System and article of manufacture for integration of data management operations into a workflow system

US7890922B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mike W. Grasselt · Echterdingen, DE
• Matthias Kloppmann · Eppelheim, DE
• Albert Maier · Tübingen, DE
• Oliver Suhre · Stuttgart, DE
• Matthias Tschaffler · Nufringen, DE
• Charles D. Wolfson · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are provided for processing a workflow. A workflow including one or more data management activities is received. A workflow description is generated from the workflow that includes a description of the one or more data management activities. One or more data management operations are generated from the workflow description. The one or more data management operations are executed against one or more data management systems.