Tivoli Global User Group Community Newsletter
	April - May 2005

In this issue Tivoli User Group Community GTUG Items and 04 Successes Product News Training and Certification New Site Items HOT News Tivoli Users Group Home www.tivoli-ug.org General Inquiries info@tivoli-ug.org Council Email gtug-council@tivoli-ug.org Council Home http://www.tivoli-ug.org/gtug GTUG Council Mission To extend the effectiveness of Tivoli user groups - as well as expanding Tivoli user group networking capabilities globally.

Greetings! This bimonthly newsletter is sent to you on behalf of the Global Tivoli User Group (GTUG) council and as a registered member of the Tivoli Global User Group Community. Tivoli User Group Community    The community is continuing to grow; with the addition of six new TUGs since February, customers are better able to network and solve problems. Please welcome and check out the 6 new TUGS who have joined the Tivoli User Group community. North America Upstate New York Tivoli User Group (UNYTUG) The Tivoli Storage Software Users Group of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex The Tivoli Users Group of Southern Louisiana Hawaiian Tivoli User Group Chicago TSM Users Group EMEA Romanian Tivoli User Group Featured User Group: One of the most exciting Tivoli User Groups in the down under has been making significant headway in 2005. With only 6 meetings in 2004, the Melbourne Australia Tivoli User Group has done a revamp of their schedules and presentations. Now meeting every month for 2 hours in the evening with a few drinks and pizza, there is a greater focus on the benefits to the user, which is allowing two Security, two Storage, two Systems Management and two General meetings for the whole year. With this new schedule, the Free Certification testing, the Free Redi Training CDs and the offer for a user who presents to dine with an architect of their choice, attendance has boomed! In the beginning the leaders struggled to get the group moving and active but now the fruits of their labors are starting to be seen. In addition to more people attending the meeting, the group for first time already has volunteers to speak at the next three meetings and the users are contacting each other as resources. Go Melbourne! Back to Top GTUG Items and 04 Successes    ITM Product Direction IBM and ITM Customer Advisory Council will have their quarterly meeting in May 2005 to discuss what functionality will be included in release 6.2 of ITM targeted for general availability next year. These discussions will identify best of breed functionality out of ITM and Candle Omegamon/XE products, to be consolidated in a single product. ITM 6.1 which is the foundation for the 6.2 release is currently targeted for September 2005 release. ITM 6.1 will run in parallel with ITM 5.x, will integrate Candle Omegamon/XE and provide a migration path to the old Distributed Monitoring product. Annual Tivoli Technical Conference The Tivoli Technical User Conferences will take place in Dallas, Texas from May 10 - 13 and in Munich, Germany May 22 - 26. Check out conference agenda and sessions scheduled for the Dallas and Munich conferences. Access all the Dallas presentation now. Back to Top Product News    Come to the Tivoli Technical User's Conference and learn what new features and functions are planned for the new releases of TCM, TPM, TIO - all of which are key products in IBM's on demand initiative and Tivoli's new IT service management strategy. Check out the new updates to new features and functions of TCM, TPM, TIO. The IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager (ITCM) product is one of the top products in software distribution and inventory. With the upcoming release, ITCM 4.2.3 has been enhanced with the capabilities of automated patch management. Automated integrated patch management - automatically acquire Microsoft security patches, package and plan for the rollout. Automatically update the state of the enterprise in the inventory database. A set of reporting is available to continuously monitor the state of network and collects also historical data. Enhancements to the activity planner to maximize scalability and data integrity Enhanced pervasive device support to include Nokia 9300 Communicators Back to Top Training and Certification    FREE Tivoli Certification testing offer at your TUG meetings! Tivoli Certification has expanded its testing delivery capabilities so it can now offer free on-site testing at TUG meetings to TUG members. These tests normally cost $150 to $175 each. If your TUG would like to offer testing, get in touch with your local IBM TUG contact and they should then contact Kimberly Arceneaux (karcenea@us.ibm.c om) to ask about becoming a Tivoli Certification Proctor. Exam delivery requires a PC with a web browser, and Internet connection and quite location in which to test, no other equipment or software is necessary. Exams vary in length but average 90 minutes. A list of the current Tivoli certifications can be found on the IBM Certification website at http://www- 03.ibm.com/certify/certs/tv_index.shtml. Offering testing at your TUG meetings represents a significant benefit you can give your members. Back to Top New Site Items    Update your Newsletter profile today Did you know that you have the option of receiving by email brief updates on specific topics of interests? By updating your Newsletter profile you will be able to receive specific announcements of your choice: General Interests, Tivoli User Groups, Events, Latest News to Know, Education & Certification, Tivoli software & Tivoli product info, Global Tivoli User (GTUG) council information, and a variety of industries. Take a moment today and update your Newsletter profile accordingly. Want an MP3 player? Complete the Tivoli Member Survey on ITIL between now and May 10 and enter to win 1 of 10 MP3 players. Events Tivoli Technical User Conferences in Dallas, Texas and Munich, Germany. Check out the 10% User Group Member discount off of the listed price for the Dallas conference. The drawing for the FREE tickets to the Tivoli Technical User Conference in Dallas is complete. Congratulations to the following three TUG winners: Dexter Enders David Murry Kevin Cooney Back to Top HOT News    IBM Computerworld (US) - 4/11/2005 - Managing Expectations Autonomic Computing Initiatives Moving Ahead Steadily, Says IBM's Alan Ganek By Matthew Hamblen APRIL 11, 2005 - Autonomic computing is alive and well as an effort to increase the self-managing capabilities of systems, according to Alan Ganek, IBM's vice president of autonomic computing and chief technology officer of the company's Tivoli Software subsidiary. Ganek recently discussed new directions for autonomics with Computerworld's Matt Hamblen On May 16th look to the Tivoli Executive Corner on the TUG website to hear Alan's personal message to you. End User DM Review (US) - 4/4/2005 - Carolinas HealthCare Chooses IBM TotalStorage Open Software Review of: Tivoli Storage Manager from IBM Corporation REVIEWER: Craig Richardville, vice president of information services for Carolinas HealthCare System. Richardville also serves as chairman of the System's HIPAA efforts. BACKGROUND: Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) is the largest healthcare system in the Carolinas and one of the largest public systems in the nation. CHS owns, leases and manages hospitals, nursing homes, physician practices, home health agencies, radiation therapy facilities, physical therapy facilities and other healthcare related operations, comprising more than 4,300 licensed beds and approximately 25,300 employees. Back to Top If you have been forwarded this Newsletter and would like to subscribe please click here.

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