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20090216697 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING PROBLEMATIC CONFIGURATIONS AND RECOMMENDING SAFE CONFIGURATIONS - A system and method for method for assessing configurations includes steps or acts of: receiving configuration data related to configuration items and problem data related to problem tickets; classifying the configuration data into configuration classes; computing a class probability of the configuration classes; associating each configuration class with the problem tickets related to said configuration class; computing a ticket probability distribution of the problem tickets based on number of incidents; evaluating problem ticket characteristics per configuration class to determine a coefficient of trouble value for each configuration class; ranking the configuration classes according to their coefficient of trouble; wherein a highest ranking has the least coefficient of trouble; determining potentially optimal configurations based on the rankings; and providing to a user migration paths corresponding to the potentially optimal configurations. | 08-27-2009 |
20090260007 | Provisioning Storage-Optimized Virtual Machines Within a Virtual Desktop Environment - A computer implemented method, a computer program product, and data processing system clone virtual machines in a virtual desktop environment. A request to clone a new virtual machine is intercepted, wherein the request was initially sent to a virtual management server. Responsive to intercepting the request, the new virtual machine is cloned from a snapshot of a master virtual machine. A delta file is created for the new virtual machine, wherein the delta file includes a base disk reference and a copied delta file. The new virtual machine is configured to read a base disk image from a snapshot of the master virtual machine. The new virtual machine is configured to write data to the copied delta file in the delta file. | 10-15-2009 |
20110131330 | COLLOCATING DESKTOP VIRTUAL MACHINES TO PROXIMITY OF THE USER - A plurality of master desktop images for a plurality of users are stored at a plurality of geographically diverse data centers. At a first one of the data centers, a virtual desktop is constructed for a remote client. The virtual desktop is constructed from a given one of the master desktop images at the first one of the data centers and an individualized delta image for a user associated with the remote client. When it is determined that the remote client is at a geographical location wherein the first one of the data centers is not the closest one of the data centers to the remote client, the virtual desktop for the remote client is reconstructed at a second, closest, one of the data centers. The virtual desktop is reconstructed from a given one of the master desktop images at the second one of the data centers and the individualized delta image for the user associated with the remote client. A copy of the individualized delta image is moved from the first one of the data centers to the second one of the data centers to facilitate reconstructing the virtual desktop. | 06-02-2011 |
20110225569 | AUTOMATED DESKTOP BENCHMARKING - A plurality of user interactions in a baseline computing system are intercepted and recorded, in an artifact file, with a benchmarking tool. The recorded user interactions from the artifact file are replayed and injected to a software stack of a system under test (whose performance is to be compared to the baseline system), using the benchmarking tool. During the replay, screen updates in the system under test are sequentially compared with expected screen images from the artifact file, until a match is observed in a given case. A response time associated with each of the matches is recorded. | 09-15-2011 |
20110246253 | PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES AS A SERVICE - A method of providing support services as a service is presented. For example, the method includes providing to a service provider one or more service modules operative to provide the support services to the service provider. The one or more service modules are provided by one or more suppliers of the support services and include instruction code operative to be performed on a processor device and one or more application programming interfaces operative for programmatic access to the one or more service module. The service modules may further include one or more user interfaces operative for interactive access to a respective service module. The one or more service modules may include, for example, one or more of a profile service module, an offering service module, a customer service module, a process service module, a user interface service module and a revenue service module. | 10-06-2011 |
20110296018 | ONTOLOGY BASED RESOURCE PROVISIONING AND MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICES - Techniques are disclosed for integration, provisioning and management of entities and processes in a computing system such as, by way of example only, business entities and business processes. In particular, techniques are disclosed for ontology based resource provisioning and management for services. For example, such an ontology based approach can be utilized in conjunction with a business support system which may be employed in conjunction with a cloud computing environment. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296020 | EXTENSIBLE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SERVICE OFFERINGS - Techniques are disclosed for integration, provisioning and management of entities and processes in a computing system such as, by way of example only, business entities and business processes. In particular, techniques are disclosed for implementing an extensible support system for multiple service offerings. For example, such a support system can be a business support system which may be employed in conjunction with a cloud computing environment. | 12-01-2011 |
20120036251 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR END-TO-END QUALITY OF SERVICE IN VIRTUALIZED DESKTOP SYSTEMS - A system and method is provided for integrating the front-end and back-end of a virtualized desktop environment to achieve an objective. Network measurements are gathered which are related to enforcement of an objective. Based on gathered network measurements and quality of service requirements for user sessions, a determination is made as to how back-resources and front-end remoting protocol settings are to be adjusted. The back-end resources and the front-end remoting protocol settings are controlled to achieve the objective. | 02-09-2012 |
20120124124 | Centralized Rendering Of Collaborative Content - A method is disclosed that includes rendering a portion of a collaborative data stream at a first application running in a first virtual machine on a physical server. The method also includes the first application sharing the rendered portion of the collaborative data stream with a multiplicity of second applications running in second virtual machines on the physical server. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed. | 05-17-2012 |
20130013462 | EXTENSIBLE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SERVICE OFFERINGS - Techniques are disclosed for integration, provisioning and management of entities and processes in a computing system such as, by way of example only, business entities and business processes. In particular, techniques are disclosed for implementing an extensible support system for multiple service offerings. For example, such a support system can be a business support system which may be employed in conjunction with a cloud computing environment. | 01-10-2013 |
20160006811 | ONTOLOGY BASED RESOURCE PROVISIONING AND MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICES - Techniques are disclosed for integration, provisioning and management of entities and processes in a computing system such as, by way of example only, business entities and business processes. In particular, techniques are disclosed for ontology based resource provisioning and management for services. For example, such an ontology based approach can be utilized in conjunction with a business support system which may be employed in conjunction with a cloud computing environment. | 01-07-2016 |
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20110197097 | INCREMENTAL PROBLEM DETERMINATION AND RESOLUTION IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS - Installation files are annotated, which annotations may trigger system snapshots to be taken at a plurality of points during the execution of the installation files and/or collected. During a test run, the generated snapshots are examined incrementally to determine whether the installation is success or failure at that point. Checkpoint snapshots are stored, and those indicating failure are recorded with description of the error and/or remediation that suggest how the errors may be resolved or fixed. During a production run, the annotated installation files may be executed and the checkpoint snapshots generated during the production run may be compared with those stored of the test run to incrementally identify and resolve potential problems in the production run. | 08-11-2011 |
20130290959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING LEGACY DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS TO A VIRTUALIZED DESKTOP MODEL - A system and method for transforming a legacy device into a virtualized environment, comprising includes analyzing the profiling data for at least one application to determine usage frequency and resource requirements of the at least one application. Captured user events are benchmarked to simulate a user workload for the at least one application to determine how resource utilization and execution times scale from a legacy environment to a virtualized environment. The legacy device is transformed into the virtualized environment in accordance with a provisioning plan. | 10-31-2013 |
20140074562 | CONFIGURABLE RATING AND METERING - A method for creating a configurable model for rating and metering resource usage, the method includes utilizing at least one rating context for a contract of a registered offering, wherein the registered offering is a resource, monitoring the resource usage to create a usage record, optimizing the collection of the usage data based on revenue potential and metering costs, contextualizing a usage record of the resource, generating rated usage data according to the usage record, and tuning a performance indicator of a metering definition for the registered offering based on the rated usage data. | 03-13-2014 |
20140310554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPH BASED K-REDUNDANT RESILIENCY FOR IT CLOUD - A method for enabling resiliency for cloud computing systems is described. The method includes modifying a topology graph of a network architecture by mapping processes flows onto the topology graph. A resiliency graph is created based on the modified topology graph. The method includes modifying the resiliency graph by translating at least one SLA into the resiliency graph. Overlaps and dependencies in the modified resiliency graph are identified. Apparatus and computer readable instructions are also described. | 10-16-2014 |
20160098301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING LEGACY DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS TO A VIRTUALIZED DESKTOP MODEL - A system and method for transforming a legacy device into a virtualized environment, comprising includes analyzing the profiling data for at least one application to determine usage frequency and resource requirements of the at least one application. Captured user events are benchmarked to simulate a user workload for the at least one application to determine how resource utilization and execution times scale from a legacy environment to a virtualized environment. The legacy device is transformed into the virtualized environment in accordance with a provisioning plan. | 04-07-2016 |
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20120243795 | SCALABLE IMAGE DISTRIBUTION IN VIRTUALIZED SERVER ENVIRONMENTS - A method and system include replicating an image representing a sequence of bytes on a local storage medium on a target device by determining a similarity between images and reconstructing a new image using equivalent blocks from one or more similar images locally available on the target device or available on donor devices to reduce network link usage and transfer time in replicating the image. | 09-27-2012 |
20130004089 | SCALABLE IMAGE DISTRIBUTION IN VIRTUALIZED SERVER ENVIRONMENTS - A method and system include replicating an image representing a sequence of bytes on a local storage medium on a target device by determining a similarity between images and reconstructing a new image using equivalent blocks from one or more similar images locally available on the target device or available on donor devices to reduce network link usage and transfer time in replicating the image. | 01-03-2013 |
20130060606 | EFFICIENT CONTRACTING WITH ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION - Techniques include accessing predetermined utility of customers based on customer types and qualities. The qualities are based at least on previously identified non-functional characteristics of services that influence decisions of the customers in buying the services from a service provider. Based at least on the accessed predetermining utility, quality-price pairs are determined to create a predetermined amount of profit for the service provider assuming the service provider offers the services to a customer having the customer type at a level of quality corresponding to an associated one of the qualities in a pair and for the corresponding price in the pair. Each quality in the pairs corresponds to one of the customer types. Determining the price-quality pairs further includes mapping one or more of the service-related characteristics to one or more information technology resources in response to the service-related characteristic being dependent on one or more other service-related characteristics. | 03-07-2013 |
20130132971 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR STREAMLINED VIRTUAL MACHINE DESKTOP DISPLAY - A shared resource system, method of updating client displays and computer program products therefor. At least one client device locally displays activity with resources shared with the client device. A management system on provider computers that is providing resources shared by the client devices selectively generates prioritized display updates. The management system provides updates to respective client devices according to update priority. Updates may also be ordered for network load balancing. | 05-23-2013 |
20130219211 | Elastic Cloud-Driven Task Execution - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for cloud-driven application execution. The method includes determining a plurality of attributes of a failed application, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises at least one policy context attribute and at least one context attribute, correlating each of the plurality of attributes to at least one alternative asset, wherein the at least one alternative asset is a part of an environment on which the failed application can be executed, using the plurality of attributes correlated to the at least one alternative asset to identify an alternative asset set of alternative assets, wherein the alternative asset set is capable of enabling an alternative environment on which to execute the failed application, and provisioning the alternative assets in the alternative asset set from at least one cloud network to create the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed. | 08-22-2013 |
20140019963 | CO-LOCATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH NESTED VIRTUALIZATION - Co-locating a virtual machine with nested virtualization, in one aspect, may comprise receiving a list of one or more virtual machine instances to co-locate with associated configuration information. A parent virtual machine instance may be identified to host the one or more virtual machine instances. Virtual machine images associated with the one or more virtual machine instances may be consolidated. A composite parent virtual machine image may be created based on the consolidated virtual machine images and the parent virtual machine instance. The parent virtual machine instance may be configured to accommodate for capacity requirement of the one or more child virtual machine instances. The parent virtual machine instance may be started on a processor via the composite parent virtual machine image. The one or more virtual machine instances may be started within the parent virtual machine instance as one or more child virtual machine instances. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019968 | CO-LOCATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH NESTED VIRTUALIZATION - Co-locating a virtual machine with nested virtualization, in one aspect, may comprise receiving a list of one or more virtual machine instances to co-locate with associated configuration information. A parent virtual machine instance may be identified to host the one or more virtual machine instances. Virtual machine images associated with the one or more virtual machine instances may be consolidated. A composite parent virtual machine image may be created based on the consolidated virtual machine images and the parent virtual machine instance. The parent virtual machine instance may be configured to accommodate for capacity requirement of the one or more child virtual machine instances. The parent virtual machine instance may be started on a processor via the composite parent virtual machine image. The one or more virtual machine instances may be started within the parent virtual machine instance as one or more child virtual machine instances. | 01-16-2014 |
20140040891 | SELECTING PROVISIONING TARGETS FOR NEW VIRTUAL MACHINE INSTANCES - One embodiment of a method for provisioning a new virtual machine instance based on the content of an image of the new virtual machine instance includes identifying, from among a plurality of host machines, the host machine having the highest percentage of the content available in local storage, and provisioning the new virtual machine instance on the host machine having the highest percentage of the content available in local storage. Another embodiment of a method for provisioning a new virtual machine instance based on an image of the new virtual machine instance includes constructing at least a portion of the image using data stored locally on a target machine hosting the new virtual machine instance, and completing the image using data obtained over a network from remote storage. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040893 | SELECTING PROVISIONING TARGETS FOR NEW VIRTUAL MACHINE INSTANCES - One embodiment of a system for provisioning a new virtual machine instance on a target host based on an image of the new virtual machine instance includes a local storage for storing images of virtual machine instances currently running on the target host and a virtual machine creator coupled to the local storage for constructing the image of the new virtual machine instance at least in part using the images of virtual machine instances currently running on the target host. | 02-06-2014 |
20140052768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD SUPPORTING APPLICATION SOLUTION COMPOSITION ON CLOUD - Disclosed is a method, computer-program product and a system to compose an application solution on a cloud-computing platform for a user. The method includes, in response to input from the user, selecting at least one predetermined template that includes a hardware and software instance of a data processing system that is implementable as an solution on a cloud platform; comparing the at least one selected template against a set of constraints; establishing an instance of a cloud based solution for the user based on the selected template; and validating the established cloud based solution against user-uploaded information such as software and workloads to ensure that the solution satisfies requirements of the user, such as both technical and financial requirements of the user. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD SUPPORTING APPLICATION SOLUTION COMPOSITION ON CLOUD - Disclosed is a method, computer-program product and a system to compose an application solution on a cloud-computing platform for a user. The method includes, in response to input from the user, selecting at least one predetermined template that includes a hardware and software instance of a data processing system that is implementable as an solution on a cloud platform; comparing the at least one selected template against a set of constraints; establishing an instance of a cloud based solution for the user based on the selected template; and validating the established cloud based solution against user-uploaded information such as software and workloads to ensure that the solution satisfies requirements of the user, such as both technical and financial requirements of the user. | 02-20-2014 |
20140074674 | TRACKING FOR ROYALTY DETERMINATION - A system including at least one memory having a plurality of individual contributions forming a compilation stored in the at least one memory; and at least one processor connected to the at least one memory, where the processor is configured to use provenance data associated with a catalog item to track an individual contribution in a compilation of contributions, where the compilation is stored in the at least one memory; and dynamically compute a royalty distribution for the individual contribution based, at least partially, upon at least one metric related to the contributions which form the compilation. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074676 | Tracking For Royalty Determination - A system including at least one memory having a plurality of individual contributions forming a compilation stored in the at least one memory; and at least one processor connected to the at least one memory. The processor is configured to identify at least one of the individual contributions; and determine a royalty distribution value for the identified individual contribution based, at least partially, upon at least one weighted metric regarding the compilation. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074693 | TRACKING FOR ROYALTY DETERMINATION - A method including identifying an individual contribution to a compilation, where the compilation comprises a plurality of individual contributions; and determining, at least partially with a computer processor, a royalty distribution value for the identified individual contribution based, at least partially, upon at least one weighted metric regarding the compilation. | 03-13-2014 |
20140082171 | REMEDIATING EVENTS USING BEHAVIORS - Remediating events of components using behaviors via an administrator system and an administrator client. The administrator system receives an event from a component of an information technology (IT) environment. A behavior is determined at least partly from the event. The behavior is determined to be an anomalous behavior at least partly from a group of previously received events. A coefficient is calculated, via a calculation, for the anomalous behavior at least partly from a weight. The administrator system sends a description of the anomalous behavior and a group of options to the administrator client. The description is at least partly based on the calculation. The administrator system receives a severity indication from the administrator client. The weight, the calculation, and the description are updated based on the severity indication. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082407 | REMEDIATING EVENTS USING BEHAVIORS - Remediating events of components using behaviors via an administrator system and an administrator client. The administrator system receives an event from a component of an information technology (IT) environment. A behavior is determined at least partly from the event. The behavior is determined to be an anomalous behavior at least partly from a group of previously received events. A coefficient is calculated, via a calculation, for the anomalous behavior at least partly from a weight. The administrator system sends a description of the anomalous behavior and a group of options to the administrator client. The description is at least partly based on the calculation. The administrator system receives a severity indication from the administrator client. The weight, the calculation, and the description are updated based on the severity indication. | 03-20-2014 |
20140189125 | QUERYING AND MANAGING COMPUTING RESOURCES IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An approach for querying and managing/manipulating network computing resources (e.g., cloud computing resources) is provided. Typically, an interpreter component may be implemented so that a language describing such computing resources may be interpreted. The interpreter component may include other components such as a request processor, a provisioning queue, an execution engine, a results store, and response marshaller/handler that collaborate to manage the computing resources. Such computing resources may, for example, include virtual machine instances, virtual machine images, storage volumes, network resources, files, software bundles, etc. | 07-03-2014 |
20140222953 | Reliable and Scalable Image Transfer For Data Centers With Low Connectivity Using Redundancy Detection - A system and method for efficiently transferring virtual machine images across nodes in a cloud computing environment, includes analyzing each image on each node to create hash code clusters and a similarity matrix. An instruction to transfer an image from a source node to a target node is received. The clusters and the similarity matrix are used to determine to what extent the data from the image is already on the source node, or on any other node, and further determines the cost and speed of transferring such data to the target node. An optimal transfer plan is generated, and data that is not already on the target node is transferred to the target node from the most efficient node on which it is available, according to the optimal transfer plan. | 08-07-2014 |
20140310559 | System And Method For Graph Based K- Redundant Resiliency For IT Cloud - An apparatus for enabling resiliency for cloud computing systems is provided. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing computer program code. The memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform actions. The actions include modifying a topology graph of a network architecture by mapping processes flows onto the topology graph and creating a resiliency graph based on the modified topology graph. The actions also include modifying the resiliency graph by translating at least one SLA into the resiliency graph and identifying overlaps and dependencies in the modified resiliency graph. Apparatus and computer readable instructions are also described. | 10-16-2014 |
20150277961 | SELECTING PROVISIONING TARGETS FOR NEW VIRTUAL MACHINE INSTANCES - One embodiment of a system for provisioning a new virtual machine instance on a target host based on an image of the new virtual machine instance includes a local storage for storing images of virtual machine instances currently running on the target host and a virtual machine creator coupled to the local storage for constructing the image of the new virtual machine instance at least in part using the images of virtual machine instances currently running on the target host. | 10-01-2015 |
20150312110 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALING A CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE - A method for scaling a cloud infrastructure, comprises receiving at least one of resource-level metrics and application-level metrics, estimating parameters of at least one application based on the received metrics, automatically and dynamically determining directives for scaling application deployment based on the estimated parameters, and providing the directives to a cloud service provider to execute the scaling. | 10-29-2015 |
20160050135 | REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT OF USER INTERFACE PERFORMANCE IN A REMOTE DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method or real-time measurement of a user interface performance in a remote desktop environment is provided. The computer-implemented method may include host computer receiving a command data package and a client request time from client computer, where the client request time is a timestamp of a time at which the command data package was sent from client computer to host computer. The computer-implemented method may further include host computer recording the client request time and a request arrival time, where the request arrival time is a timestamp of a time at which the command data package was received by host computer. The computer-implemented method may further include host computer calculating a first traverse time, where the first traverse time is a time difference between the client request time and the request arrival time to determine a real-time measurement of a user interface performance in the remote desktop environment. | 02-18-2016 |
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20100306163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN VIRTUALIZED DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method for managing responsiveness of virtual desktops using passive monitoring includes monitoring interactive desktop events for a computer device and measuring a time between the interactive desktop event and a result of the interactive desktop event. Based on the time, desktop responsiveness is evaluated. System resources are reallocated to improve the responsiveness. | 12-02-2010 |
20110087522 | METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A PROBING ENVIRONMENT FOR PROVISIONED SERVICES TO RECOMMEND OPTIMAL BALANCE IN SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT USER EXPERIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL METRICS - A system and method of determining performance metrics for inclusion in a Service Level Agreement (SLA) between a customer and a host computing service provider. The method comprises: receiving a provisioning request from a customer including receiving computing performance requirement parameters and environmental parameters for inclusion in the SLA from the customer; deploying discovery tools to identify relevant infrastructure components based on performance metrics. Based on identification of the customer's relevant infrastructure components, probes are deployed and installed. Then, data is obtained from the probes while changing infrastructure components for simulating and assessing impact of one or more different customer scenarios for different performance policies. In one aspect, the obtained data is used to identify and implement an a priori risk sharing agreement between the customer and service provider. In a further aspect, the data obtained for simulating and assessing impact of one or more different customer policies include data for simulating and assessing different environmental policies. | 04-14-2011 |
20110131589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING LEGACY DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS TO A VIRTUALIZED DESKTOP MODEL - A system and method for transforming a legacy device into a virtualized environment includes gathering profiling data over time to represent legacy device activities and analyzing the profiling data for system applications and user applications using a processor to determine usage frequency and resource requirements of at least one application. Captured user action events are benchmarked to simulate a user workload for the at least one application to determine how resource utilization and execution times scale from a legacy environment to a virtualized environment. One or more scaling factors are determined to produce a plan to provision for legacy services in the virtualized environment. The legacy system is transformed into the virtualized environment in accordance with the plan. | 06-02-2011 |
20110185063 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ABSTRACTING NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS BASED DEPLOYMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINES - A system and method for allocating resources in a cloud environment includes providing an abstraction layer between a cloud environment and one or more data centers by generating a virtual hypervisor as an application programming interface. Responsive to a workload request by the one or more data centers, resources are partitioned and virtual machines are instantiated in the one or more data centers using the virtual hypervisor such that non-functional requirements of the workload are addressed at the abstraction level using the virtual hypervisor. | 07-28-2011 |
20110185064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAIR AND ECONOMICAL RESOURCE PARTITIONING USING VIRTUAL HYPERVISOR - A system and method for allocating resources in a cloud environment includes determining permitted usage of virtual machines and partitioning resources between network servers in accordance with a virtual hyperviser generated in accordance with an abstraction layer configured as an interface between a solution manager and an interface to a cloud network. Resource usage limits are determined for each virtual machine associated with the virtual hyperviser, and the servers are analyzed through the virtual hypervisers to determine if the virtual machines need to be migrated. If reallocation is needed, virtual machine migration requests are issued to migrate virtual machines into a new configuration at the virtual hypervisor abstraction level. The servers are reanalyzed to determine if migration of the new configuration is needed. Shares are computed to enforce balance requirements, and virtual machine shares and limits are adjusted for resources according to the computed shares. | 07-28-2011 |
20120005051 | Semi-Automated Customer Model-Based Service Deployment Into Data Centers - A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying instructions executed by a processor to perform a method for service creation and mapping between at least two support systems includes receiving a request for a new service, wherein the request includes resource requirement information and QOS requirement information corresponding to the new service, determining a location that the request originated from, identifying at least one data center within a communication range of the location, identifying at least one data center having resources complying with the resource requirement information, identifying at least one data center complying with the QOS requirement information, and deploying the new service into each data center that is within the communication range of the location, that has resources complying with the resource requirement information, and that complies with the QOS requirement information. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005236 | Cloud Services Creation Based on Graph Mapping - A method for service creation based on graph mapping including constructing a graph having leaf nodes in an environment including business support nodes associated with respective services and operations support nodes including attribute models, identifying a plurality of services at a level of the leafs in the graph, extending the graph by representing existing services offerings in terms of operation level service definitions and new services at the level of the leafs, and re-combining leaf nodes to define new services at service creation time. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005342 | Cloud Service Cost-Optimal Data Center Assignment - A method for service creation and mapping between at least two support systems includes provisioning a service based on a service requirement and a plurality of available data centers, collecting a value of the service requirement and a cost associated with the service, matching resource types of the data centers to resource availability, determining at least one valid data center from the plurality of data centers, and selecting a valid data center with a minimum cost for service placement and provisioning. | 01-05-2012 |
20120246107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN VIRTUALIZED DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method for managing responsiveness of virtual desktops using passive monitoring includes measuring a time between an interactive desktop event and a result of the interactive desktop event. Based on the time, system resources are reallocated to improve the responsiveness. | 09-27-2012 |