In an on-demand business, the computing environment is integrated to allow systems to be seamlessly linked across the enterprise and across its entire range of customers, partners, and suppliers. It uses open standards so that different systems can work together and link with devices and applications across organizational and geographic boundaries.

Three IBM Business Partners will integrate autonomic computing technologies into upcoming products available this month.

Software errors cause not only system functionality problems, but also delayed releases, budget overruns, decreased development team productivity, and blemished corporate reputations. Errors are especially serious when they occur in code built upon WebSphere, which is typically at the core of critical business systems.