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Tivoli in the United States Forest Service. United States Forest Service. Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands.
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United States Forest Service • Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands. • Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the mission of the Forest Service— "to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run." • National forests and grasslands encompass 193 million acres of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas.
Administrative Structure • Washington Office • Regional Offices • National Forest Supervisor’s Office • Ranger Districts
Initial Installation of Tivoli • Approximately 2000 • Needed TSM • Inventory • Software Distribution • Monitoring
Initial problems with Tivoli • Endpoint Health • Lack of Success with Software Distributions • Concerns of users with privacy issues • Under performing hardware • Inconsistency among Regions
Competitive Sourcing • Administration Mandate • Information Resource Structure • Economies of Scale • Specialization of Skills and Duties • Consistency of Operations
Present Structure • Approximately 6 Forest Service Full Time • Approximately 12 Contractors
Present State of Tivoli • 38,818 Endpoints (PC’s and Laptops) • 1213 AIX Servers • 97.98 % Endpoint Health • 85-90% Software Distributions within 14 days • Server Monitoring For SLA Attainment • Inventory