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20110112886 | CRITICAL PARAMETER/REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENT - A critical parameter/requirements management process model for managing a development program for a product and an associated product structure-driven critical parameter/requirements management tool and environment is provided. In one embodiment, the process includes a product structure classification scheme, a parameter/requirements classification scheme, a parameter/requirements process and maturity model, and in-process and requirements conformance views. In one embodiment, the tool includes a user interface layer, a business layer, a data layer, and a database. The user interface layer may include a product structure feature group, an add/edit/link feature group, a manage maturity feature group, and a manage conformance feature group. The tool may be implemented as a web server accessible to user workstations operating as thin clients. The tool may be integrated with one or more other product development tools, such as a document-driven requirements management, configuration management, manufacturing/production control system, problem management, and phased product delivery process tools. | 05-12-2011 |
20110112887 | CRITICAL PARAMETER/REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENT - A critical parameter/requirements management process model for managing a development program for a product and an associated product structure-driven critical parameter/requirements management tool and environment is provided. In one embodiment, the process includes a product structure classification scheme, a parameter/requirements classification scheme, a parameter/requirements process and maturity model, and in-process and requirements conformance views. In one embodiment, the tool includes a user interface layer, a business layer, a data layer, and a database. The user interface layer may include a product structure feature group, an add/edit/link feature group, a manage maturity feature group, and a manage conformance feature group. The tool may be implemented as a web server accessible to user workstations operating as thin clients. The tool may be integrated with one or more other product development tools, such as a document-driven requirements management, configuration management, manufacturing/production control system, problem management, and phased product delivery process tools. | 05-12-2011 |
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20080262740 | PERMITTIVITY-BASED MATERIAL SENSOR - A system for sensing a presence and/or a concentration of a target substance in a fluid has a sensor and a processor coupled to the sensor. The sensor has a test probe having at least first and second test electrodes, wherein at least the first test electrode is functionalized to create a permittivity change in the area between the first and second test electrodes in the presence of the target substance. The sensor also has a reference probe having at least first and second reference electrodes. The processor is configured to determine at least one permittivity-based metric for the test probe; determine the at least one permittivity-based metric for the reference probe; and determine the presence and/or the concentration of the target substance based on the at least one permittivity-based metric for the test probe and the at least one permittivity-based metric for the reference probe. Related methods are disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |
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20090212680 | Microchannel Plate Devices With Multiple Emissive Layers - A microchannel plate includes a substrate defining a plurality of pores extending from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate. The plurality of pores includes a resistive material on an outer surface that forms a first emissive layer. A second emissive layer is formed over the first emissive layer. The second emissive layer is chosen to achieve at least one of an increase in secondary electron emission efficiency and a decrease in gain degradation as a function of time. A top electrode is positioned on the top surface of the substrate and a bottom electrode is positioned on the bottom surface of the substrate. | 08-27-2009 |
20090215211 | Method Of Fabricating Microchannel Plate Devices With Multiple Emissive Layers - A method of fabricating a microchannel plate includes defining a plurality of pores extending from a top surface of a substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate where the plurality of pores has a resistive material on an outer surface that forms a first emissive layer. A second emissive layer is formed over the first emissive layer. The second emissive layer is chosen to achieve at least one of an increase in secondary electron emission efficiency and a decrease in gain degradation as a function of time. A top electrode is formed on the top surface of the substrate and a bottom electrode is formed on the bottom surface of the substrate. | 08-27-2009 |
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20110231455 | Detailed Inventory Discovery on Dormant Systems - A file system interface is simulated out of at least a portion of a dormant computer system. File-based discovery is performed on the simulated file system interface to obtain a detailed inventory of at least the portion of the dormant computer system. The detailed inventory includes one or more of software profiles of at least the portion of the dormant computer system, software instances of at least the portion of the dormant computer system, services of at least the portion of the dormant computer system, and data objects used by the services. | 09-22-2011 |
20120304179 | WORKLOAD-TO-CLOUD MIGRATION ANALYSIS BASED ON CLOUD ASPECTS - Methods and systems for evaluating compatibility of a cloud of computers to perform one or more workload tasks. One or more computing solution aspects are determined that corresponding to one or more sets of workload factors, where the workload factors characterize one or more workloads, to characterize one or more computing solutions. The workload factors are compared to the computing solution aspects in a rule-based system to exclude computing solutions that cannot satisfy the workload factors. A computing solution is selected that has aspects that accommodate all of the workload factors to find a solution that accommodates the one or more individual workloads. | 11-29-2012 |
20130019015 | Application Resource Manager over a CloudAANM Devarakonda; Murthy V.AACI PeekskillAAST NYAACO USAAGP Devarakonda; Murthy V. Peekskill NY USAANM Joukov; Nikolai A.AACI ThornwoodAAST NYAACO USAAGP Joukov; Nikolai A. Thornwood NY USAANM Pfitzmann; BirgitAACI ValhallaAAST NYAACO USAAGP Pfitzmann; Birgit Valhalla NY USAANM Potter; ShayaAACI New YorkAAST NYAACO USAAGP Potter; Shaya New York NY US - An application resource manager obtains a projection of upcoming demand for an application that runs on a cloud. The cloud includes at least one of an infrastructure as a service cloud and a platform as a service cloud. The application resource manager determines, based on the projection, that resources of the cloud that are devoted to the application need to be one of extended and shrunken. One of extending and shrinking the resources of the cloud that are devoted to the application is carried out in response to the determining. | 01-17-2013 |
20130091285 | DISCOVERY-BASED IDENTIFICATION AND MIGRATION OF EASILY CLOUDIFIABLE APPLICATIONS - Infrastructures of a plurality of existing applications of an entity are analyzed to identify at least one of the infrastructures of the plurality of existing applications which includes existing substructures enabling replication of individual parts via an existing replication mechanism. The at least one of the infrastructures is selected for migration to a cloud. The cloud includes at least one of an infrastructure as a service cloud and a platform as a service cloud. The existing substructures of the at least one of the infrastructures are migrated to the cloud, without application-level change. A business agility component is assembled and is configured to control extending and shrinking resources of the cloud that are devoted to the at least one of the infrastructures. The resources of the cloud that are devoted to the at least one of the infrastructures are extended and shrunk, using the business agility component. | 04-11-2013 |