Systemwalker Concepts

Highly Successful System Operation as the Ultimate Corporate Strategy

Fujitsu proposes the optimal concept: Policy-based Systems Management

The significance of computer systems in businesses has been constantly increasing since network computing was introduced into the office environment.

The Internet extends the company's operating structure with growing volumes of information everyday. No longer merely tools to store data, computer systems are now means of advertisement, points of sales, sources of worldwide information, and tools that are indispensable for running the company itself. The new challenge a company faces today is to manage its information systems and lay out system operations that will underpin to its future path.

Fujitsu's concept, Policy-based Systems Management (PSM), seeks to achieve information systems that can optimize your corporate strategy. The Systemwalker product family uses PSM to manage business operations.

PSM (Policy-based Systems Management)

PSM attempts to find an answer to the question "How can I use an information system in combination with a management strategy?" It manages an IT system in accordance with an enterprise policy to achieve system operation that can quickly adapt to changes in the business environment and support ongoing business operations.

Business layer

The people who use and operate services; the value provided by an IT system (ROI)

Service layer

The services provided to users by an IT system

Middleware layer

An execution infrastructure for running the operating system, middleware and other applications

Hardware layer

Physical resources such as servers, storage devices and network resources

Resource management

Autonomous system reconfiguration that does not stop services

IT system issues It is necessary to stop services when changing the system configuration. Manual configuration changes frequently result in human errors.

Systemwalker solution Visually expresses the overall organization of servers, storage devices and network resources, as well as the locations of faults. Virtualizes servers and storage devices and enables automatic provisioning (automatic configuration). Can link to middleware such as Interstage to create and run applications without halting services.

Service management

Visualizing, analyzing and improving the quality of business and operation services

IT system issues It is difficult to locate problems that are causing a drop in service quality, and it takes time to resolve them. It is difficult to find out what measures are needed to restore service quality.

Systemwalker solution Visually expresses service quality (response and operational status) from the end user's perspective. Identifies bottlenecks through performance breakdown analysis and correlation analysis and supports provisioning.

Enterprise management

Monitoring and controlling an entire IT system from the business viewpoint

IT system issues It is difficult to prioritize responses to problems from a business perspective. It is difficult to understand which business operations and users are affected by problems in an IT system. It is difficult to perform operations consistent with an enterprise policy in response to security risks.

Systemwalker solution Automating business operations Determining the state of an entire IT system and the effects on business, and taking action accordingly Executing business operation in accordance with a security policy and enhancing measures to prevent information leaks

Policies

"Policies" are system operation requirements defined by the customer. Based on this policy information, individual products that configure virtual and autonomic system infrastructure and lifecycle management can realize effective and optimal operations.