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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Stephen E. Bello, Austin, TX (US);
Tze-rong Fu, Coppell, TX (US);
Kevin P. Mcauliffe, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
John F. Palmer, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Emily C. Plachy, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Kathryn Priest Reece, Marietta, GA (US);
David U. Shorter, Lewisville, TX (US);
Stephen E. Bello, Austin, TX (US);
Tze-Rong Fu, Coppell, TX (US);
Kevin P. McAuliffe, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
John F. Palmer, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Emily C. Plachy, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Kathryn Priest Reece, Marietta, GA (US);
David U. Shorter, Lewisville, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for forming and procuring an integrated solution to meet a set of requirements. The invention includes an electronic exchange for providing an information technology (IT) solution, comprising: a matching system for matching IT requirements with a set of candidate IT components that provide the IT solution; a supplier exchange system for interfacing with suppliers of the set of candidate IT components; and an exchange catalog for storing information relating to available IT components, including supplier information.