IBM announced the introduction of the IBM Rational Asset Manager at IMPACT 2007. The Rational Asset Management (RAM) is a registry of design, development and deployment related assets,. RAM also integrates with WebSphere Servvce Registry and Repository (WSSRR) and Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMD)
This slide shows how the 3 repositories integrate. RAM is used in development, WSSRR is used for runtime governance, and Tivoli CCMD is used for management, such as exception handling. It is clear that many organizations will end up with multiple repositories and will face integration issues. Unfortunately, at the present time there are no standards to easily enable this - it's point to point integration.
In the future, one thing we'd like to see are governance solutions, similar to what IBM in doing with business process solutions and frameworks. FileNet has a great workflow tool and governance is a people based process. Seems like a good next step, as governance is a process, not a technology.
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