Intel Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Nigel Thomas Cook

Kapil Sood

Susanne M Balle

Yeluri Raghuram

Sven Graupner

Jean-Marc Chevrot

Charles L Hudson

Charles S Greenidge

Alexander Kramer

Disclosed herein are embodiments related to security in cloudlet environments. In some embodiments, for example, a computing device (e.g., a cloudlet) may include: a trusted execution environment; a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) to request a Key Encryption Key (KEK) from the trusted execution environment; and a Self-Encrypting Storage (SES) associated with the KEK; wherein the trusted execution environment is to verify the BIOS and provide the KEK to the BIOS subsequent to verification of the BIOS, and the BIOS is to provide the KEK to the SES to unlock the SES for access by the trusted execution environment.

Computing devices with secure boot operations

Cloudlet computing device with secure boot operations

Computing devices

A resource manager computer system allocates computer resources from a pool of computer resources for executing an application. A data monitoring system monitors metrics for the allocated computer resources, and a resource assessment computer system executes a control plug-in specifying a policy for determining whether to adjust the allocated computer resources based on the metrics.

System for adjusting computer resources allocated for executing an application using a control plug-in

According to one embodiment, a server is automatically deployed using a pre-provisioned logical volume LV. A first world wide name WWNis associatedwith a logical volume LVassociated with a disk array controller. A second world wide name WWN, which is assigned to a server S, is receivedat the disk array controller. Ifthe first world wide name WWNis the same as the second world wide name WWN, the server Sis enabledto access the logical volume LV. The first and second world wide names are not required to be assigned to any server S, Sat the time that the first world wide name is associated with the logical volume.

Automatic server deployment using a pre-provisioned logical volume

A control system for controlling the allocation of computer resources includes control plug-ins arranged in a multi-level hierarchy. A first-level control plug-in is operable to generate instructions for a resource manager to allocate computer resources for an application. A second-level control plug-in is operable to generate instructions for the first-level control plug-in to control the allocation of the computer resources for the application.

Hierarchal control system for controlling the allocation of computer resources

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Boulder, CO, United States of America

Nigel Thomas Cook