At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

Chris Rapposelli-Manzo

Karen Mullis

Stephanie Parlamas

Jay Gabin

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a reference data set comprising a plurality of reference data records, wherein the reference data set is associated with a cloud infrastructure, and wherein each of the reference data records comprises a reference network name associated with one of a plurality of reference networks that is configured within the cloud infrastructure and a corresponding reference Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identifier for the one of the plurality of reference networks that is configured within the cloud infrastructure; obtaining an input data set comprising a plurality of input data records, wherein the input data set is associated with the cloud infrastructure, and wherein each of the input data records comprises a network name associated with one of a plurality of networks that is being considered for configuration within the cloud infrastructure and a corresponding VLAN identifier for the one of the plurality of networks that is being considered for configuration within the cloud infrastructure; analyzing the reference data records and the input data records in order to identify a set of one or more errors; and tagging one or more records in the input data set with each corresponding occurrence of each error. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Method and apparatus for performing network identification verification

A method and tools are disclosed for systematically capturing the key elements of a business process in conjunction with the definition/development of focused key process indicators and threshold values that provide useful and manageable information about the health of the business process from both the managerial and operational perspective. A service blueprint is used to capture business processes in a novel and specialized manner. The service blueprint and associated Key Process Indicators (KPIs) are dynamic updated and linked within a business monitoring & control platform. The method of the present invention is flexible, dynamic, and allows for real-time measures that yield a picture of the present health of the process in addition to the capability of generating predictive vital signs as strong indicators of the future health of the business.

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