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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Willem Robert Van Biljon, Cape Town, ZA;
Christopher Conway Pinkham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Russell Andrew Cloran, Cape Town, ZA;
Michael Carl Gorven, Cape Town, ZA;
Alexandre Hardy, Cape Town, ZA;
Brynmor K. B. Divey, Cape Town, ZA;
Quinton Robin Hoole, Cape Town, ZA;
Girish Kalele, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Willem Robert Van Biljon, Cape Town, ZA;
Christopher Conway Pinkham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Russell Andrew Cloran, Cape Town, ZA;
Michael Carl Gorven, Cape Town, ZA;
Alexandre Hardy, Cape Town, ZA;
Brynmor K. B. Divey, Cape Town, ZA;
Quinton Robin Hoole, Cape Town, ZA;
Girish Kalele, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Access to resources in a cloud computing environment having a plurality of computing nodes is described. A group of users is defined within the cloud computing environment. A first name is assigned to the group. At least one subgroup of users is defined from within the group. A second name is assigned to the at least one subgroup. The second name follows a hierarchical naming structure of the form/group/subgroup.