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(45) Date of Patent:
(54) HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT, PURCHASING AND OPTIMIZATION
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Abbass et al., “Or And Data Mining For Intelligent Decision
Support in The‘ Australian Dairy Industry’s Bredding pro (75)
Inventors: Robert Barri”, New York, NY (Us); Peter Kassan, New York, NY (US);
Per Hellberg, New York, NY (Us)
gram , proceedings of New research in Or, ASOR, Brisbane, 1998’ PPS- 1_23-* _
Kwo'n 'et al., “A Multilayered perceptron Approache to
prediction of The SEC s Investigation Targets , ( Neural
(73) Assignee; [Sagan Corporation, New York, NY (Us)
Network), IEEE Transactions on, vol.: 7 Issue: 5, Sep. 1996, pps. 1286—1290.*
(*)
Wei Fan et al., “Cost—based Modeling for Fraud and Intrusion Detection: Results from the JAM Project”, Darpa Information survivability Conference and Exposition. IEEE
Notice;
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U_S,C, 154(b) by 1016 days,
(21) APPL NO: 09“52,466
1999, proceedings, vol.: 2, pps. 130—144.* Yihwa Kiang et al., “Long—term and Short—Term Strategic l’lanning in ABusiness Environment, A Qualitative Reason
(22) Filed:
PPS 337_354_*
1ng Approach”, 1990 ACM 089791—146—3 /90/0010/0337,
Aug. 31, 2000
_ _ Related_
Lam et al., “An Extensible Knowledge Base management System for Supporting Rule—Based Interoperatbility among
Apphcatlon Data
(60) 1553315191191 applwatwn NO- 60/152,187, ?led on Sep- 2, '
heterogeneous Systems”, 1995 ACM 0—89791—812—6/95/ 11. Pps. 1—10.*
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11/1994 Chu et a1. 5/1996
Primary Examiner—Ani1 Khatri Assistant Examiner—Michael B. Holmes
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,515,524 A
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A Multilayered Perception Approach to Prediction of the SEC’s Investigation Targets, Tack Mu KWon, Member
Philip ScoWn., “Improving The Procurement process:
IEEE; Ehsan H. FeroZ; IEEE Transactions on Nueral Net
Humanizing Accountants With a Human Factors Educa
Works vol. 7, No. 5, (1996), pps. 1286—1290.*
tion”, (Association for Information systems), 1998 ACM,
Argis Budget, Janus Technologies, Mar. 14, 2000, Press
pps. 1—7.*
Release, 36 pages. Choon—Ling Sia et al., Predictive capacity planning: a
Long—term and Short—term Strategic Planning in ABusiness Environment—A Qualitative Reasoning Approach, YihWa Kiang; Tsing—HWa; 1990 ACM SIGBDP Conference on Trends and Direction in Expert Systems, pps. 337—354.*
Predictive capacity planning: a proactive approach, Chooh—Ling Sia; Yin—Seong Ho; Information and SoftWare Technology (1997) pps. 195—204.* Access Control for Large Collections, H. M. Gladney (IBM
proactive approach, Information and SoftWare Technology, Mar. 1997, Elsevier, Netherlands, vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 195—204.
Author Anonymous; Maximizing Performance/Availability for RanningApplications, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulle tin; vol. 34, No. 5, Oct. 1, 1991, pp. 102.
Almaden Rersearch Center), ACM Transactions on Infor
Grummitt A.; Automating terprise performance manage ment, Capacity Management RevieW, Mar. 1998, Demand Technol, USA, vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 1, 3—11, 14—15.
mation Systems, vol. 15, Apr. 1997, pps. 164—194.*
* cited by examiner
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(12)
United States Patent
(10) Patent N0.:
Barritz et a1.
(45) Date of Patent:
(54) HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT, PURCHASING AND OPTIMIZATION
US 6,938,027 B1 Aug. 30, 2005
OTHER PUBLICATIONS .
SYSTEM
.
.
.
.
Abbass et al., “Or And Data Mining For Intelligent Decision
Support in The‘ Australian Dairy Industry’s Bredding pro (75)
Inventors: Robert Barri”, New York, NY (Us); Peter Kassan, New York, NY (US);
Per Hellberg, New York, NY (Us)
gram , proceedings of New research in Or, ASOR, Brisbane, 1998’ PPS- 1_23-* _
Kwo'n 'et al., “A Multilayered perceptron Approache to
prediction of The SEC s Investigation Targets , ( Neural
(73) Assignee; [Sagan Corporation, New York, NY (Us)
Network), IEEE Transactions on, vol.: 7 Issue: 5, Sep. 1996, pps. 1286—1290.*
(*)
Wei Fan et al., “Cost—based Modeling for Fraud and Intrusion Detection: Results from the JAM Project”, Darpa Information survivability Conference and Exposition. IEEE
Notice;
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U_S,C, 154(b) by 1016 days,
(21) APPL NO: 09“52,466
1999, proceedings, vol.: 2, pps. 130—144.* Yihwa Kiang et al., “Long—term and Short—Term Strategic l’lanning in ABusiness Environment, A Qualitative Reason
(22) Filed:
PPS 337_354_*
1ng Approach”, 1990 ACM 089791—146—3 /90/0010/0337,
Aug. 31, 2000
_ _ Related_
Lam et al., “An Extensible Knowledge Base management System for Supporting Rule—Based Interoperatbility among
Apphcatlon Data
(60) 1553315191191 applwatwn NO- 60/152,187, ?led on Sep- 2, '
heterogeneous Systems”, 1995 ACM 0—89791—812—6/95/ 11. Pps. 1—10.*
(51)
Int. Cl.7 .............................................. .. G06F 17/00
(52)
706/50; 709/223
(58)
Field of Search ........................... .. 706/50; 709/223 _
(56)
References Clted 5,367,473 A
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & So?e“
11/1994 Chu et a1. 5/1996
Primary Examiner—Ani1 Khatri Assistant Examiner—Michael B. Holmes
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,515,524 A
.
(Con?rmed)
(57)
Lynch et a1.
ABSTRACT -
5,590,056 A * 12/1996 Barritz ..................... .. 702/186
-
-
-
_
_
_
The mvennon provldes for trackmg and day to day man
5,668,995 A * 9/1997 Bhat ........................ .. 709/104
agémem of fzomputer data FentersyAkFlowledge bf‘se Com‘
5,754,763 A *
Pnses teFhmcal and ?nanclal specl?canons of “"1095 Stor
5/1998 Bereiter .................... .. 713/201
5,761,091 A *
6/1998 Agrawal et a1. .......... .. 702/186
age devlces and other Computer hardware as provlded- A
5,813,012 A
9/1998 Chase er a1,
modeling tool allows for the creation of various “What-If”
5,950,010 A * 6,122,630 A *
9/2000 stficklef et a1
9/1999 Hesse et a1. ............. .. 361/934 ~~~~~ -- 707/10
scenarios of possible data center con?gurations for long term projections of the technical and ?nancial requirements.
2001/0023414 A1 : 9/2001 Kumar et a1~
~~ 708/170
2OO1/OOZ2182 A1 * 10/2001 Kumar et a1‘
7Og/4O
* 2002/0019810 A1 * 2002/0095651 A1 *
Z: :1‘
The management and day-to-day tracking system receives
information from an auditing tool that inventories the soft ware products that are stored on the data center.
2/2002 Kumar et a1 705/42 7/2002 Kumar et a1. ............. .. 717/104
40 Claims, 38 Drawing Sheets
10
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602212932“
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Ccrrelator
Edltur
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\-ss 50
/-m
/_
Operating System
[-60 Table Generator
/-1o Report Generator
Display
/-ao Chart Generator
/—ao Dbpluy
US 6,938,027 B1 Page 2
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
A Multilayered Perception Approach to Prediction of the SEC’s Investigation Targets, Tack Mu KWon, Member
Philip ScoWn., “Improving The Procurement process:
IEEE; Ehsan H. FeroZ; IEEE Transactions on Nueral Net
Humanizing Accountants With a Human Factors Educa
Works vol. 7, No. 5, (1996), pps. 1286—1290.*
tion”, (Association for Information systems), 1998 ACM,
Argis Budget, Janus Technologies, Mar. 14, 2000, Press
pps. 1—7.*
Release, 36 pages. Choon—Ling Sia et al., Predictive capacity planning: a
Long—term and Short—term Strategic Planning in ABusiness Environment—A Qualitative Reasoning Approach, YihWa Kiang; Tsing—HWa; 1990 ACM SIGBDP Conference on Trends and Direction in Expert Systems, pps. 337—354.*
Predictive capacity planning: a proactive approach, Chooh—Ling Sia; Yin—Seong Ho; Information and SoftWare Technology (1997) pps. 195—204.* Access Control for Large Collections, H. M. Gladney (IBM
proactive approach, Information and SoftWare Technology, Mar. 1997, Elsevier, Netherlands, vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 195—204.
Author Anonymous; Maximizing Performance/Availability for RanningApplications, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulle tin; vol. 34, No. 5, Oct. 1, 1991, pp. 102.
Almaden Rersearch Center), ACM Transactions on Infor
Grummitt A.; Automating terprise performance manage ment, Capacity Management RevieW, Mar. 1998, Demand Technol, USA, vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 1, 3—11, 14—15.
mation Systems, vol. 15, Apr. 1997, pps. 164—194.*
* cited by examiner
U.S. Patent
Aug. 30, 2005
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FIG. 40 Conhnl Ul?. I8". 330 [I] DASD, IBM, 3380 [5] Hm, IBM, ESISUUI] [2] P: "Y ' Val 5h“.
Control Uni. Ml-‘OUTdal. 3899 [1]
5 hm. IBM. £51800!) [1] RAID, "Ill, 8351 [1] RAID, S'I’K. iulbelg mo [1]
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Summary Tab
Contract/Lessor Tab
History Tab
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U.S. Patent
Aug. 30, 2005
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FIG. 8A
II!‘ ,
m-m IID: mu
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u-q, mun-u. an m hub-"Id. In. 2 w. 1151 mun Im an: um.
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