Stephen Morris, in an article for informIT, writes about: The Need for Autonomic Computing.
I believe that self-diagnosing, self-healing systems are certainly in our future. And, for some of us, that future is now. Some of the more effective solutions that I have been a part of creating have had strong 'autonomic' properties.
In this article Stephen Morris comes to the conclusion that:
"...The world of software is at an important point in its evolution. The ever-increasing reliance upon and demand for software-based systems and services will soon outstrip the abilities of even the most capable IT managers. The infrastructure is rapidly becoming too dense and interconnected for human operators to maintain. Making these systems more self-managing will be a necessity rather than a choice..."
K-Collector Topics: Autonomic Computing Hardware Writing