International Business Machines Corporation

Ryan G Dejana

Lisa Seacat DeLuca

Daniel C Krook

Soobaek Jang

Brian Daniel Goodman

Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran

Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela

Carlos A Hoyos

Jonathan M Barney

Jesus Ivan Portilla

Approaches for routing data to storage are provided. An approach includes determining implicit metadata from explicit metadata received with a request from a user to store a file. The approach also includes determining a storage resource based on the explicit metadata, the implicit metadata, and a registry of storage resources. The approach additionally includes routing data of the file to the determined storage resource.

Intelligent data routing and storage provisioning

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for accessing data in a network is provided. The present invention may include reading a control blockchain, by a non-trusted node, to enable the non-trusted node to read an asset from a trusted node blockchain on a trusted node. The present invention may also include reading the trusted node blockchain by the non-trusted node. The present invention may then include creating, by the non-trusted node, a new block on a temporary blockchain based on the read trusted node blockchain. The present invention may further include transmitting, by the non-trusted node, the created new block to the trusted node, wherein transmitting the created new block causes the created new block to be added to the trusted node blockchain.

Sensitive information accessibility in blockchain

A mobile device performs admixed transactions at a merchant. The mobile device receives a purchase amount. The mobile device connects to at least one other mobile device. Responsive to connecting to the at least one other mobile device, the mobile device receives account authorization for at least one other purchase amount. Responsive to receiving the account authorization from the at least one other device, the mobile device creates an admixed authorization. The admixed authorization comprises individual account authorizations for users of the mobile device and the at least one other mobile device. The mobile device initiates a single transaction at a merchant. The mobile device transfers the admixed authorization to the merchant. Each of the individual account authorizations are applied to the single transaction based on the purchase amount and the at least one other purchase amount authorized in the individual account authorizations.

Transaction management based on individual orders or number of devices at table for desired distribution

Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for provisioning a virtual resource instance (e.g., a server instance, etc.) in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) based upon network characteristics (e.g., physical locations, email addresses/configurations, network connection types, internet protocol (IP) addresses, etc.) of a set (at least one) of intended end users of the virtual resource instance.

Determining an optimal datacenter for placing a resource instance in a cloud that would benefit an intended set of end users in a geographical region

An embodiment of the invention provides a method and system for autoconfiguring a cloud instance based on contextual parameters. More specifically, an interface receives a request for a resource from a user; and, an analysis module connected to the interface examines parameters of the resource. The parameters of the resource include an encryption parameter and a language parameter. The analysis module also examines properties of the request, including a location of the user, at least one rule at the location of the user, and a dominant language at the location of the user. A processor connected to the analysis module determines whether the encryption parameter of the resource violates the rule at the location of the user. An instance generator connected to the processor creates a customized instance of the resource when the encryption parameter of the resource violates the rule at the location of the user.

Autoconfiguration of a cloud instance based on contextual parameters

Network computing management is implemented by determining a location of a requestor requesting access to an instance configured at a data center, retrieving a list of data centers configured for a network computing environment, and evaluating aspects of the data centers in the list in view of the location of the requestor. The network computing management is further implemented by selecting a data center from the list that satisfies a threshold level of criteria and which threshold level exceeds a level ascertained for remaining data centers in the list. In response to determining the data center selected is different from the data center through which the instance is configured, the network computing management relocates the instance to the selected data center.

Network computing management

Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for provisioning a virtual resource instance (e.g., a server instance, etc.) in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) based upon network characteristics (e.g., physical locations, email addresses/configurations, network connection types, internet protocol (IP) addresses, etc.) of a set (at least one) of intended end users of the virtual resource instance. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, the network characteristics associated with the set of intended end users will be gathered and analyzed (e.g., to determine end user location, etc.). The analysis of the network characteristics will then be used to calculate/determine relative (e.g., network) efficiency scores for each intended end user for a set of potential data centers for the virtual resource instance. The relative efficiency scores for each potential data center will be summed/totaled to yield a total (e.g., network) efficiency score for each potential data center. Thereafter, the particular data center with the highest/best total efficiency score may be selected, and the requested resource instance may be provisioned at that data center.

Determining resource instance placement in a networked computing environment

A client computer extracts contextual information associated with a file that is created. The client computer generates scores for the file by utilizing the contextual information that is extracted. The client computer assigns a value to the file, based on an aggregation of the scores that are generated. The client computer monitors activities on the client computer, wherein the activities trigger an event on the client computer. The client computer determines whether the event is in violation of one or more computer security policies on a server computer, wherein the one or more computer security policies require work-related files to be deleted or encrypted. The client computer classifies the file as personal data or work-related business data. The client computer secures the file, if the file is classified as work-related business data.

Classifying files on a mobile computer device

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an integrated development environment (IDE)-based approach for testing development projects (e.g., comprising one or more intended workloads). In a typical embodiment, a designation of a project (e.g. having a set of workloads) for testing on a network resource group is received via a user interface associated with an IDE. A current server instance in the network resource group having a highest availability for testing the project may then be identified (e.g., based on an analysis of various computing/cost characteristics). The project may then be deployed to the current server instance, and a network address corresponding to the current server instance may be associated with the project in a computer storage device. The project may then be tested by processing the set of intended workloads using the current server instance.

Integrated development environment-based workload testing in a networked computing environment

Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach to forecast a potential demand for partitioned/sharded data and to distribute the data among a set of data partitions based on forecasted demand to optimize network characteristics (e.g., network bandwidth) and/or expedite data retrieval. For example, the data may be distributed among the partitions based on a quantity of trends/requests/hits on the data, so that requests for the data can be balanced among the partitions geographically.

Distributing data among data storage partitions based on a forecasted demand in a networked computing environment

Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach to mitigate the risk of downtime or failed upgrades to a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing infrastructure). This approach generally comprises pre-testing and evaluating potential upgrade paths to identify potential problems, and optionally recommending one or more optimal configurations. Specifically, if a proposed upgrade is identified as having potential points of failure (e.g., based on pre-testing), an end user/customer may be so notified. If the upgrade has several potential successful configurations, such configurations may be evaluated to identify a configuration that appears to have the greatest likelihood of a successful installation scenario. Optionally, the end user may then choose to redirect workload(s) to a successfully configured system that has been provisioned and pre-tested.

Identifying optimal upgrade scenarios in a networked computing environment

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an approach for using electronic feeds (e.g., online news feeds, social media resources/websites, etc.) to predict potentially harmful events and take preemptive measures/actions to minimize and/or avoid loss. In a typical embodiment, a set of electronic feeds (e.g., news feeds and/or social networking website feeds) is accessed. A query is then issued against the set of feeds based on a set of search criteria pertaining to a possible event having a potential to adversely affect the networked computing environment. A set of results is received in a computer memory medium of the networked computing environment. It may then be determined whether at least one property of the set of results (e.g., a quantity of 'hits') meets one or more predetermined event criteria (e.g., a predetermined threshold).

Event prediction and preemptive action identification in a networked computing environment

A system, method and program product for delivering to an invitee of a teleconference an electronic file attached to or referenced by a meeting notice for the teleconference. The teleconference hosted by a server computer, the invitee has a telephone to call-in to the teleconference via a telephone connection, and an invitee computer downloads the electronic file from the server computer via a first network in response to selection by the invitee of a representation of the electronic file from the meeting notice. The server computer receives a notification that a predetermined combination of keys has been pressed by the invitee on the telephone. In response, the server computer determines an e-mail address or instant message address for the invitee. The server computer attaches and sends the electronic file to an e-mail or instant message with the attached electronic file to the e-mail address or instant message address.

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Ryan G Dejana