Currently, autonomic computing is mostly theoretical.

But, if autonomic computing becomes a reality, it could eliminate the need for many IT maintenance jobs.

Another area of research in the computer science community is autonomic computing.

The companies often use marketing terms like "autonomic" and "adaptive" computing to try to convey the appeal of what is a difficult, abstract subject.

Mr. Ganek emphasized that pursuing autonomic computing will be a step-by-step process that will take years.

There are better ways of countering network attacks, intelligent routing protocols and concepts from autonomic computing.

He calls it "autonomic computing."

On the other hand, autonomic computing automates the process through which the user can provision resources on-demand.

The distributed computing solution is self-managing, based on autonomic computing.

They state the essence of autonomic computing is system self-management, freeing administrators from low-level task management while delivering better system behavior.