Bank of America Corporation

Robert J Maloney

Aaron D Kephart

Suresh G Nair

Antony R Kerrison

Brian R Kilpatrick

Carol Gatrell

Wallace A Kirkland

Howard Boville

Michael L Ritchie

Atilio A Deambrosi

Philip H Howard-Knight

William N Waldron

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward a distributed computing system in which host computing devices host computing services that are only accessible by client computing devices and other computing services associated with a particular computing channel for a line-of-business and in which host computing devices host computing services that are accessible by client computing devices and other computing services across lines of business. The computing services are configured according to a common application interface (API) that provides a modular configuration allowing the computing services to be deployed across multiple computing channels for multiple lines-of-business respectively. Aspects of the present disclosure are also directed toward an automated deployment system that is configured to automatically deploy computing services at a computing platform based on a computing platform template and one or more computing service templates.

Distributed computing system

System and method for managing the configuration of resources in an enterprise. Embodiments of the present invention gather, store, and maintain institutional knowledge of configurations of IT resources of an enterprise. A configuration database serves as a temporal record of the configurations of the resources. The configuration database can reflect a dimensional model of the enterprise configuration where various configuration items are linked together. A configuration change can be analyzed and approved, and then reflected in a change to a configuration item (CI) which imposes an appropriate change to other configuration items based on upstream, downstream, peer relationships and/or views. A system according to an embodiment of the invention can also include a change database, an inventory database, a problem database, and/or a service level management subsystem to ensure changes to an enterprise's configuration are consistent with service level agreements and/or operating level agreements.

System and method for managing the configuration of resources in an enterprise

System and method for facilitating the implementation of changes to the configuration of resources in an enterprise. Embodiments of the present invention facilitate the use of historical information about an enterprise's IT configuration to evaluate the risk and impact of proposed changes. Risk can be evaluated using a success history for an organization within the enterprise that is responsible for the proposed change, or by applying a neural network to the historical data to detect recognizable patterns in the historical data. A risk evaluation can take into account sensitivity of the change to dates assigned on a change calendar, based on sensitivity dates gathered from the historical data. Historical data can be maintained and provided by a configuration database.

System and method for facilitating the implementation of changes to the configuration of resources in an enterprise

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Robert J Maloney