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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ravi Nair, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Charles R. Johns, Austin, TX (US);
James A. Kahle, Austin, TX (US);
Constantinos Evangelinos, Cambridge, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An approach is described that coordinates workflow between nodes that include a local node and remote nodes. A location suggestion is received at a provider application. The location suggestion corresponds to a preferred node from the group of nodes where a named data element should be stored. The named data element is stored in a Coordination Namespace that is stored in a memory that is distributed amongst the various nodes. The provider application creates a data corresponding to the named data element.