International Business Machines Corporation

Thomas V Frauenhofer

Vasanth Bala

Todd W Mummert

Joshua S Auerbach

Bowen L Alpern

Jobi George

Michael A Pigott

Michael E Moran

Jeffrey S Schaffer

Joaquin Manuel Marques

Subhas Palchowdhury

An information processing system includes a preparation machine with an installed image; an execution machine on which the installed image is virtually installed; and a virtualizer for virtualizing the installed image on the execution machine to produce a virtually installed image by using a hierarchy of selective virtualizers, wherein the virtualizing is selective such that not all operations of the executing software of the installed image at any particular level are virtualized.

Simplifying the deployment and serviceability of commercial software environments

A method for executing on a first computer an application having an installed image prepared on a second computer, wherein the installed image is virtually installed on the first computer, is disclosed. The method includes emulating on the first computer a native environment of the second computer. The method further includes detecting an operation of the application upon data, wherein the operation requires an operation on data located on the first computer, and wherein a copy of the data is located in the virtually installed image. The method further includes directing the operation of the application to operate on the data located in the virtually installed image.

Method and apparatus for simplifying the deployment and serviceability of commercial software environments

A system for collecting, categorizing and searching metadata about content provided on the internet and/or intranet for delivery in accordance with customized user profiles. The system collects internet information and categorizes same for provision at a customer's intranet server. The system is additionally adapted to either passively receive or actively collect and categorize internally-provided content for delivery with the externally gathered and categorized content and for matching to user profiles.

Method and system for providing access for categorized information from online internet and intranet sources

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Thomas V Frauenhofer