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RESEARCH FOCUS
RESEARCH FOCUS
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Over the past forty years the computer industry has been defined and driven by an obsession with faster, smaller, and more powerful.
It's time to re-examine the goal.
The focus has been on raw processing power and the individual components that allow ever smaller and greater capacity to store, process and move data. And while scientists and researchers have met this demand with astonishing regularity, we have missed an opportunity to look at the evolution of computing from a more holistic perspective.
There are a number of immediate needs that require us to adjust our thinking and reinterpret our approach to computing in general, and specifically to the interaction between computer hardware, software and networks. The current strain on I/T services demands that we turn our best minds to developing computer systems to be more automated and less reliant on human intervention.
IBM calls the next generation of computing autonomic, because it must act like our autonomic nervous systems. It must provide an unprecedented level of self-regulation while hiding complexity from the user. And it will be a radical shift in the way we conceive and develop computing systems today. This will call for more than retooling old systems -- autonomic computing calls for a whole new area of study.
We're committed to making this happen. In fact, we've reorganized our Research division around this goal.
IBM invites you to join this effort. To encourage involvement with the rest of the research community, IBM plans to host and sponsor conferences, develop an Advisory Board and begin funding research on autonomic computing through awards and fellowships. Please read on to learn more about the benefits, challenges and on-going research relating to autonomic computing.
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