IT policies execution system

Abstract

The execution of high level design policies, over IT infrastructure is an effective method to enhance IT-
business strategic alignment. This is not an easy process because these policies must be translated into

rules that can be interpreted by the managed resources and, in addition, an effective feedback of the
impact of their fulfillment must be guaranteed. In this paper we present a system that includes a procedure
for executing the organization’s policies on IT infrastructures and, as part of it, an architecture based
on PBNM for the automation of its execution. Through the integration of policy-based management and
service level agreements, this system addresses the following: the implementation of the organization’s
policies, which are automated on IT infrastructures and the evaluation of compliance with themselves.