Bmc Software, Inc.

Bladelogic, Inc.

Johan Eriksson

Arthur A Van Hoff

Simon Wynn

Alexander G Vul

Atanu Neogi

Matthew Dennis Connors

Jonathan Whitney

Jonathan Newcomb Swirsky Whitney

Mathew Connors

Methods and apparatus for implementing hybrid-cloud computing networks are disclosed. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computing device, a request to provision a user application. The method further includes identifying an application blueprint corresponding with the request and identifying at least one computing resource corresponding with the request. The method still further includes identifying a network blueprint that includes the at least one computing resource, provisioning a computing network in accordance with the identified network blueprint and provisioning the at least one computing resource in the provisioned computing network. The method also includes, installing the user application in the provisioned at least one computing resource in accordance with the application blueprint.

Hybrid-cloud infrastructures

Hybrid cloud infrastructures

A scheduling system for scheduling executions of tasks within a distributed computing system may include an entry generator configured to store, using at least one key-value data store, time windows for scheduled executions of tasks therein using a plurality of nodes of the distributed computing system. The entry generator may be further configured to generate scheduler entries for inclusion within a time window of the time windows, each scheduler entry identifying a task of the tasks and an associated schedule for execution thereof. The system may further include an execution engine configured to select the time window and execute corresponding tasks of the included scheduler entries in order.

Window-based scheduling using a key-value data store

Systems, methods, and computer readable media for identifying resources to implement a service in a cloud computing environment are disclosed. In general, the disclosed methodologies analyze a cloud's ability to support a desired service while maintaining separation between the cloud's logical layers. For example, given a list of resources needed to implement a target service, a hierarchical plan may be generated. The plan may then be used by each layer to track and record the availability of various possible layer-specific resource selections. Since each layer may be permitted access only to that portion of the plan that is associated with, or applicable to, the specific layer, the logical separation between different layers may be enforced. As a consequence, each layer may implement its resource selection mechanisms in any desired manner.

Cloud-based resource identification and allocation

A provider definition represents software that implements the semantics of one or more operations on an object in an object-oriented system. A provider represents a specific instance of a provider definition. One or more providers implement operations for objects in the system. A component of the system called the provider registry maintains a mapping of providers and operations as defined by the provider definitions. When handling a request to invoke a operation on an object, the system dynamically dispatches to the correct provider based on this mapping. Where more than one provider are registered as implementing the desired operation on an object, techniques are disclosed for selecting a provider to perform the desired operation.

Dynamic dispatch for distributed object-oriented software systems

A system and method updates a device by storing into nondisk nonvolatile storage such as flash memory, the files used to update the device, using data structures that are swapped, a portion at a time, into available RAM of the device.

System and method for updating devices that execute an operating system or application program directly from nonvolatile storage

In a content update method, a device sends information to a server about an initial index related to a directory of content stored in the device's nonvolatile non-disk memory (e.g., flash memory). Upon receiving a modification list from the server, the device builds an updated index in flash memory that matches the server's master index by using the device's RAM to sequentially modify the initial index with the listed modifications. The device also builds an updated content list in flash memory using the device's RAM to sequentially compare the initial and updated indexes. The device sends requests for updated content in the updated content list to the server. Upon receiving requested content, the device modifies the directory in flash memory by using the device's RAM to sequentially compare the initial and updated indexes so that the requested content can be installed into the modified directory.

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Orebro, Sweden

Johan Eriksson