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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2003
Carol I. Delgaudio, Williston, VT (US);
Scott D. Hicks, Underhill Center, VT (US);
William M. Houston, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Victoria A. Locke, Fishkill, NY (US);
James A. Martin, Jr., Endicott, NY (US);
Douglas G. Murray, Johnson City, NY (US);
Diane C. Rauch, Williston, VT (US);
Carol I. DelGaudio, Williston, VT (US);
Scott D. Hicks, Underhill Center, VT (US);
William M. Houston, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Victoria A. Locke, Fishkill, NY (US);
James A. Martin, Jr., Endicott, NY (US);
Douglas G. Murray, Johnson City, NY (US);
Diane C. Rauch, Williston, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a method of and system for enterprise-wide migration. The method comprises the steps of creating instances of databases for a migration, for billing and reporting, and repositing reports; gathering information on the organization, location, hardware, and software affected by said migration into a database for planning said migration; and building an inventory of the affected hardware and software using an inventory tracking tool or an inventory mailer. Migration hardware and software is ordered based on said planning and said inventory, using an inventory tool; and labor, hardware, and software as installed are tracked and billed, using said billing and reporting database. Agents for said creating, gathering, building and tracking are enabled using an agent control facility.