Companies want to and must reduce their IT costs, simplify management of their IT resources, realize a fast return on their IT investment, and provide high levels of availability, performance, security, and asset utilization. Autonomic computing addresses these issues. This fundamental evolutionary shift in the way IT systems are managed will free the IT staff from detailed mundane tasks and allow them to focus on managing business processes. It can be accomplished through a combination of process changes, skills evolution, new technologies, architecture, and open industry standards. With autonomic computing reducing the demand for the specialized skills currently required to manage these IT initiatives, projects are more likely to be implemented on time and on budget. The incorporation of autonomic technologies will lead to systems that deliver the expected and required quality of service, helping eliminate many configuration problems introduced in today's environments due to human error. It will reduce the outages caused by malfunctions that can now be self-corrected and deliver maximum results and performance by continually optimizing the use of resources.
