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You are here: Forums > Enterprise Management Forum > Application Management > AICApplication Instrumentation and Control - AICView and download the AIC API standard - FREE! The Application Instrumentation & Control (AIC) API provides the facility to instrument an application so that a user of that application will receive real-time information on the progress of work flowing through that application. It also enables the user to exercise control over the work being processed by that application. These facilities enable business managers to monitor the progress of work though their computing system applications, identify any problems with workflow through the application (for example, a particular item of work taking too long to complete a process and holding up processing of other high-priority work, or a need to switch more resources to processing a high priority workload), and empowers them to take controlling actions within the application so as to ensure their key business targets are met. This application management and control facility is particularly valuable to businesses that run mission critical applications, where smooth running of application processes and timely delivery of the results of transactions are key to the profitability and overall efficiency of the business. Obvious initial deployment has been in the financial (banking) sector, where even the briefest delay in completing a transaction on time can cost significant sums of money. However, the facilities AIC provides are also suited to many other types of business applications. The AIC API has been carefully designed to minimize the impact of making an existing business application AIC-enabled. An application can be instrumented with AIC very quickly, and does not require the installer to have expert knowledge of the software. Two of our member companies, Computer Associates and HERMES SoftLab, have made available AIC SDKs which are freely downloadable. More information is available here. HERMES SoftLab have an online demonstration of AIC in action here. Our Washington DC Conference in October 1999 saw the completion of the Company Review Process and approval of the standard. The subsequent press release can be found here.
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