This technology has been retired.

David Melgar is a software developer at the IBM Research Triangle Park (RTP), N.C. He has been actively involved in IBM and Tivoli systems management product development since 1995. Mr. Melgar currently works within the Emerging Standards organization and is a member of the Oasis WSDM Technical Committee (T.C.); he has been working with Web Services and emerging standards since 2000.

Barry Atkins works as an advisory software developer for the Emerging Technologies Toolkit (ETTK) team at IBM RTP. Mr. Atkins is a member of the OASIS WSDM T.C. and has been involved in Blackberry-specific implementations of the WSDM technology. He has been working with Web Services and emerging standards since 2000.

James Snell is a member of IBM's Software Standards Strategy Group, which focuses on the prototype development of pre-emerging software technologies and standards. He is currently a member of the Emerging Technologies Toolkit for Web Services and Autonomic Computing development team. Mr. Snell has made significant direct and indirect contributions to nearly every aspect of IBM's Web services and Service-Oriented Architecture strategy, as well as serving as a strong advocate for the practical application of key emerging technologies within and across IBM's own lines of business.

Brian Price is a software developer at IBM RTP. As part of the Emerging Technologies Tookit development team, Mr. Price has been involved with the implementation of emerging Web service standards and specifications for several years.

Ginny Ghezzo and Matthew Marum also contributed to this technology.

For platform(s):

• Windows

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For topics:

• Autonomic computing
• Systems management
• WS-Manageability
• Web Services Distributed Management