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20090210948 | REMOTE COMPUTER REBOOTING TOOL - A method is presented for rebooting a local data processing entity requiring an access code to boot. The method may include receiving, on a local entity, an access code from a remote entity. The access code may be stored on an auxiliary device coupled to the local entity. The local entity may receive a reboot command from the remote entity and begin rebooting in response thereto. The auxiliary device may provide the access code to the local entity in response to the beginning of the reboot. The access code may then be deleted from the auxiliary device. | 08-20-2009 |
20110022706 | Method and System for Job Scheduling in Distributed Data Processing System with Identification of Optimal Network Topology - The method of the present invention provides an automatic and optimised selection of the network topology for distributing scheduling of jobs on the computers of the modified network topology. The automatic and optimised selection of the network topology starts from the current topology and a desired number of additional connections. In this way the method of the present invention provides a higher convergence speed for the modified consensus algorithm in comparison, e.g., to a simple ring network. The method exploits the so called small-world networks. Small-world networks are more robust to perturbations than other network architectures. The preferred embodiment provides a workload scheduling system which is highly scalable to accommodate increasing workloads within a heterogeneous distributed computing environment. A modified average consensus algorithm is used to distribute network traffic and jobs amongst a plurality of computers. | 01-27-2011 |
20140032254 | Allocation of Agents in a Support Center to Meet Service Levels of Support Requests - A solution for controlling a support center providing support in respect of a set of products is provided. A set of support requests are received each support request in the set of support requests for at least one of the set of products. For each support request: a service level is associated with the support request according to service level information of the corresponding user stored in the data processing system, a list of candidate agents is determined adapted to serve the support request among a plurality of agents according to characteristic information of the agents; a selected agent is selected for the support request among the candidate agents, the selected agent being adapted to meet the service level of the support request with the lowest reputation indicated by the reputation indicator of the agent; and the support request is allocated to the corresponding selected agent. | 01-30-2014 |
20140101268 | Forwarding Messages for Meeting Attendees to Host Computers at the Meeting Location - A method and apparatus for managing messages is disclosed. A data processing system identifies a presence of a person in a meeting at a location using calendar information. The data processing system also identifies a computing device in the location having a connection to a network. The data processing system then sends a notification to the computing device identified in the location, responsive to the data processing system identifying a message for the person when the person is meeting in the location. | 04-10-2014 |
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20140304396 | IT SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PREDICTION BASED ON EPIDEMIOLOGIC ALGORITHM - A computer-implemented method for prediction of required number of server computing systems for future computing workload is provided. The computer implemented method comprises connecting a portion of a plurality of server computing systems of a data center. The computer-implemented method further comprises computing at least one server computing system of each of a class I server computing system, a class S server computing system, and a class R server computing system of the plurality of the server computing systems based on a deployment rate, an undeployment rate, and a removing rate of the each of the class I server computing system, the class S server computing system, and the class R server computing system. | 10-09-2014 |
20140325212 | DISTRIBUTION OF ENCRYPTED INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS - A method, system, and/or computer program product stores information in a distributed data-processing environment. The method comprises: encrypting, by one or more processors, a piece of information; splitting, by one or more processors, the encrypted piece of information into at least one first encrypted block and at least one second encrypted block, at least part of said at least one first encrypted block being required for decrypting said at least one second encrypted block; distributing, by one or more processors, said at least one first encrypted block for storing in at least one first location; and distributing, by one or more processors, said at least one second encrypted block for storing in at least one second location. | 10-30-2014 |
20140372606 | IT SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PREDICTION BASED ON EPIDEMIOLOGIC ALGORITHM - A computer-implemented method for prediction of required number of server computing systems for future computing workload is provided. The computer implemented method comprises connecting a portion of a plurality of server computing systems of a data center. The computer-implemented method further comprises computing at least one server computing system of each of a class I server computing system, a class S server computing system, and a class R server computing system of the plurality of the server computing systems based on a deployment rate, an undeployment rate, and a removing rate of the each of the class I server computing system, the class S server computing system, and the class R server computing system. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090260012 | Workload Scheduling - Computer-implemented methods, computer program products and systems for a scalable workload scheduling system to accommodate increasing workloads within a heterogeneous distributed computing environment. In one embodiment, a modified average consensus method is used to evenly distribute network traffic and jobs among a plurality of computers. The user establishes a virtual network comprising a logical topology of the computers. State information from each computer is propagated to the rest of the computers by the modified average consensus method, thereby enabling the embodiment to dispense with the need for a master server, by allowing the individual computers to themselves select jobs which optimally match a desired usage of their own resources to the resources required by the jobs. | 10-15-2009 |
20100182158 | WAVELET BASED HARD DISK ANALYSIS - Monitoring systems with predictive failure analysis technology (e.g., Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T)) operate on the basis of correlations between the hard disk's mechanical and electronic characteristics. Using wavelet transforms to analyze electrical signals from the hard disks can help better determine changes in values and trends in various hard disk characteristics. Using wavelet transforms allows for thorough and deeper analysis of the electrical signals from the hard disks. Wavelet analysis can be performed on the electrical signal to extract time and frequency information associated with the low and high frequency components. Analyzing the extracted components of the electrical signal can indicate a presence and position of one or more mechanical defects on the hard disk. | 07-22-2010 |
20110016360 | Predictive Monitoring With Wavelet Analysis - A computer implemented method, computer program product and system for monitoring a plurality of hardware or software system resources for identifying hidden trends in the behavior of the system resources, includes: collecting metrics of at least one system resource indicative of the behavior of at least one system resource; for each of the at least one system resource, determining a spectrum representative of a time-based signal of the collected metrics; performing a wavelet transform on each of the at least one spectrum; and analyzing the result of the wavelet transform to identify possible linear trends in the behavior of the at least one system resource. | 01-20-2011 |
20120297252 | Predictive Monitoring With Wavelet Analysis - A computer implemented method, computer program product and system for monitoring a plurality of hardware or software system resources for identifying hidden trends in the behavior of the system resources, includes: collecting metrics of at least one system resource indicative of the behavior of at least one system resource; for each of the at least one system resource, determining a spectrum representative of a time-based signal of the collected metrics; performing a wavelet transform on each of the at least one spectrum; and analyzing the result of the wavelet transform to identify possible linear trends in the behavior of the at least one system resource. | 11-22-2012 |