International Business Machines Corporation

Timothy Durniak

James R Kraemer

Robert R Friedlander

Jeb R Linton

Robert Lee Angell

Jennifer B Brown

Paul T Dimarzio

Martin Schmid

Duncan S Anderson

Oliver C W Blodgett

Mikaela R Moore

An invention for comparing utility and warranty of services in an information (IT) stack is provided. Embodiments of this invention are directed to comparing utility and warranty of services in an information technology (IT) stack comprising a plurality of layers, at least one of the plurality of layers having a set of services. In these embodiments, a utility and warranty tool provides this capability. Specifically, the utility and warranty tool comprises a determination component configured to determine, at each layer of the IT stack, a required utility and warranty (RUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the RUW value represents a desired solution for implementing a business process; and determine, at each layer of the IT stack, an available utility and warranty (AUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the AUW value is a measure of an ability of each of the set of services to satisfy the RUW at each layer of the IT stack. The utility and warranty tool further comprises a comparison component configured to compare the RUW value against the AUW value at each layer of the IT stack to determine whether each of the set of services satisfies the desired solution for implementing the business process.

Comparing utility and warranty of services

A mechanism is provided for verifying an identity of a user using dynamically generated questions based on transactions conducted by the user. Responsive to receiving a request to verify the identity of the user, one or more transaction based sources associated with the user are scanned for a set of transactions conducted by the user within a first predetermined time frame of a current time. A subset of transactions from the set of transactions are randomly selected as the basis for forming a set of questions to be used to verify the identity of the user. The set of questions are generated such that the user is required to identify one or more details about the subset of transactions in order to verify the user's identity. Responsive to the user correctly answering the one or more details about the subset of transactions, the user is authenticated.

Multiple-point cognitive identity challenge system

Methods and a system are provided that, in turn, are for providing security between a user device and a computer related device. A method includes providing a distributed registry service that specifies a plurality of services available to support communications between the user device and the computer related device. The method further includes at least one of dynamically constructing and altering one or more multi-node transient processing pathways between the user device and the computer related device based on respective selected ones of the plurality of services. For at least one node in each of the one or more transient processing pathways, an address thereof and a time period the at least one node is active and capable of being used is set or changed, based on at least one of an application programming interface type and a data request type implicated by a received packet.

Security maximization for a computer related device based on real-time reaction

A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls access to computer resources used by a computer application. One or more processors fractionate a computer application into disparate components. Two or more of the disparate components are assigned to different communication pathways, where the different communication pathways lead to requisite resources needed to execute the disparate components. One or more processors create and install a virtual machine within at least one of the different communication pathways, such that the virtual machine controls access to a particular requisite resource by a particular disparate component. One or more processors then issue a resource retrieval instruction to retrieve the particular requisite resource via the virtual machine and at least one of the different communication pathways.

Installing virtual machines within different communication pathways to access protected resources

One or more processors fractionate a computer application into disparate components, and assign two or more of the disparate components to different communication pathways, where the different communication pathways lead to requisite resources needed to execute the disparate components. The processor(s) create a virtual machine that controls access to a particular requisite resource by a particular disparate component, and install the virtual machine within at least one of the different communication pathways to control access to the particular requisite resource by the particular disparate component. The processor(s) transmit a resource retrieval instruction to retrieve the particular requisite resource via the virtual machine and at least one of the different communication pathways, and adjust a quantity of virtual machines between the computer application and the particular requisite resource according to a threat level for the particular disparate component.

An invention for comparing utility and warranty of services in an information (IT) stack is provided. The invention determines, at each layer of the IT stack, a required utility and warranty (RUW) value for each of a set of services, wherein the RUW value represents a desired solution for implementing a business process; determines, at each layer of the IT stack, an available utility and warranty (AUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the AUW value is a measure of an ability of each of the set of services to satisfy the RUW at each layer of the IT stack; and compares the RUW value against the AUW value at each layer of the IT stack to determine whether each of the set of services satisfies the desired solution for implementing the business process.

A Lab On a Chip (LOC) comprises: a sample inlet for receiving a liquid sample; and a Sample Preparation Module (SPM) coupled to the sample inlet. The SPM comprises: a mixing chamber; a reagent chamber containing a reagent; a semi-permeable membrane oriented between the mixing chamber and the reagent chamber; and a tuned energy source, wherein the tuned energy source selectively causes contents of the reagent chamber to expand and pass through the semi-permeable membrane into the mixing chamber to mix the reagent with the liquid sample. The LOC further comprises a microchannel coupled to the SPM; a light source; an optic module optically proximate to the microchannel; and a plurality of lenses within the optic module, wherein each lens has a different effective focal length for generating a single composite image of an object passing through the microchannel.

Lab on a chip

A Lab On a Chip (LOC) has a Sample Preparation Module (SPM) coupled to a sample inlet, a microchannel coupled to the SPM, and an optic module optically proximate to the microchannel. The optic module holds multiple lenses, each of which has a different effective focal length, such that all fields of focus within the microchannel are covered as objects suspended within the liquid sample pass through the microchannel.

Lab On a Chip

A computer implemented method optimizes a configuration of an information technology (IT) infrastructure. A processor establishes a technology rule set, which defines technology weights of an IT infrastructure by mapping capabilities of IT infrastructure components to IT infrastructure attributes needed to execute a specific workload. A candidate IT infrastructure for executing the specific workload is then configured. The processor then receives responses, provided by a customer, to an attribute questionnaire. Each question in the attribute questionnaire is mapped to an IT infrastructure attribute of the candidate IT infrastructure, and the responses define a customer's level of agreement/disagreement with the technology weights. In response to the processor determining that the candidate IT infrastructure fails to meet the customer's expectations, the candidate IT infrastructure is reconfigured until the customer's expectations are met.

Optimizing it infrastructure configuration

A device for generating a born encrypted optical file includes a photovoltaic matrix for converting an optical image into a digital file. The digital file is a collection of digital data that has not been processed by any image processing logic and thus cannot be used to directly generate a reproduced image of the object. An encryption logic converts the digital file into an encrypted digital file that can be exported from the device to an authorized device to create a decrypted digital file. This decrypted digital file is capable of being used by a display logic to display an image of the object.

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