What is Operation Management?
System Environments in the Network Computing Age
Since the second half of the 1990s, the development of information technology has drastically changed business processes and
the types of systems adopted by enterprises.
As Intranets and the Internet rapidly spread through the corporate world, the style of business has moved to business-to-business
(B2B) interactions that perform electronic procurement, electronic commerce, and electronic payment over the Internet. These
Internet-dependent business methods spawned new types of businesses such as application service providers (ASPs) and Internet
service providers (ISPs).
Advanced business operations require robust systems that can process complicated tasks, both at the large enterprise and
small business level. The increasing number of hardware and software solutions required to support such systems are hard to
manage, and many of the efficiencies they promise can be negated by the costs of making them work together. Effective tools
and advanced management knowledge are essential for developing trouble-free business processes that can work together across
divisions or companies.
What is System Operation Management?
Operation management is a set of techniques for restructuring IT infrastructure to increase productivity and efficiency. Our
operation management software improves supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise
resource planning (ERP) in full-scale e-commerce and e-government operations.
Operation management for IT infrastructure must include:
- Broadband technology including bandwidth control, multicast data distribution, and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) status reports
- Storage management with multivendor SAN and SAN virtual disks
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) monitoring for Web services
Our operation management software implements these requirements effectively, reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO),
and ensures smooth operations for end users.
Systemwalker
Fujitsu introduced Systemwalker, our operation management software solution, to more than 25,000 corporate customers in
Japan, accounting for 4.4 million installations as of September 2005.
Systemwalker is a family of systems management software products for enterprise information systems. It harnesses the power
of policy-based systems management (PSM) to help you accomplish your corporate strategic objectives.
For more information, see the Systemwalker Concepts.
Advantages of Systemwalker:
- Reduces cost of IT systems management by efficient and automated system operation
- Integrates the management of various IT resources, such as hardware, software, network, and user information
- Supports all standard platforms: mainframe computers (global servers), servers running UNIX or Windows, client PCs, network devices, etc.
- Optimizes operation management for each customer by allowing the selection of products to meet their needs
- Controls system SLA using policy-based operation management
For more information, see the Product Lineup of Systemwalker.
Analyst Report:
Butler Group, a UK-based IT analyst company, isssued this Technical Audit on Systemwalker.
