Aggregating enterprise IT asset information
IBM Tivoli Integration Composer
Building and maintaining an accurate
This solution aggregates, integrates
IT asset inventory is an ongoing
and normalizes all data into one
challenge. In distributed enterprises,
central repository, streamlining
IT asset information is typically
enterprise IT management reporting
asset inventory and system
collected and stored by numerous
and decision support functions.
management tools, allowing
heterogeneous system management
Data from different systems,
immediate consolidation of
tools. Large organizations often use
management tools, business units or
information from multiple tools
multiple tools to carry out inventory
distributed locations can be easily
onto a single repository
scans of server, desktop, laptop,
consolidated and updated, ensuring
network and handheld devices. Often
that the most current hardware and
these tools contain disparate pieces
software resource information is
of information that need to be viewed
available to asset managers and
collectively in order to make sound
service desk operations.
Highlights
■ Connects easily with IT
■ Facilitates shorter
implementation times by
leveraging pre-built adapters for
IBM Tivoli, Microsoft ®, HP, Altiris
and more
■ Allows companies to leverage
investments in existing IT
asset inventory and discovery
solutions
technology investment decisions and
to support service desk operations.
intuitive application administration
IBM Tivoli Integration Composer
tools with powerful out-of-the-box
connects asset inventory and system
adapters.
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management tools to the asset
repository, allowing organizations to
■ Enables a complete integration
environment without requiring
internal staff to function as
systems integrators
■ Provides a comprehensive
view of the entire business
infrastructure
Tivoli Integration Composer combines
benefit from existing inventory data
collection tools.
The Tivoli Integration Adapters enable
Tivoli Integration Composer:
integration with a wide variety of
system management tools, and are
• Provides an easy-to-implement approach
“plug and play,” requiring no additional
to consolidate data from various asset
programming or integration work. Tivoli
inventory and system management tools.
Integration Composer also allows you to
• Enables the creation of an accurate and
create custom adapters for integration
complete enterprise technology resource
with other third-party IT system
inventory by aggregating and normalizing
management or asset inventory tools.
information from multiple data sources.
• Supports periodic updates to ensure that
the most up-to-date IT asset information
is available to asset managers and service
desk technicians.
• Improves data accuracy by enabling
information to be shared between
• Facilitates IT asset audit functions as they
relate to hardware standardization and
software management and compliance.
• Leverages investments in solutions
designed to collect enterprise hardware
and software information.
• Enhances the efficiency of data migration
projects.
• Accelerates implementation and return on
investment through “plug and play” prebuilt adapters.
• Provides capabilities for developing
custom adapters for integration with
IT system management or asset
inventory tools.
applications.
IBM Tivoli
Netcool/Precision for
IP Networks
Microsoft SMS
IBM Tivoli
Application Dependency
Discovery Manager
HP CM Inventory
Manager
IBM Tivoli
Configuration
Manager
Altiris Inventory Solution
IBM Tivoli
Provisioning
Manager
Centennial Discovery
IBM Tivoli
License Compliance
Manager
IBM Tivoli
License Compliance
Manager for z/OS
Integration
Composer
Other third-party
products
Maximo Discovery
Repository
Tivoli Integration Composer connects asset inventory and discovery tools, aggregating data into one central repository.
By providing easy integration with
About Tivoli software from IBM
other enterprise asset inventory
Tivoli software provides a
and system management solutions,
comprehensive set of offerings and
Tivoli Integration Composer
capabilities in support of IBM Service
enables organizations to leverage
Management, a scalable, modular
existing investments and provide a
approach used to deliver more
comprehensive view of the entire
efficient and effective services to your
business infrastructure without taxing
business. Meeting the needs of any
internal staff with time-consuming
size business, Tivoli software enables
system integration. The result is
you to deliver service excellence in
optimization of IT resource utilization,
support of your business objectives
resulting in improved service, more
through integration and automation of
efficient deployment of new technology
processes, workflows and tasks. The
and more informed planning and
security-rich, open standards-based
cost management.
Tivoli service management platform
is complemented by proactive
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operational management solutions
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Integration Composer, please
control. It is also backed by world-
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Business Partners. Tivoli customers
and partners can also leverage each
other’s best practices by participating
in independently run IBM Tivoli User
Groups around the world — visit
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