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20080294777 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPLATE-BASED PROVISIONING IN A SERVICE DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT - A method for automated provisioning of computing resources in a distributed computing network includes obtaining a data structure representing a resource dependency characterization of an application to be implemented over the distributed computing network, wherein the data structure indicates a set of resources to be deployed, obtaining a template that represents a predefined network topology for supporting deployment of the set of resources, mapping the set of resources represented in the data structure to the template so as to satisfy a set of component requirements to generate a deployment map, and provisioning the set of resources on a plurality of computers based on the deployment map to implement the application over the distributed computing network. | 11-27-2008 |
20090300184 | Method and Apparatus for Template-Based Provisioning in a Service Delivery Environment - A method for automated provisioning of computing resources in a distributed computing network includes obtaining a data structure representing a resource dependency characterization of an application to be implemented over the distributed computing network, wherein the data structure indicates a set of resources to be deployed, obtaining a template that represents a predefined network topology for supporting deployment of the set of resources, mapping the set of resources represented in the data structure to the template so as to satisfy a set of component requirements to generate a deployment map, and provisioning the set of resources on a plurality of computers based on the deployment map to implement the application over the distributed computing network. | 12-03-2009 |
20100042721 | Dynamic application placement with allocation restrictions, vertical stacking and even load distribution - A solution to a variant of a class constrained multiple knapsack problem. Previous solutions require that memory demand of every application be identical and do not consider minimizing placement changes. Previous techniques do not consider optimizing placement to improve load balancing as is described subsequently. Thus, the present invention provides systems, methods and apparatus, encapsulated in software, to provide the dynamic placement of application instances on a heterogeneous cluster of server machines. It depends on the existence of a visible and controllable platform, systems management and other business services that signal events and accept commands. It provides dynamically placing applications on servers such as to maximize a total amount of satisfied application demands, minimize a number of placement changes from a current placement, and minimize imbalance of load distribution of said applications on said at least one server. | 02-18-2010 |
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 |
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 |
20140172491 | ON-DEMAND CLOUD SERVICE MANAGEMENT - A plurality of traditional software applications are packaged as custom composite solutions, and are stored as custom composite solution deployable images. Customer input is obtained from a customer. At least one of the custom composite solution deployable images is deployed into a management cloud in response to the customer input. | 06-19-2014 |
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20140074561 | 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 |
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 |
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20080209016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLICY-BASED PROVISIONING IN A VIRTUALIZED SERVICE DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT - In a distributed computing network having computers interconnected with each other, a method and apparatus of providing policy based provisioning of middleware components to provide a solution for a service. With this invention, the middleware components that are necessary to provide the solution are determined. Then, the configurations of the computers are determined so as to satisfy a selected configuration policy for a selected solution. Finally, the necessary middleware components are installed on the configured computers so that the solution can be provided. Some of the selected configuration policies are: maximization of server utilization policy, provisioning of software components requiring external access based on availability of external resources, and minimization of total time to install said determined components. The progress of installation of the middleware components can also be monitored to make any necessary adjustments in the configuration of the virtual machines so that the selected configuration policy can be satisfied. | 08-28-2008 |
20080239985 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SERVICES MODEL BASED PROVISIONING IN A MULTITENANT ENVIRONMENT - A method, system and computer usable program code is disclosed for mapping a logical topology to information technology (IT) resources. The method comprises the steps of generating a logical topology of resources for a solution to a given request for resources, extracting information about shared rules and constraints on IT resources specific to a plurality of customers, and generating multiple mappings from the logical topology to the IT resources that satisfy said shared rules and constraints. | 10-02-2008 |
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 |
20140050407 | Virtual Machine Image Access De-Duplication - Techniques for de-duplicating virtual machine image accesses. A method includes identifying one or more identical blocks in two or more images in a virtual machine image repository, generating a block map for mapping different blocks with identical content into a same block, deploying a virtual machine image by reconstituting an image from the block map and fetching any unique blocks remotely on-demand, and de-duplicating virtual machine image accesses by storing the deployed virtual machine image in a local disk cache. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052698 | Virtual Machine Image Access De-Duplication - A system and an article of manufacture for de-duplicating virtual machine image accesses include identifying one or more identical blocks in two or more images in a virtual machine image repository, generating a block map for mapping different blocks with identical content into a same block, deploying a virtual machine image by reconstituting an image from the block map and fetching any unique blocks remotely on-demand, and de-duplicating virtual machine image accesses by storing the deployed virtual machine image in a local disk cache. | 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 |
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 |
20140237470 | Virtual Machine-to-Image Affinity on a Physical Server - Systems and articles of manufacture for improving virtual machine-to-image affinity on a physical server include identifying physical machines in a network as candidate source physical machines, wherein each candidate source physical machine stores a first virtual machine image and a set of additional virtual machine images, identifying physical machines in the network as candidate target physical machines, wherein each candidate target physical machine stores one of the additional virtual machine images, and selecting a virtual machine image from the set of additional virtual machine images and selecting a physical machine from the candidate target physical machines such that migrating the selected virtual machine image from a candidate source physical machine to the selected target physical machine results in a maximized image affinity per virtual machine in comparison to each image migration scenarios for the set of additional virtual machine images. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237479 | Virtual Machine-to-Image Affinity on a Physical Server - Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for improving virtual machine-to-image affinity on a physical server. A method includes identifying physical machines in a network as candidate source physical machines, wherein each candidate source physical machine stores a first virtual machine image and a set of additional virtual machine images, identifying physical machines in the network as candidate target physical machines, wherein each candidate target physical machine stores one of the additional virtual machine images, and selecting a virtual machine image from the set of additional virtual machine images and selecting a physical machine from the candidate target physical machines such that migrating the selected virtual machine image from a candidate source physical machine to the selected target physical machine results in a maximized image affinity per virtual machine in comparison to each image migration scenarios for the set of additional virtual machine images. | 08-21-2014 |
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 |
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 |
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20090004792 | METHOD FOR FORMING A DUAL METAL GATE STRUCTURE - A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a channel region layer over a semiconductor layer where the semiconductor layer includes a first and a second well region, forming a protection layer over the channel region layer, forming a first gate dielectric layer over the first well region, forming a first metal gate electrode layer over the first gate dielectric, removing the protection layer, forming a second gate dielectric layer over the channel region layer, forming a second metal gate electrode layer over the second gate dielectric layer, and forming a first gate stack including a portion of each of the first gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate electrode layer over the first well region and forming a second gate stack including a portion of each of the second gate dielectric layer and the second metal gate electrode layer over the channel region layer. | 01-01-2009 |
20090068807 | DUAL GATE OXIDE DEVICE INTEGRATION - A method of forming devices including forming a first region and a second region in a semiconductor substrate is provided. The method further includes forming a semiconductive material over the first region, wherein the semiconductive material has a different electrical property than the first semiconductor substrate, forming a first dielectric material over the first region, depositing a second dielectric material over the first dielectric material and over the second region, wherein the second dielectric material is different than the first dielectric material, and depositing a gate electrode material over the high dielectric constant material. In one embodiment, the semiconductive material is silicon germanium and the semiconductor substrate is silicon. | 03-12-2009 |
20090108296 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT DIELECTRIC THICKNESSES - An integrated circuit with devices having dielectric layers with different thicknesses. The dielectric layers include a high-k dielectric and some of the dielectric layers include an oxide layer that is formed from an oxidation process. Each device includes a layer including germanium or carbon located underneath the electrode stack of the device. A silicon cap layers is located over the layer including germanium or carbon. | 04-30-2009 |
20100184260 | DUAL HIGH-K OXIDES WITH SIGE CHANNEL - A method and apparatus are described for integrating dual gate oxide (DGO) transistor devices ( | 07-22-2010 |