Method for dynamic information technology infrastructure provisioning

US8000260B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• John F. Brady · Brooklyn, US
• Frank DeGilio · Poughkeepsie, US
• Sean Swehla · Poughkeepsie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

Provisioning and management resources are drawn from an overall pool of resources. Management and managed resources are then dynamically associated on the network to securely perform requested on-demand management functions. Since the managing system controls the networking between the devices that are managed or provisioned, the linkage of resources incurs a minimal amount of network overhead. Since provisioning resources are themselves dynamically built and automatically associated with the resources being managed, a dramatically reduced management overhead is achieved.