International Business Machines Corporation

Lucent Technologies Inc.

Alcatel Lucent

Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Alcatel-lucent USA Inc.

Kyndryl, Inc.

Gopal Sarma Pingali

Pritpal Arora

Bijo Sebastian Kappen

Claudio Santos Pinhanez

Mark Edward Podlaseck

Anthony Tom Levas

Ingrid Birgitta Carlbom

Agata Opalach

Maja Vukovic

Zon-Yin Shae

Yves Darly Jean

Manish Satyapal Gupta

Sougata Mukherjea

Anuradha Bhamidipaty

Shu Tao

Saiprasad Kolluri Venkata Sesha

George Thayyil Jacob Sushil

Sinem Guven

Karthik Sivakumar

Frederik Carl Moesgaard Kjeldsen

Vinod Vinayak Mankar

Adinarayana Sakala

Craig M Trim

Aaron K Baughman

Jonathan Lenchner

Myron Dale Flickner

Shang Qing Guo

Jim Alain Laredo

Milton H Hernandez

Robyn Ruth Schwartz

Santhosh Babu Kumaran

Kumar Bhaskaran

Rajeev Puri

Prashant Pradhan

Frederik C Kjeldsen

Sergio Borger

Kunwadee Sripanidkulchai

Anupam Joshi

Mark Alan Brodie

David D Weck

Frederik C M Kjeldsen

Bhupesh Gupta

Ramesh Kumar Goel

Maria Del Pilar Belinchon Ballesta

Akhilesh Gupta

Huajing Li

Piyawadee Sukavitiya

Ramachandra S Byahatti

Ryan K Gunderson

Kiranmai Bhagavatula

Rambabu Parvatina

Frederik Carl Moesgaard K{umlaut Over (j)}eldsen

Bernard A Grunwald

In an approach, a processor receives a request to deploy a workload in a container environment, where: the container environment comprises a plurality of external providers running container environment clusters; and the request (i) includes one or more requirements of the workload and (ii) does not specify a particular external provider of the plurality of external providers. A processor determines a cluster, from the plurality of external providers running the container environment clusters, that meets the one or more requirements of the workload. A processor deploys the workload on the determined cluster.

Cluster selection for workload deployment

Methods and systems for visually focused first-person neural network interpretation are disclosed. A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, an image; determining, by the computing device, feature vectors from the image; determining, by the computing device, a first padding value and a first stride value by inputting the feature vectors into a deep neural network; determining, by the computing device, a second padding value and a second stride value by inputting the feature vectors into at least one multiple regression model; determining, by the computing device, padding by averaging the first padding value and the second padding value; determining, by the computing device, stride by averaging the first stride value and the second stride value; and classifying, by the computing device, the image using a convolutional neural network using the padding and the stride.

Visually focused first-person neural network interpretation

In an approach for dynamically determining a suitable SME for a particular critical situation, a processor receives an initial problem statement. A processor constructs a collaboration channel associated with the initial problem statement. A processor identifies an SME based on a rating that associates the SME with the initial problem statement. A processor sends an invitation to the SME to join the collaboration channel.

Automatic subject matter expert profile generator and scorer

A method and system for automatically generating a virtual assisted task is provided. The method includes establishing secure connections between a hardware device and databases external to the hardware device. A group of tasks associated with an individual are identified and available timeframes associated with an availability of the individual are determined. A first potential score and maximum score for each task are computed. The first potential score is compared to each maximum potential score and in response, a subset of tasks are automatically selected. The subset of tasks are mapped to the available timeframes and results of the mapping a cached within a caching circuit of the hardware device. Results of the caching are presented via the hardware device.

Virtually assisted task generation

Automatic computation of a resilience of a hybrid IT infrastructure environment based on a variety of factors including resilience of individual architectural components in combination with the business criticality of each of those components.

Measurement and visualization of resiliency in a hybrid IT infrastructure environment

In an approach for dynamically ranking SMEs, based on the SMEs' activities during a critical situation, a processor identifies SMEs to work in a collaboration channel. A processor monitors an activity of the SME within the collaboration channel. A processor receives information from the monitored activity. A processor analyzes the information from the monitored activity. A processor updates a database that contains details about a plurality of SMEs.

Critical situation contribution and effectiveness tracker

As disclosed herein a computer-implemented method includes identifying, by a first automobile, a proximate automobile, and determining a trust score corresponding to the proximate automobile. The method further includes conducting an affinity group qualification process responsive to the trust score exceeding a selected threshold value, and inviting the proximate automobile into the affinity group responsive to the proximate automobile passing the affinity group qualification process. A computer program product and a computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.

Discovering and interacting with proximate automobiles

In an approach for providing a dynamic definition of a problem statement during an IT critical situation with an associated conflict resolution, a processor receives an initial problem definition. A processor identifies related social collaboration channels associated with the initial problem definition. A processor updates users within the related social collaboration channels. A processor determines there is at least one problem update from the related social collaboration channels. A processor identifies a set of subject matter experts who are relevant to the initial problem definition. A processor initiates a different social collaboration channel for the set of subject matter experts. A processor determines a consensus to a solution to the initial problem definition is gained by the set of subject matter experts. A processor updates the initial problem definition to include the solution.

Dynamic problem statement with conflict resolution

A method and associated systems for enabling digital asset reuse. Users are each associated with a collection of digital assets and each user and each asset is assigned an eminence value. When a first user initially accesses an asset, the asset is copied to the first user's collection, thus indicating the first user's favorable view of the asset. When a second user accesses the first user's copy, the asset is copied to the second user's collection, and the eminence of the first user and of the asset are increased. If a third user accesses the second user's copy, the asset is copied to the third user's collection and eminence values of the first and second users and of the asset increase. The second user may locate an asset in the first user's collection through means that include the second user's decision to 'follow' the first user.

Cost-effective reuse of digital assets

In an approach for providing tagging for problem resolution that works across multiple collaboration channels, a processor receives an indication of a problem statement. A processor monitors a collaboration channel for a new tag. A processor analyzes the new tag to determine a type of tag. A processor sends a notification of the new tag to the collaboration channel. A processor stores the new tag to a database of tags. A processor forms a cluster of correlated tags. A processor sends a notification of the cluster of correlated tags and a recommended action. A processor monitors the collaboration channel for an information request. A processor matches the information request with at least one tag in the database. A processor sends a notification of matches of the information request with the at least one tag found to the collaboration channel. A processor updates the tags with received information.

Real-time tagger

A method and associated systems for reusing digital assets and automatically updating user and asset eminence values associated with each asset reuse. Users each control a collection of digital assets and each user and each asset is assigned an eminence value that represents a relative importance of a user or asset. When a first user accesses an asset, that asset is copied to the first user's collection. When a second user accesses the first user's copy, the asset is copied to the second user's collection, and the eminence of the first user and of the asset are increased. When a third user accesses the second user's copy, the asset is copied to the third user's collection and first-user's, second-user's, and asset's eminence values increase. The second user may automatically locate an asset in the first user's collection by 'following' the first user.

Enabling digital asset reuse through dynamically curated shared personal collections with eminence propagation

In a method for provisioning a virtual machine, a processor rates a plurality of software images that include a first software image and a second software image. A processor provisions the virtual machine with the first software image in a first state and the second software image in a second state, wherein the second software image is rated higher than the first software image.

Template provisioning in virtualized environments

A method, system and computer program product for increasing the sales of a retailer. A unit, referred to herein as the 'retailer promotions device,' generates a group offer for a set of users/customers to purchase a product based on intelligent analytics (e.g., real-time attributes/dynamics such as the strategy in selling the remaining inventory). A group offer refers to an offer to sell a product at a promotional price if a number of users (e.g., users of mobile devices and/or customers online and/or customers in a physical store) agree to purchase the product at the promotional price within a time period. The group offer is sent to targeted users/customers via online and mobile devices as well as via electronic displays and kiosks in the physical store. By using real-time attributes/dynamics to generate group offers that can be sent to targeted users/customers, the sales of the retailer are likely to be increased.

Generating targeted group based offers to increase sales

A system and method for designing a dial plan for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems includes generating an abstract dial plan design which is platform independent, the dial plan including rules for routing communications in a VoIP network structure. The dial plan is validated through simulations prior to deployment to evaluate the dial plan performance under simulated conditions. The dial plan design is translated to provide compatibility with a deployed network using platform specific configuration adaptors.

Method and system for platform-independent VoIP dial plan design, validation, and deployment

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