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Membership Proceedings Past Conferences ECM SIG CMGA Officers CMGA Awards Contact Us Search WWW Search CMGA		Enterprise Capacity Management Special Interest Group [ Next Meeting \| Mission \| Definitions \| Scope \| Objectives \| Output \| Membership \| Communications ] SIG meeting are generally held on the third Tuesday of even months except December, in association with Australian Computer Society NSW Branch. An introduction [pdf] is available. Next Meeting 2008-12-16 Details TBA. 2009 Meetings TBA. Previous Meetings Mission The mission of the Enterprise Capacity Management Special Interest Group (ECM SIG) is to enable and encourage the sharing of information to IT professionals who are interested in Performance Management and Capacity Planning by its members for their employers, customers and career advancement. This is achieved by providing an organisation where members can share and learn from the knowledge and experience of others. This Special Interest Group (SIG) is run jointly through the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and the Computer Management Group of Australia (CMGA). Definitions Enterprise Capacity Management An IT discipline and practice to ensure current and future IT infrastructure is available in a timely manner, to ensure that work is completed in acceptable time. Capacity Management is made up of Performance Management and Capacity Planning.i Performance Management The skill is ensuring the IT infrastructure is used in the most efficient way possibly. This includes the skills of performance reporting; load testing, response time monitoring, performance evaluation and improvement recommendations and tuning. Capacity Planning The art of forecasting future IT infrastructure requirements. This includes budgeting skills and skills in management presentations and reporting. A major component of this skill is the ability to estimate future response time forecasting as transactional volumes increase and server configurations are changed. The final skill is the ability to monitoring actual usage against the values that were forecasted. CMG Australia (CMGA) A vendor independent user group whose purpose is the dissemination of information relating to Enterprise Capacity Management. Australian Computer Society (ACS) The Australian Computer Society is the recognised association for Information & Communications Technology (ICT) professionals in Australia. Scope The scope of the ECM SIG includes all aspects of computing infrastructure. This includes all server types, such as Microsoft Windows, Unix, Linux and zSeries mainframes. The ECM SIG also covers other computing infrastructure skills such as networks and storage. Binding all together is the notion of end-to-end user transactional usage and end-to-end response times. Objectives To provide Information Technology professionals with a networking forum; Present expert guest speakers on all dimensions of Enterprise Capacity Management (Performance Management and Capacity Planning) through meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences. Maintain a repository of resources eg web sites, library and network contact list to enable members to gain access to sources of information, expertise, products and resources which will allow them to enhance their competencies. Output The outputs from the Enterprise Capacity Management SIG will include: Regular group meetings; Workshops, seminars and conferences; An informal network of contacts amongst members; Links with other organisations involved in the same or related fields of endeavours; Repository of resources; A discussion forum. Membership Membership of the SIG is open anyone who seeks to join and accepts our guidelines. Membership is free for members of the ACS or CMGA. A small fee may be charged to attendees of an event who are not ACS or CMGA members. Communication Convener: David Vasey Email: ecmsig@cmga.org.au Phone: (02) 9952 3392
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