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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ivan M. Milman, Austin, TX (US);
Martin Oberhofer, Bondorf, DE;
Sushain Pandit, Austin, TX (US);
Calvin S. Powers, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Wayne Tackabury, West Tisbury, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for the placing of information assets, including: discovering information about a new or changed information asset; determining one or more characteristics of an ideal location for the information asset; determining one or more characteristics of one or more locations in an information technology environment; determining the compatibility of the information asset with the location(s) by comparing the characteristic(s) of the ideal location to the characteristic(s) of the actual location(s); reporting the compatibility to a user; and optionally suggesting alternative placement locations. The locations may be part of one or more locational schemas.