International Business Machines Corporation

Kenneth Wayne Roberson

Robert A Morgan

Swaminathan Balasubramanian

Cheranellore Vasudevan

Mitchell Dennis Felton

Barry Alan Kritt

Thomas S Mazzeo

Steven Charles Erickson

William Robert Taylor

A development project method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include a classification circuit configured to classify tasks of a project into a first capability-type executed by a first project development strategy and a second capability-type executed by a second project development strategy, a switch point calculation circuit configured to calculate a switch point based on values stored in the database, the switch point being a time during the project when project development switches between the first project development strategy and the second project development strategy.

Database and a development project system, method, and recording medium

Automatically deploying a configured system into a computing environment (such as a cloud computing environment) for execution therein comprises obtaining a configured architecture model describing the configured system, and iteratively evaluating the model to deploy pre-built components for the system and to create and enable a development environment in the computing environment for development of custom-built components needed for the system according to the model. The automated deployment processing further comprises automatically configuring the system; determining a proper installation sequence; allocating resources in the target environment; and installing the required tools and other software that will be needed for execution once the components of the system are deployed. Component metadata is used during the deployment, enabling automated consideration of various factors such as whether component dependencies, resource requirements, and compatibility issues are met.

Automated deployment of a configured system into a computing environment

The configuration of a system is programmatically determined. More particularly, these determinations are made using architecture artifacts that describe requirements of the system (which may be comprised of software, hardware, services, or some combination thereof), where these requirements are iteratively compared to characteristics of available components. A percentage of match is preferably computed, thus allowing for complete matches as well as partial matches. A weighting factor may be applied to attributes, effectively prioritizing attributes in view of their relative importance in the assembled system. When more than one component is a candidate for meeting a particular requirement, user input may be obtained to select one of the candidates. One or more attributes (such as cost information) of each candidate, including how well that candidate matched requirements, may be included for each candidate presented for user selection. The model may be updated and re-evaluated iteratively.

Configuring assembly of a system using supplied architectural artifacts

A method, system and computer-usable medium for generating a manufacturing-usable easily modifiable product order document is presented. An object collection of objects that describe features of components of a product is created. A view database that describes a logical relationship among components in the object collection is also created. A single document that includes the object collection and the view database is then generated. This single document can be updated according to technical requirements for a product being manufactured according to a product description created from the single document.

Use of extensible object data to represent a fully qualified solution order

A requester-side autonomic governor is provided for a requester configured to send service requests to a service provider. For example, the requester and service provider may be disposed in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) architected system. A feedback loop, preferably a monitor portion of a Monitor, Analyze, Plan, and Execute (MAPE) loop, is configured to monitor responses to service requests. An autonomic governor mechanism limits the type and/or number of concurrent service requests according to a resource pool scheme, and dynamically adjusts a resource threshold of the resource pool scheme based on information provided by the feedback loop. In one embodiment, the resource threshold is reduced if more than a predetermined number of service requests generated time-outs, and is increased if more than a predetermined number of service requests are being held awaiting available pool resources and less than a predetermined number of service requests generated time-outs.

Requester-side autonomic governor

Computer-implemented method for implementing a requester-side autonomic governor using feedback loop information to dynamically adjust a resource threshold of a resource pool scheme

A method and apparatus for creating an object-oriented object with the ability to retrieve database type information from either a local source, or a remote source across an Internet connection via TCP/IP without the knowledge of the invoking object. The object is instanced with a well defined interface containing only primitives. All messages sent to and replies from the object are broken into primitives. The object works normally for local request. However, for request to use a server, the object utilizes a private method to open a connection with the remote server and transmit relevant instance information. The server then creates the requested object locally on the server and invokes the desired method(s). Responses to the method(s) are sent back to the client's private method, which formats the data, and hands it to the calling method.

Method and apparatus for an object-oriented object for retrieving

A user interface is provided for a workstation when the workstation is using a host data processing system. The interface provides a windows type of graphical interface on the workstation when using a host program. The interface allows point-and-go access to host program functions with a mouse. Icons represent desired host functions. The interface provides audio notification of incoming mail, allows files to be uploaded and downloaded between the workstation to the host, allows a user to program an icon and executes host macros.

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