability to apply it to your solution
quickly, effectively and on your terms. Whatever your
business, your time, resources and efforts all depend
on your software's effectiveness from the initial
installation and configuration to long-term operations.
Make your consumability priorities known by filling out
IBM's 30-minute Consumability Assessment, and
help us make our software work better for you and your
bottom line. When at the website please enter the
optional invitation code: TUG.
HINTS and TIPS
Check out the Best practices
site and the list of Universal Agents that has been
developed for ITM 6.1. Also a very active ITM 6.1 forum
has started along with a website for the solutions (then
select any industry).
Here are the current list of loaded solutions and
best practices (more going up every week):
- Akara SAN over Sonet appliance
- Apache
- APC UPS & PDU
- AS/400
- BayNetworks
- Best Practice Use of Multiple Thresholds and
Severities with Situations in ITM 6.1
- BlackBerry Server
- Brocade
- Cisco
- Citrix Published Application
- Compaq Hardware
- Compaq/DEC Tru64
- Comptek/VMS
- Computer Network Technology (CNT) SAN
Hardware
- CybermationDB2 Diagnosis Log File
- Digital (DEC)
- EMC CLARiiON Storage
- FileNet Content Management
- HP Hardware
- IBM BladeCenter
- IBM Director Integration into the ITM 6.1 Monitoring
SolutionIBM High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing
(HACMP) for AIX
- IBM HTTP Server V6.0
- IBM Informix Dynamic Server
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 Distributed Monitoring
Upgrade Toolkit Tips and Tricks Whitepaper
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1 Universal Agent
Script Data Provider Tips
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1, Administrator
Workspace and Views
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1, Data Warehouse
Tips and Tools
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1, Remotely
Start/Stop Situations
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1, TEMS (UNIX),
Backup & Recovery Whitepaper
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Creating a Moveable HUB
TEMS on z/OS
- IBM WebSphere Interchange Server
- IIS and Web Services
- INTERCOPE FaxPlus/Open
- ITM 6.1 / TDW 2.1 Warehouse Load Projections
spreadsheet
- ITM 6.1 TEMS Web Services/SOAP documentation
and samples
- ITM Data Warehouse DB Activity
- ITM Universal Agent API Data Provider Solution for
Monitoring Novell Netware
- DB2 Health Monitoring
- DB2 Query Patroller
- Java Log4j
- Lotus Domino Server
- McData Fibre Channel SAN Switch,
- Microsoft Exchange Tracking Log
- NDG
- Network Appliance (NetApp) Filers Universal Agent
Monitoring Solution for ITM 6.1
- Novell Netware/Netware ManageWise
- Oracle Real Application Clusters
- Oracle SNMP/Universal Agent Monitoring for ITM
6.1
- Perl Ping
- Perl Socket
- Powerware UPS
- Rexx on zSeries Socket
- SBB Software's UC4 software
- Shiva Hardware
- Solaris Zones
- SunOS/Solaris SNMP
- Symantec PCAnywhere
- Tivoli Continuous Data Protection
- Tivoli Directory Server
- Tivoli Storage Manager
- UC Davis SNMP
- UNISYS UDS & Open/OLTP
- Web Services/SOAP Real-time and Scheduled
Reporting Tools for ITM 6.1
- Windows Remote
- Windows USB Disk Devices
For the more News please book mark our TUG News page
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SIGN UP TODAY all IT Managers! IT Service
Management Roadshow (60 city tour)
These half day events which includes in depth
presentation and demonstrations of the new ITM Tivoli
IT Service Management solutions is coming to a city
near you.
By attending this session you will walk away with
knowledge in the following areas:
- Ensure quality production application rollouts and
decrease problem resolution time
- Take the first steps to a successful configuration
management database (CMDB) implementation
- Manage compliance to reduce costs and meet
regulatory goals
Check out all the confirmed
cities in the events page (more to come) or even.
Register today and learn
how to proactively respond to change, manage
complexity and reduce costs. Be one of the many who
will discover IBM's leadership, innovation, and execution
in IT Service Management.
Date
City
Country
2006-05-02 Tampa
USA
2006-05-04 Seattle
USA
2006-05-09 Columbus OH
USA
2006-05-11 Minneapolis
USA
2006-05-16 Charlotte
USA
2006-05-18 Los Angeles (Costa
Mesa) USA
2006-05-18 Dallas
USA
2006-05-23 Washington DC
USA
2006-05-23 Boston (Lexington)
USA
2006-05-25 New York City
USA
2006-05-30 Montreal
Canada
2006-06-01 Toronto
Canada
2006-06-06 San Francisco
(Cupertino) USA
2006-06-01 Edmonton
Canada
2006-06-08 Atlanta
USA
2006-06-13 St Louis
USA
2006-08-07 Sao Paulo
Brazil
2006-08-09 Belo Horizonte
Brazil
2006-08-11 Brasilia
Brazil
2006-08-14 Buenos Aires
Argentina
2006-08-15 Cordoba
Argentina
2006-08-17 Monterrey
Mexico
2006-08-18 Mexico DF
Mexico
2006-06-05 Delhi
India
2006-06-07 Chennai
India
2006-06-09 Bangalore
India
2006-06-12 Hyderabad
India
2006-06-14 Mumbai
India
2006-06-13 Singapore
Singapore
2006-06-15 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
2006-06-20 Bangkok
Thailand
2006-06-22 Manila
Philippines
2006-07-18 Beijing
China
2006-07-20 Shanghai
China
2006-07-25 Guangzhou
China
2006-07-19 Taipei
Taiwan
2006-07-21 Hong Kong
Hong Kong
2006-07-25 Sydney
Australia
2006-07-26 Melbourne
Australia
2006-07-27 Canberra
Australia
2006-07-31 Brisbane
Australia
2006-08-02 Wellington
New Zealand
2006-07-28 Tokyo
Japan
2006-07-28 Osaka
Japan
2006-09-12 Vancouver
Canada
Tivoli Technical User Conference
When: May 9-12, 2006
Where: Montpellier, France
Registration still open.
Tivoli User Group Members qualify for a 10% discount to
the official conference fee. The discount code to
use is "TUG06".
Learn
Gain insights. Get implementation specifics and key
advice. Hear the latest on new solutions. Also new this
year: Tivoli product labs. They provide immediate
hands-on training after our classes.
Interact
- See IBM Tivoli solutions in action at the Product
EXPO.
- Connect with top Tivoli executives, product
developers, technical experts and Tivoli users.
- Talk to key exhibitors about hardware, software,
consulting services and other offerings that address
your specific issues and concerns.
- Attend our birds-of-a-feather sessions to
participate in discussions and practice with peers from
your industry.
- Partners, don't miss out on selected sessions just
for you.
Get certified
Certification exams, valued at 150 Euro each, will be
available at no cost to registered attendees. Tests will
be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Register TODAY
UPCOMING TUG meetings
Many Tivoli User Groups are planning their meetings in
May. Check out the schedule in the events page.
For the most up-to-date Tivoli event related
information please book mark this page: http://www.tivoli-
ug.org/events.php.
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IBM Tivoli Online Education Savings:
Team Web Based Training Vouchers
Train Smart, Purchase Only What You Need & Save Big
$$$
Each Web Based Training Voucher entitles your
company to $500 of Tivoli online education. Purchase
multiple Web Based Training Vouchers and receive up
to 20% discount. The more you purchase the more
you save.
Web Based Training Vouchers can be used to train one
employee or multiple employees. Choose from WBT
courses, remote hands-on lab exercises and live Web
Seminars - currently over 170 courses with new
courses added each month.
For additional information on Web Based Training
Vouchers, visit our IBM Tivoli Education Web
site.
Complimentary IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager
Express Training
Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for
Inventory is a powerful application that can be
used for many different purposes within an
organization. It is a data repository for collected
information with a powerful web based user and
administrator interface. The web-based interface can
be used to manage assets, users, tasks, reports, and
more.
Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software
Distribution is a company wide software
distribution solution that has inventory capability and
an administrative console for centralized package-client
management. You can manage and track software
inventory prior to testing, packaging, distributing and
supporting software and patches all from a single
administrative console. Software scans are updated
with each distribution and enhanced reporting makes
software deployments less expensive, faster, and
easier.
There will be 5 IBM
Tivoli Support Technical Exchange Web Seminars
in May covering the basic operation as well as the
advanced features of IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager
Express. The product development team will present
and answer your questions. Topics for these web
seminars include:
- An Introduction to Tivoli Provisioning Manager
Express for Inventory
- An Introduction to Tivoli Provisioning Manager
Express for Software Distribution
- Exploiting the Advanced Features of Tivoli
Provisioning Manager Express for Software
Distribution
- Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory
Agents
- Exploiting the Advanced Features of Tivoli
Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory
Meeting and dial-in information is available at the
STE web site.
Complimentary IBM Tivoli Support Technical
Exchange web seminars
The Support Technical Exchange program delivers
support related discussions containing product
information, deployment and trouble-shooting tips,
common issues, problem solving resources and other
Support and Services recommendations. Tivoli
Engineers and Consultants presenting the topic will
provide subject matter expert direction and value as
Exchange leaders.
A few of the upcoming STE topics in May
- IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Express V4.6 Specialist
Exam
- IBM Tivoli Access Manager 6.0 Overview
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Journaling and AIX
Journaling
- Policy Based Retention in IBM Tivoli Storage
Manager
- Tivoli Storage Manager Basic Problem Determination
and Wevb Resources
Check out the STE
website for web conference and call in
details.
3 NEW Product Differences Training CDs
The distribution of FREE Product Differences Training
CDs at Tivoli User Group meetings has proven to be
very popular.
Now available to order:
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.2
- IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1
- IBM Tivoli Access Manager 6.0
To order your FREE Product Differences CDs, contact
your Tivoli User Group Leader.
New Tivoli Software Training Courses
The following are new training courses released in
March of 2006. The link for each course listed will take
you to the full description of the course.
Security
IBM Tivoli
Access Manager for e-Business 6.0
Customization
Classroom 4 Days
IBM Tivoli
Access Manager for e-Business 6.0 Installation
Self-paced 4 Hours
IBM Tivoli
Access Manager for e-Business 6.0 Managing Users and
Access Control
Self-paced 6 Hours
IBM Tivoli
Access Manager for e-Business 6.0 WebSEAL
Self-paced 6 Hours
IBM Tivoli
Identity Manager Express 4.6 Introduction
Self-paced 2 Hours
IBM Tivoli
Identity Manager Express 4.6 Planning and
Deployment
Self-paced 4 Hours
IBM Tivoli
Identity Manager Express 4.6 Managing Users
Self-paced 4 Hours plus 2 Hour Remote
Lab
IBM Tivoli
Identity Manager Express 4.6 Managing
Services
Self-paced 4 Hours plus 2 Hour Remote
Lab
Performance Automation
IBM Tivoli
System Automation for z/OS 3.1 Implementation and
Administration
Classroom 5 Days
Business Automation
IBM Tivoli
Composite Application Manager for Response Time
Tracking 6.0 for Administrators: Administration
Self-paced 4 Hours
New Tivoli Product
Certifications
The Tivoli Professional Certification Program is proud to
announce the worldwide availability of these recently
published IBM Tivoli certifications:
- IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional -
Tivoli Enterprise Management Solutions 2006
- IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional -
Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2006
- IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional -
Tivoli Security Management Solutions 2006
- IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional -
Tivoli Provisioning Management Solutions 2006
- IBM Certified Specialist - Tivoli Identity Manager
V4.6
Discounts on Tivoli Product
Certifications
Current promotions include:
- IBM Tivoli Netview V7.1.4 Implementation - Get
35% off when you take exam 892 (through May 1,
2006)
- IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Express V4.6 Specialist -
Get 35% off when you take exam 884 (through June
30, 2006)
Upcoming Certification Exam Development
Workshops
Are your skills cutting edge? Help Tivoli software build
the next generation of certification exams by
participating in upcoming certification exam
development workshops. Most workshops are
conducted via conference call and web meetings so
travel is not required.
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express V5.3 -
4 exam development workshops (mid April through early
May). Contact Kristin
Wall-Gibson for more information
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler V8.3 - 4
exam development workshops (to begin mid April).
Contact Aamir Penkar
for
more information.
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| In our own words - GTUG council | | |
We the GTUG Council are seeking YOUR
feedback/input . . . IMPORTANT
Your GTUG council will be having their annual face to
face meeting May 23-25th. In preparation for this
meeting the council is seeking your input in terms of
Tivoli products with any critical situation that you have
had to bring in IBM resources to assist in resolving it. If
you could share those problems and experiences and
how you got those resolved so that others facing the
same issues don't have to spin their wheels to find the
same information the GTUG council would appreciate it.
This could include success stories also not just problem
situations. The GTUG will review all input and provide a
consolidated non identifiable summary of this
information to the community. If you have input please
send an email to gtugcouncil@tivoli-ug.org
What could Micromuse acquisition mean to us
(users)
As you may already know, IBM recently acquired
Micromuse. This acquisition was to strengthen IBM's
network management capabilities that was lacking with
Netview product. Micromuse will complement IBM's
products in the following areas:
- Extend IBM's service management capabilities to
the network area
- Provide better network management, discovery and
root cause analysis
- Better integrate network discovery, topology and
dependency mapping with CCMDB
- Enhance monitoring, event correlation, security and
business service management
Micromuse comprises of the following products and how
they could possibly be integrated with existing Tivoli
portfolio.
- Netcool - This product does comprehensive
network management and event correlation that
normally you would try to get out of Netview and
switch analyzer products combined. It also includes a
TEC like console called Omnibus. With the combination
of Micromuse and Tivoli assets, the breadth can grow
significantly. Micromuse monitors can be moved quickly
into the Tivoli monitoring environment so that events
can go into both Omnibus and TEC and all monitoring
information can be visualized at the TEP(as a matter of
fact there is a ITM 6 universal agent that does that
today). In addition, historical reporting is an easy step
once all the data is collected in the TEP. It makes
sense that initially all monitors feed both TEC and
Omnibus as work is being done toward the converged
solution, but this combined breadth with visualization at
the TEP and historical warehousing will be a near term
synergy that can be achieved with the combination of
the assets from IBM and Micromuse. As ITM,
Omegamon and ITCAM moved into Tivoli monitoring
family, so will Netcool overtime.
- Netcool/Proviso - Proviso was acquired by
Micromuse to provide carrier-grade network
performance monitoring primarily as an offering for
Telco/Service Providers and Enterprises with large
complex networks. It would make sense to integrate
Proviso with TEP and with the ITM family for systems
monitoring to enable broad view of systems and
network performance together - still designed for
complex environments mostly non-mainframe.
OMEGAMON for Mainframe Networks will most likely
continue on current course and speed.
- Netcool/NeoSecure - NeuSecure was an
acquisition that Micromuse made to fill out the eventing
portfolio suite to cover the extremely important area of
security eventing. This product is equivalent of IBM
Risk Manager. However, chances are that IBM will
continue with NeoSecure and IBM Risk manager will be
subsumed by NeuSecure in the future once all
integration requirements and functional equivalencies
are ensured. We can expect a migration tool to be
provided by IBM.
- Business service management - from BSM
perspective Netcool Application Discovery was an OEM
version of TADDM (Tivoli Application Dependency
Discovery Manager which was previously Collation
Confignia). Most likely it will be replaced with TADDM
rather quickly and later with the CCMDB. Real-time
Active Display (RAD)'s multi-platform support will be
combined with TBSM's analytics to create a "best-of-
both" BSM offering that will be integrated with CCMDB
and with ITM. Similarly, RAD SLA Tracker's real-time
function will be combined with TSLA's historical
tracking, reporting, and SLA definition capabilities.
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