thinking data® Enterprise ARM Implementation

 Centralized SAS® System Monitoring for the whole enterprise environment has become a necessity in order to prove ROI, increase reliability and guard against inefficiencies and misuse. This task of monitoring the enterprise SAS environment is no simple matter though. It's not uncommon for the SAS environment to utilize a range of inconsistent hardware and operating systems scattered geographically around the world. Additionally, the user base is growing and there is a never-ending increase in the sources and volume of data. There is a need to be able to look at the whole and then drill into the details of the environment. Currently, the best mechanism to provide both high level and detailed information on this environment is to enable the SAS Application Response Measurement (ARM) tool.

The framework is built on our proven methods and experience. Starting early in the planning cycle, our objective is to help you understand the opportunities to modernize tools and processes, as well as to deliver a validated system in a cost-effective and controlled way. The end result is an implementation that is commercially supported, scalable, extensible, and demonstrates "right to operate."

Highlights

• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Enable process monitoring on all physical and logical SAS servers
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Determine the user submitting each process
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Aggregate ARM data within and across the SAS servers and store it centrally
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Create customizable dashboards
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Add event triggering using the thinking data^® Event System when implemented with ARM

Objectives

• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Create Cost-Center usage and ROI reports for Senior Management
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Audit inappropriate use of Corporate resources
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Leverage existing investment in SAS® technology
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Improve SAS server performance across the Enterprise
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Deliver analysis on the ARM data through proactive emails, web reports and monitoring dashboards
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">Create customizable process event triggering, using ThotWave's thinking data^® Event System

System Requirements

The thinking data^® Enterprise ARM Implementation leverages your existing investment is SAS technology. The primary components are available in Foundation SAS. Advanced Reporting and Analysis may require additional software. For the Enterprise, we recommend using thinking data^® Event System and SAS EBI, including:

• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">SAS Web Report Studio
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">SAS Information Delivery Portal
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">SAS BI Dashboard

More Information

See also these related resources:

• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">ARM Implementation Datasheet (pdf)
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">How is my SAS Performing? (recorded webinar)
• http://thotwave.com/images/twbullet.gif); ">How is my SAS Performing? (pdf slides)