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Outcome-based software-defined infrastructure

US9729421B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Brad L. Brech · Rochester, US
Scott W. Crowder · Pleasantville, US
Hubertus Franke · Somers, US
Jeffrey A. Frey · Fishkill, US
Nagui Halim · Yorktown Heights, US
Matt R. Hogstrom · Raleigh, US
Chung-Sheng Li · Scarsdale, US
David B. Lindquist · Chapel Hill, US
Stefan Pappe · Heidelberg, DE
Pratap C. Pattnaik · Ossining, US
Balachandar Rajaraman · Cary, US
Radha P. Ratnaparkhi · Ridgefield, US
Rodney A. Smith · Raleigh, US
Michael D. Williams · Gardiner, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 2015
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/51
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for outcome-based adjustment of a software-defined environment (SDE) that includes establishing a link between a business outcome and a first resource configuration from software defined environment, establishing a monitoring mechanism for continuously measuring a current state of the SDE, using a behavior model of the SDE to anticipate, or forecast, a triggering event, and responsive to the forecast of a triggering event, using the behavior model to determine a second resource configuration to achieve the business outcome. The link includes at least one of a utility of services for the business outcome, a cost of a set of resources consumed by the first resource configuration, and a risk of the set of resources becoming unavailable.

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