International Business Machines Corporation

Matthew P Jarvis

Muhtar B Akbulut

Keith Allen Wells

David Liman

Nimit K Patel

Scott R Patterson

Richard D Watts

Mark T Buquor

Vivek Garg

Aidyl M Kareh

Vincent B Phan

Robin Y Bobbitt

Nicholas R Ibarluzea

Donny R Rota

Brianna A Kicia

Max W Vohlken

Sanjeev Jha

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device, an event notification; determining, by the computing device, whether to immediately execute a pipeline including a commit associated with the event notification based on historical trends of commits entering the pipeline at a similar time period as a current time; and immediately executing or delaying the execution of the pipeline, by the computing device, based on the determining whether to immediately execute the pipeline.

Optimizing pipeline execution scheduling based on commit activity trends, priority information, and attributes

At least one ALM artifact, indexed by a unified data store, that does not comply with at least one process convention can be identified. Responsive to identifying the ALM artifact, indexed by the unified data store, that does not comply with the process convention, a determination can be made by a process convention agent executed by a processor as to whether script code is available to update the ALM artifact to comply with the process convention. Responsive to the process convention agent determining that script code is available to update the ALM artifact to comply with the process convention, the process convention agent can automatically execute the script code to update the ALM artifact to comply with the process convention.

Maintaining the integrity of process conventions within an ALM framework

A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for batch processing computing elements on a computing system are provided. The computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system determine a configuration of the computing system hosting the computing elements, identify a plurality of computing elements to batch process, and batch process the plurality of computing elements based on the determined configuration of the computing system.

Batch processing of computing elements to conditionally delete virtual machine(s)

A method, computer program product, and computer system for gathering statistics, by a computing device, for a set of resources associated with a framework. A profile is generated based upon, at least in part, the gathered statistics. A data set is selected for generation of a new resource. The new resource is generated using the profile generated based upon the gathered statistics.

System and method for generating random linked data according to an RDF dataset profile

The present invention provides a common framework to determine if machines are patched and automatically applies patches as required. It provides an automated tool to assess patch levels and apply patches on several different UNIX machine types. Further, it provides a centralized, consistent method of providing patches to multiple roles within an organization while automatically managing large quantities of machines. It can manage multiple security standards, machine classifications, and patch security levels and be customized to interface with existing asset management tools. It evaluates the most suitable patch to satisfy the minimal patch requirements and is an early warning system that will tell a user when the user's machine will go out of compliance. The tool is composed of two parts: a server component and client component. The server collects data reported by client machines and stores it in a database; collects patch, machine and owner data from other databases, including internal databases and vendor web sites; downloads vendor patches to a depot area; and evaluates compliance and generates a list of patches that are missing, applied late, and patches that are satisfied. An overall compliance verdict is calculated for each machine. The server sends the client a list of patches to be installed as needed. The server receives installation status from the client, reports it onto the web, and sends the user email. The client gathers machine data and sends it to server; queries the server to see if patches are needed, and receives a patch list. The client downloads patches from APAR depot; and installs patches and reports status back to the server.

Patch management automation tool for UNIX, APARXML

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Matthew P Jarvis