What Does Autonomic Computing Mean?
Autonomic computing is a computer’s ability to manage itself automatically through adaptive technologies that further computing capabilities and cut down on the time required by computer professionals to resolve system difficulties and other maintenance such as software updates.
Techopedia Explains Autonomic Computing
Maintenance for operating systems combined with a the lack of qualified IT professionals produced a need for autonomic computing. In the 2001 mid-October manifesto, ‘‘The Vision of Autonomic Computing’’, which was based out of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, authors Jeffrey Kephart and David Chess caution readers about pervasive computing limitations that could pose real challenges for interactions between computing systems and devices. They caution that system engineers may not be able to develop continuing complex architectural designs in the future. The authors also point toward the use of autonomic computing for low-level task management in order to free up system administrators so they can focus on more complex tasks.
