International Business Machines Corporation

William Edward Hutson

John Arthur Medicke

Samuel R McHan, Jr

Christopher H L Wicher

David Bruce Lection

Christopher Wicher

William D Goldberg

An automated incremental solution deployment strategy created for an enterprise organization based upon evaluation of a set of possible information technology solution alternatives within an automated architectural framework is received. An information technology solution is incrementally deployed and incrementally selected from the set of possible information technology solution alternatives during the incremental deployment using the automated incremental solution deployment strategy.

Adaptive information technology solution design and deployment

Information technology solution alternatives for an enterprise organization are evaluated within an automated architectural framework based upon one or more information technology evaluation metrics. An automated incremental solution deployment strategy is created based upon the evaluated plurality of information technology solution alternatives. An information technology solution is selected from the set of information technology solution alternatives for deployment based upon the automated incremental solution deployment strategy.

A set of information technology solution alternatives is generated for an enterprise organization. The information technology solution alternatives are evaluated within an automated architectural framework based upon one or more information technology evaluation metrics. An automated incremental solution deployment strategy is created based upon the evaluated plurality of information technology solution alternatives. An information technology solution is selected from the set of information technology solution alternatives for deployment based upon the automated incremental solution deployment strategy.

A company's ability to expand its market presence by delivering value to emerging and immature markets is influenced by its ability to develop a rich and differentiated value net within these emerging markets. Techniques are disclosed for making resource placement decisions in an objective manner, using results from a value chain analysis. Geographies or locations that are candidates for the resource placement are analyzed in terms of a set of criteria which, in preferred embodiments, are directed toward identifying strengths and weaknesses of each location as part of an overall value chain.

Market expansion through optimized resource placement

A method of removing stored media content from a media player (MP) is disclosed. The method includes allowing a first set of media content to be downloaded to the MP for playing, and identifying a second set of media content from all media content stored on the MP. In response to the identifying the second set of media content, automatically copying the second set of media content from the MP to a processing unit in signal connection with the MP for archival storage, and, automatically removing the second set of media content from the MP. The identifying the second set of media content occurs in response to at least one of: the current time matching a date and time combination specified by a user to remove the media content; and, playing the first set of media content.

Media content removal system and method

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a serially presented set of items. The process displays a content for a given item for an amount of time based on user input in response to a user selection of the given item. The process identifies a dwell value for the given item based on a dwell time for the given item and a timing profile. The dwell time is the amount of time the content for the given item is displayed. The process removes the item from a plurality of content items in response to a determination that the dwell value for the item is less than a dwell threshold.

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William Edward Hutson