Today's infrastructure needs to be resilient; not just to failures in the computer hardware, but also to the catastrophic failures of computer sites. Fortunately, with the falling equipment and communication costs, the solutions that were cost prohibitive yesterday, are feasible today.
UMB Financial Corp.'s computing and communications systems operate around the clock. The installation of a multi-level command console in UMB's new Technology Center is allowing the IT Command Center staff to handle growth without an increase in personnel.
The challenge of creating the e-business-enabled enterprise is a primary driver behind the exploding enterprise application integration market. Companies must simplify and automate their operations and extend access to previously internal systems to customers, partners and suppliers. This leads IT managers to the obvious question: "How are we going to do this?"