International Business Machines Corporation

Thomas Dean Christopherson

Harvey Gene Kiel

Brian L Peterson

Raymond F Romon

Pernell James Dykes

Charles S Gauthier

Christopher Wicher

Luis Benici Casco-Arias

Scott D Hammersley

Christopher John Lankow

Stephen Biondi

Timothy James Slavin

Katherine A Imming

William L Bliss, Jr

An information technology portfolio is managed using assessments that are based on a set of criteria. Each of the criteria may have one or more attributes, and may be different in priority from one another. The criteria are preferably directed toward evaluating, ensuring, and/or improving acceptance of the products in the portfolio by their target marketplace or market segment. Assessments are performed, using the criteria and attributes, and results of these assessments may be used when making various decisions regarding the products in the portfolio.

Information technology portfolio management

Provided is a method, system, program, and data structures method, system, program, and data structures for configuring a client computer connected to a network, wherein a remote computer is capable of communicating with the client computer over the network. Sets of configuration parameters are stored in a non-volatile storage unit. The sets of configuration parameters instruct at least one program how to initialize operational parameters and load programs into the client computer memory during a power on. For each set of configuration parameters, a token is stored in the non-volatile storage unit indicating access rights to the set of configuration parameters. The token specifies whether management entities running on the remote computer and client computer can access the set of configuration parameters for that token.

Method, system and program for sharing the ability to set configuration parameters in a network environment

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Rochester, MN, United States of America

Thomas Dean Christopherson