Apparatus, system, and method for automatically discovering and grouping resources used by a business process

US7546601B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Stephen A. Byrd · San Jose, US
• Steven Czerwinski · Berkeley, US
• J. Kristofer Fox · San Luis Obispo, US
• Bruce Light Hillsberg · Redwood City, US
• Bernhard J. Klingenberg · Grover Beach, US
• Rajesh Krishnan · North Billerica, US
• Balaji Thirumalai · Newark, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/063
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are provided for automatically discovering and grouping files and other resources used by a business process. The present invention includes a monitoring module that collects trace data representative of operational behavior of software applications. An analysis module analyzes the trace data to discover resources affiliated with the business process. A determination module defines a logical application corresponding to the business process and includes the resources discovered by the analysis module. The logical application is automatically defined such that business policies may be readily implemented on the logical application as a whole. Manual identification of resources for a business process is eliminated or substantially reduced.