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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Aston G. Farquharson, Carmel, NY (US);
Karen L. Faison, Smyrna, GA (US);
Jodie A. Maccrory, Houston, TX (US);
Michael E. Weiner, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Aston G. Farquharson, Carmel, NY (US);
Karen L. Faison, Smyrna, GA (US);
Jodie A. MacCrory, Houston, TX (US);
Michael E. Weiner, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Under the present invention, a customer will login to a secure computer infrastructure and initially be polled and/or provide some input relating to an integrated IT solution that is desired. The customer can then make selections for hardware and/or software components desired for the integrated IT solution. The present invention will analyze the selections and verify whether each of the selected components is of similar quality to one another. If not, the customer can be alerted. The present invention will also make recommendations for services that best match the selected components. The integrated IT solution will then be finalized based on the components and services selected by the customer. Once the solution has been finalized, a corresponding contract(s) can be developed/generated, approved and executed within the secure computer infrastructure.