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Tivoli Integration Scenarios

Author : Redbooks Tivoli Integration Scenarios Team IBM
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738435139
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Tivoli Integration Scenarios written by Redbooks Tivoli Integration Scenarios Team IBM and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a broad view of how Tivoli® system management products work together in several common scenarios. You must achieve seamless integration for operations personnel to work with the solution. This integration is necessary to ensure that the product can be used easily by the users. Product integration contains multiple dimensions, such as security, navigation, data and task integrations. Within the context of the scenarios in this book, you see examples of these integrations. The scenarios implemented in this book are largely based on the input from the integration team, and several clients using IBM products. We based these scenarios on common real-life examples that IT operations often have to deal with. Of course, these scenarios are only a small subset of the possible integration scenarios that can be accomplished by the Tivoli products, but they were chosen to be representative of the integration possibilities using the Tivoli products. We discuss these implementations and benefits that are realized by these integrations, and also provide sample scenarios of how these integrations work. This book is a reference guide for IT architects and IT specialists working on integrating Tivoli products in real-life environments.

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Integration Guide for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, IBM Tivoli Network Manager, and IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager

Author : J Michael Apgar
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738434833
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis Integration Guide for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, IBM Tivoli Network Manager, and IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager by : J Michael Apgar

Download or read book Integration Guide for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, IBM Tivoli Network Manager, and IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager written by J Michael Apgar and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication covers the integration scenarios for IBM Tivoli® Network Manager, IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, and IBM Tivoli Netcool® Configuration Manager. These three products working together provide a comprehensive solution for network and event management, and network configuration management, within the context of service availability and performance management. Tivoli Network Manager and Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus are long established products in the IBM portfolio. Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager (from the Intellident acquisition) is a new product in the portfolio and provides a comprehensive network configuration and change management solution and a policy-based network compliance solution for managing network devices in complex, rapidly changing environments. This book describes practical examples and use cases where these products work together to address network configuration management and event management requirements. IT architects and IT specialists working on integrating these Tivoli products in real life environments will benefit from this book.

IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) V7.2.1 Implementation Guide

Author : Yatresh Agarwal
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738434949
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) V7.2.1 Implementation Guide by : Yatresh Agarwal

Download or read book IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) V7.2.1 Implementation Guide written by Yatresh Agarwal and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2010-12-13 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IBM® Tivoli® Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) is one of the key components of the IBM Service Management (ISM) strategy. It is the foundation for automating and supporting change and configuration management processes as described by the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®). These process solutions provide best practice implementations of processes based not only on ITIL, but on the IBM Process Reference Model for ITTM and other standards as well. This IBM Redbooks® publication provides information that can be used by clients, partners, or IBM field personnel who are looking to engage in an effort to implement change and configuration management processes in an enterprise environment utilizing the IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) V 7.2.1 product. It covers the new features available with CCMDB V7.2 and CCMDB V7.2.1, as well as details about the underlying components of the product and utilizing the product to support robust IT processes such as change and configuration management. It also focuses on the details of the data model, process engine, and the Change and Configuration management Process Management Programs (PMPs). This book provides a reference for IT Specialists and IT Architects working with the CCMDB V7.2.1 product.

Integration Guide for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, IBM Tivoli Network Manager, and IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager

Author : J Michael Apgar
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738434833
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Migration Use Cases with the Migration Manager Version 7.5

Author : Rebecca Alsop
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738437867
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis Migration Use Cases with the Migration Manager Version 7.5 by : Rebecca Alsop

Download or read book Migration Use Cases with the Migration Manager Version 7.5 written by Rebecca Alsop and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By using the Migration Manager, you can migrate configuration content from one production environment to another. The typical use is to migrate configuration content from a development environment to a test environment and then on to production for the Tivoli® process automation engine and its applications, such as IBM® SmartCloud® Control Desk. The goal of migration is to ensure that your production environment fully meets the needs of your users. This IBM Redbooks® publication is an update of the existing book Migration Use Cases with the Migration Manager, SG24-7906 and covers the most common migration use cases with the Migration Manager, including the capabilities that were introduced with Tivoli's process automation engine V7.5. These use cases are only a small subset of the possible migration scenarios that can be performed by the Migration Manager, but they were chosen to be representative of the capabilities of the Migration Manager. In addition to these use cases, the book presents a migration strategy and a comprehensive chapter about troubleshooting possible migration problems when the Migration Manager is used. We strongly suggest that you read Chapter 1, "Migration strategy" on page 1 first before reading the other chapters. This chapter give syou a good foundation for all of the migration scenarios that are covered in the book. This book is a reference for IT Specialists and IT Architects working on migrating configuration content from one production environment to another by using the Migration Manager.

Hybrid Cloud Integration and Monitoring with IBM WebSphere Cast Iron

Author : Andre R Araujo
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738437603
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis Hybrid Cloud Integration and Monitoring with IBM WebSphere Cast Iron by : Andre R Araujo

Download or read book Hybrid Cloud Integration and Monitoring with IBM WebSphere Cast Iron written by Andre R Araujo and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cloud computing is fast emerging as a new consumption and delivery model for IT solutions. Two distinct cloud patterns have evolved. Private clouds are custom cloud applications that are on premise to companies. Public clouds are owned and managed by a service provider and are delivered on a pay-per-use basis. Although the debate between the use of private versus public cloud continues, the industry is moving ever faster toward a hybrid solution. Hybrid clouds address the integration of traditional IT environments with one or more clouds, private and public. IBM® WebSphere® Cast Iron® along with the IBM Tivoli® Service Management Extensions for Hybrid Cloud supports the integration of private and public clouds.The Service Management Extensions for Hybrid Cloud supports the following scenarios: Provisioning hybrid cloud resources Monitoring hybrid cloud resources Governing and managing workloads that use hybrid cloud resources Provisioning users from LDAP to IBM LotusLiveTM This IBM Redbooks® publication is intended for application integrators, integration designers, and administrators evaluating or using IBM WebSphere Cast Iron. In addition, executives, business leaders, and architects who are looking for a way to integrate cloud applications with their on-premise applications are shown how WebSphere Cast Iron can help to resolve their integration challenges. The book helps you gain an understanding of hybrid cloud use cases, and explains how to integrate cloud and on-premise applications quickly and simply.

Integrating IBM Security and SAP Solutions

Author : Axel Buecker
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738436569
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Integrating IBM Security and SAP Solutions written by Axel Buecker and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many large and medium-sized organizations have made strategic investments in the SAP NetWeaver technology platform as their primary application platform. In fact, SAP software is used to manage many core business processes and data. As a result, it is critical for all organizations to manage the life cycle of user access to the SAP applications while adhering to security and risk compliance requirements. In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we discuss the integration points into SAP solutions that are supported by the IBM Security access and identity management product capabilities. IBM Security software offers a range of identity management (IdM) adapters and access management components for SAP solutions that are available with IBM Tivoli® Identity Manager, IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, IBM Access Manager for e-business, IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On, and IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager. This book is a valuable resource for security officers, consultants, administrators, and architects who want to understand and implement an identity management solution for an SAP environment.

IBM CloudBurst on System x

Author : Byron Braswell
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738436526
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book IBM CloudBurst on System x written by Byron Braswell and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication gives an overview of Cloud solutions, followed by detailed information and usage scenarios for IBM CloudBurst® in a System x® environment. Cloud computing can be defined as a style of computing in which dynamically scalable resources, such as CPU, storage, or bandwidth, are provided as a service over the Internet. Cloud computing represents a massively scalable, self-service delivery model where processing, storage, networking, and applications can be accessed as services over the Internet. Enterprises can adopt cloud models to improve employee productivity, deploy new products and services faster and reduce operating costs—starting with workloads, such as development and test, virtual desktop, collaboration, and analytics. IBM provides a scalable variety of cloud solutions to meet these needs. This IBM Redbooks publication helps you to tailor an IBM CloudBurst installation on System x to meet virtualized computing requirements in a private cloud environment. This book is intended for IT support personnel who are responsible for customizing IBM CloudBurst to meet business cloud computing objectives.

IT Service Management Best Practices Using IBM SmartCloud Control Desk

Author : Axel Buecker
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738438677
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis IT Service Management Best Practices Using IBM SmartCloud Control Desk by : Axel Buecker

Download or read book IT Service Management Best Practices Using IBM SmartCloud Control Desk written by Axel Buecker and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SmartCloud Control Desk is a comprehensive IT Asset and Service Management solution that helps reduce cost and minimize service disruptions. It does so through automated service request handling, efficient change management, and optimized asset lifecycle management across IT and enterprise domains. SmartCloud Control Desk helps to reduce total cost of ownership by using one unified solution to license, install, and manage multiple ITIL processes under one price point. It can also help reduce business risk by using advanced impact analysis and defining automated change procedures that ensure integrity of existing infrastructure while supporting business agility. SmartCloud Control Desk improves efficiency and quality of service by unifying asset, change, and problem management. It lowers cost and mitigates license compliance risk by performing end to end software asset management. It also delivers an adaptive, role-based simplified UI that can be more intuitive for novice users, which reduces training costs, while allowing access from anywhere at anytime through mobile device support that includes BlackBerry, iOS, and Android. In addition, SmartCloud Control Desk supports both a profit center business model for internal IT organizations, and an external Service Provider model. It allows organizations to manage customers and customer agreements and bills for managed assets, usage, and work activities while improving utilization rates and reducing unnecessary purchases by managing the IT asset lifecycle. You can deploy SmartCloud Control Desk in a variety of ways; traditional on-premise, SaaS, VM image. This approach can make it more affordable to meet your current business needs, and seamlessly move between delivery models while keeping the same functionality. This IBM® Redbooks® publication covers IBM SmartCloud® Control Desk product configuration, customization, and implementation best practices.

Smarter Data Centers: Achieving Greater Efficiency

Author : Mike Ebbers
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 073845012X
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Smarter Data Centers: Achieving Greater Efficiency written by Mike Ebbers and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we move towards becoming a smarter planet and the world becomes more instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent, the demands for data center resources are increasing rapidly. Smaller and more densely packed servers providing greater amounts of computing power can substantially increase power and cooling needs, while growing data volumes necessitate larger storage and network bandwidth capacities. Environmental and regulatory requirements can introduce additional limits on carbon emissions and water consumption. To satisfy these demands while keeping costs in check, our data centers need to be smarter as well. Comprehensive views of data center inventories, operational and environmental conditions, and consumption across multiple capacity types that span both facilities and IT are required. You can achieve greater efficiency using hardware, software, services, and design both in facilities and IT, but you need a comprehensive data center strategy to tie them together and thus obtain a complete picture of your data center environments. This IBM® RedpaperTM publication discusses important considerations when creating and implementing your smarter data center strategy. Notable techniques, best practices, and technological advances that can become critical components of success are included, along with methods for bringing them together to gain in-depth knowledge of data center operations. With such insight comes increased resiliency, rapid responsiveness, profitable access to detailed analytics, and reliable planning for the future. Although not all-inclusive, this document provides a guide to getting started, points you to additional sources of information, and suggests ways IBM can partner with you in your pursuit of a smarter data center.

System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed

Author : Kerrie Meyler
Publisher : Sams Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0133057216
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed written by Kerrie Meyler and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using System Center 2012 Orchestrator, you can capture and document processes across your entire IT organization, establishing the automation you need to deliver advanced cloud services and self-adjusting computing resources. Authored by five leading System Center experts, this comprehensive reference and technical guide brings together all the knowledge you’ll need to architect, install, implement, integrate, and maximize the value of your own Orchestrator solutions. The authors introduce current best practices based on large-scale enterprise implementations they’ve personally led or participated in. This up-to-date guide shows how to apply Orchestrator’s major improvements to implement IT process automation in any environment, including private clouds. You’ll start with context: what Orchestrator does, how it has evolved, how it works, and essential architecture and design techniques. Next, the authors help you make crucial up-front decisions about activities, runbooks, security, and administration. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance for integrating Orchestrator with the rest of System Center and with Windows Azure cloud services—including advanced automated workflows that encompass both data center and cloud. Detailed information on how to... • Understand System Center 2012 Orchestrator’s capabilities, evolution, architecture, and design, including SP1 improvements and R2 • Successfully install System Center 2012 Orchestrator and migrate smoothly from Opalis Integration Server 6.3 • Take full advantage of Orchestrator’s advanced new runbook automation capabilities • Configure activities associated with runbook control, systems, scheduling, monitoring, files, email, notification, and data handling • Design runbooks for fault tolerance and optimal performance • Enforce strong security using roles, permissions, and auditing • Deliver integration capabilities for Operations Manager, Service Manager, Configuration Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, and Data Protection Manager • Automate end-to-end data center/ cloud workflows with integration packs and PowerShell • Create your own integration packs with Orchestrator Integration Toolkit (OIT.SDK) • Support Orchestrator 2012, troubleshoot problems, and discover the best web and third-party resources

Introduction to IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems

Author : Domenico D'Alterio
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 073845706X
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems written by Domenico D'Alterio and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems collects, filters, and formats IT operational data in near real-time and provides that data to target analytics solutions. IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems enables authorized IT operations teams using a single web-based interface to specify the IT operational data to be gathered and how it needs to be handled. This data is provided to both on- and off-platform analytic solutions, in a consistent, consumable format for analysis. This Redpaper discusses the value of IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems, provides a high-level reference architecture for IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems, and introduces key components of the architecture. It shows how IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems provides operational data to various analytic solutions. The publication provides high-level integration guidance, preferred practices, tips on planning for IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems, and example integration scenarios.

IBM Data Center Networking: Planning for Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Author : Michele Girola
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738435392
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis IBM Data Center Networking: Planning for Virtualization and Cloud Computing by : Michele Girola

Download or read book IBM Data Center Networking: Planning for Virtualization and Cloud Computing written by Michele Girola and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enterprise data center has evolved dramatically in recent years. It has moved from a model that placed multiple data centers closer to users to a more centralized dynamic model. The factors influencing this evolution are varied but can mostly be attributed to regulatory, service level improvement, cost savings, and manageability. Multiple legal issues regarding the security of data housed in the data center have placed security requirements at the forefront of data center architecture. As the cost to operate data centers has increased, architectures have moved towards consolidation of servers and applications in order to better utilize assets and reduce "server sprawl." The more diverse and distributed the data center environment becomes, the more manageability becomes an issue. These factors have led to a trend of data center consolidation and resources on demand using technologies such as virtualization, higher WAN bandwidth technologies, and newer management technologies. The intended audience of this book is network architects and network administrators. In this IBM® Redbooks® publication we discuss the following topics: The current state of the data center network The business drivers making the case for change The unique capabilities and network requirements of system platforms The impact of server and storage consolidation on the data center network The functional overview of the main data center network virtualization and consolidation technologies The new data center network design landscape

Performance Management: Using IBM InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager and Query Workload Tuner

Author : Chuck Ballard
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738438456
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Performance Management: Using IBM InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager and Query Workload Tuner written by Chuck Ballard and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the architecture and components of IBM InfoSphere® OptimTM Performance Manager Extended Edition. Intended for DBAs and those involved in systems performance, it provides information for installation, configuration, and deployment. InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager delivers a new paradigm used to monitor and manage database and database application performance issues. It describes product dashboards and reports and provides scenarios for how they can be used to identify, diagnose, prevent, and resolve database performance problems. IBM InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner facilitates query and query workload analysis and provides expert recommendations for improving query and query workload performance. Use InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager to identify slow running queries, top CPU consumers, or query workloads needing performance improvements and seamlessly transfer them to InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner for analysis and recommendations. This is done using query formatting annotated with relevant statistics, access plan graphical or hierarchical views, and access plan analysis. It further provides recommendations for improving query structure, statistics collection, and indexes including generated command syntax and rationale for the recommendations.

Implementing IBM Maximo for Service Providers

Author : Vasfi Gucer
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738434841
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Implementing IBM Maximo for Service Providers written by Vasfi Gucer and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IBM® Maximo® for Service Providers product is designed to support Service as a business. It helps lower total cost-of-ownership and increase profitability and customer satisfaction by managing clients' assets either through third-party outsourcing or internally shared services model. This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces IBM Maximo for Service Providers product and its components. We took a practical approach in this book, and presented the features and functions of the IBM Maximo for Service Providers product in the context of a number of real-life scenarios or usage patterns. These scenarios are commonly used at IBM customer sites to satisfy specific business requirements. For each scenario, we establish the business reason, benefits, and how to implement the scenario. There is also a section on initial product configuration that touches on several configuration points, such as creating the customers, security groups, and response plans. This book is a reference guide for IT Specialists and IT Architects implementing IBM Maximo for Service Providers.

IBM System Storage Business Continuity: Part 2 Solutions Guide

Author : Charlotte Brooks
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
ISBN 13 : 0738489727
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book IBM System Storage Business Continuity: Part 2 Solutions Guide written by Charlotte Brooks and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM Redbooks publication is a companion to IBM System Storage Business Continuity: Part 1 Planning Guide, SG24-6547 . We assume that the reader of this book has understood the concepts of Business Continuity planning described in that book. In this book we explore IBM System Storage solutions for Business Continuity, within the three segments of Continuous Availability, Rapid Recovery, and Backup and Restore. We position these solutions within the Business Continuity tiers. We describe, in general, the solutions available in each segment, then present some more detail on many of the products. In each case, the reader is pointed to sources of more information.