International Business Machines Corporation

Benjamin J Stoor

Joan LaVerne Mitchell

David Ward

Sandra K Johnson

Sharad Mishra

Donna N Eng Dillenberger

Anil Kumar Thiramdas

Sampath Kumar Chilukuri

Darbha V Kumar

Sanjay Mundergi

Garadi Shashidhar Hemanth Kumar

The present invention relates to the visualization of a complex system such as a software offering using a set of buildings. A method for generating a visualization of a complex system using a set of buildings in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: representing each of a plurality of complex systems using a respective set of buildings in a virtual city environment. The set of buildings in the virtual city environment is displayed.

Visualization of complex systems using buildings

A mechanism for locating information about a target entity in disparate multilevel hierarchical knowledge repositories. Upon occurrence of an event associated with a target entity comprising an information technology solution, disparate multilevel hierarchical knowledge repositories are searched for metadata about the target entity. A determination is made from the metadata about the target entity whether the repositories comprise entities related to the target entity. If so, links in the metadata are used to search the repositories to locate the related entities. Upon locating a resolution to the event in the repositories, a link to the resolution is stored in the metadata. The repositories are also searched to determine owners of the target entity and related entities, and these owners are then notified of the event and the resolution to the event.

Leveraging multilevel hierarchical associations to find cross-boundary issues

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Bolingbrook, IL, United States of America

Benjamin J Stoor