Abstract:
A method and program product for securing privacy of an e-mail address is provided. The method includes generating an e-mail message to one or more recipients on a sender e- mail client and encrypting, using a privacy plug-in installed on the sender e-mail client, an e- mail address of the sender, using a respective public key corresponding to each recipient. The method further includes transmitting the e-mail message to the recipients with the sender e-mail address encrypted and decrypting, upon receipt by a respective recipient e- mail client, the sender's e-mail address without displaying the sender's e-mail address. The transmitting step further includes stripping, before the e-mail is sent, an e-mail address of any other recipient besides the recipient to whom the e-mail is sent and sending a hyperlink to a web site for installing the privacy plug-in on a recipient client, such that the recipient can reply to the sender.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for distributing a virtual I/O server over a plurality of logical partitions on a shared computer resource. SOLUTION: In the method, a distributed virtual I/O tool is replaced with an exclusive VIO server by distributing a virtual I/O function over some applications LPARs connected by a high speed communication channel. A physical I/O device is distributed over usable LPARs. The distributed virtual I/O tool assigns each I/O request to an appropriate I/O device. The distributed virtual I/O tool monitors each I/O request, when performance is deteriorated in a specific device, or when the device is no longer usable, reassigns the I/O device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
The present invention provides a system and method for provisioning Cloud services by establishing a Cloud services catalog using a Cloud service bus within a Cloud computing environment. In one embodiment, there is a Cloud services catalog manager configured to connect a plurality of Clouds in a Cloud computing environment; maintain a catalog of integrated Cloud services from the plurality of connected Clouds; and display an index of the integrated services on a user interface. Using this system and method will allow for multiple disparate services, offered by different partners, across unrelated, physically distinct Clouds to be presented as an index of integrated services.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a system or method to provide dynamically packaged Cloud services to customers via a Cloud services registry. The Cloud services registry is dynamic and operates by polling different Cloud service providers and Cloud service databases to ensure that the Cloud services registry is up to date with the latest available Cloud services. The Cloud services registry is available for queries from Cloud customers and abstracts multiple Cloud service providers. By abstracting the Cloud services, the dynamic Cloud services registry creates a modular package of different services from different Cloud service providers based on the query and requested priority for services. The dynamic Cloud registry is dynamically updated based on the level of services that the provider has available. The dynamic registry determines what service best matches the requirements from a Cloud service request (CSR) and returns a personalized set of matching services.
Abstract:
Die vorliegende Erfindung stellt ein System und ein Verfahren zum Erreichen von Vereinbarungen und Richtlinien zur cloudübergreifenden gemeinsamen Ressourcen-Nutzung bereit, so dass dynamische Erweiterung/Verringerung von Cloud-Ressourcen-Anfragen reibungslos erfüllt werden kann, ohne dass ein physischer Ausbau der primären Cloud-Infrastruktur erforderlich ist, wobei das Bekanntgeben des Bedarfs nach zusätzlichen Ressourcen oder des Angebots, zusätzliche Ressourcen bereitzustellen, über einen eingerichteten Markt gemakelt werden können. Die finanzielle Transaktion unterstützt ein symbiotisches bilaterales Verfahren mit gleichen Anteilen, das mit einem Geschäftsmodell mit einem Wechsel zwischen Anbieter/Abnehmer besser harmoniert. Die Verwendung dieses Systems und dieses Verfahrens verringert die für die Antwort auf eine gegebene Cloud-Dienst-Anfrage benötigte Zeit und nutzt dabei in vorteilhafter Weise ein Modell zur gemeinsamen Ressourcen-Nutzung unter eingerichteten Cloud-Anbietern.
Abstract:
The "Grid Security Monitor" tracks the security status of resources in a grid computer system. When a client submits a job to the grid scheduler, the Grid Security Monitor creates a security contract. The security contract comprises all the security credentials needed to access the resource executing the job, as well as privacy and security requirements. The Grid Security Monitor compares the security status of the resource to the requirements of the security contract. If the security status of the resource changes or violates the security contract, then the Grid Security Monitor notifies the client. The Grid Security Monitor has a user interface that allows the client to perform a manual security validation by asking the grid management system to verify the security status of the resource.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a solution to manage and control document transmission and electronic communication. Specifically, the present invention solves the problem of having control over data (documents, image files, and attachments hereafter referenced as "documents") that are associated with multiple types of data communication. Along these lines, the present invention provides a hub and spoke communication model in order to achieve multiple benefits in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, flexibility, and control. This type of granular control is critical for information sharing within a Cloud computing environment. This approach is also useful for collaboration tools and can be augmented by the creation and management of access control lists (ACL) for the hub-spoke system. To this extent, the present invention solves the problem of being able to automatically update ACL's as documents are being forwarded or otherwise communicated between multiple people. These ACL's are kept up to date through the analysis of to whom (and where) a document has been sent.
Abstract:
Verfahren zur cloudübergreifenden gemeinsamen Ressourcen-Nutzung in einer Cloud-Datenverarbeitungsumgebung, wobei das Verfahren Folgendes umfasst: Bewerten eines Ressourcen-Bedarfs, der zum Erfüllen einer von einem ersten Cloud-Anbieter empfangenen Anfrage erforderlich ist; Feststellen, ob der erste Cloud-Anbieter verfügbare Ressourcen besitzt, um den Ressourcen-Bedarf zu decken; Suchen eines zweiten Cloud-Anbieters, der in der Lage ist, eine Lücke zwischen den für den ersten Cloud-Anbieter verfügbaren Ressourcen und dem Ressourcen-Bedarf zu schließen; und Vereinbaren zwischen dem ersten Cloud-Anbieter und dem zweiten Cloud-Anbieter, die Lücke mit Ressourcen des zweiten Cloud-Anbieters zu schließen, wobei das Vereinbaren ein Vereinbaren eines Kompensationsaustauschs zwischen dem ersten Cloud-Anbieter und dem zweiten Cloud-Anbieter zur Verwendung der Ressourcen des zweiten Cloud-Anbieters umfasst.
Abstract:
Verfahren zur Bereitstellung von Diensten aus einer Vielzahl von Clouds in einer Cloud Computing-Umgebung, wobei das Verfahren umfasst:Verbinden der Vielzahl von Clouds in der Cloud Computing-Umgebung durch einen Cloud-Dienste-Bus, der ein Erstellen eines Dienstes durch Zugreifen auf jeweils disparate und über unterschiedliche Clouds angebotene Dienste ermöglicht;Pflegen eines Katalogs von integrierten Cloud-Diensten aus der Vielzahl von verbundenen Clouds unter Verwendung des Cloud-Dienste-Bus; undAnzeigen eines Index der integrierten Dienste auf einer Benutzeroberfläche.