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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Ernest J. Burger, Highland, NY (US);
Maria T. Kapogiannis, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Andrew C. Stafford, Rocky River, OH (US);
SO Ying Tse-lam, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Ernest J. Burger, Highland, NY (US);
Maria T. Kapogiannis, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Andrew C. Stafford, Rocky River, OH (US);
So Ying Tse-Lam, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a connection manager, method, system and program product for centrally managing computer applications. Specifically, under the present invention, a connection manager is provided that centrally manages the applications through a queue broker, and communicates with components of a heartbeat manager and cleanup manager. The connection manager of the present invention provides, among other things, a centralized point for: (1) applications to directly connect to one another; (2) heartbeats of the applications to be monitored; and (3) any necessary cleanup actions to be implemented.