RESOURCE ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A resource assessment method, comprising:
- identifying at least one information technology resource;
providing characteristics of said information technology resource;
maintaining a database of characteristics of at least one software product;
generating a data collector software tool based on said characteristics of said information technology resource and said characteristics of said software product;
composing a resource assessment agent that includes said data collector software tool, adapted for installation on said information technology resource to collect data pertaining to said information technology resource, to perform an analysis of said data by reference to said characteristics of said software product and to return at least one result of said analysis;
deploying said resource assessment agent on said information technology resource;
receiving said result of said analysis from said information technology resource; and
outputting said result of said analysis.
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Abstract
A resource assessment method and system. The method comprises identifying at least one information technology resource, providing characteristics of the information technology resource, maintaining a database of characteristics of at least one software product, generating a data collector software tool based on the characteristics of the information technology resource and the characteristics of the software product, composing a resource assessment agent that includes the data collector software tool, adapted for installation on the information technology resource to collect data pertaining to the information technology resource, to perform an analysis of the data by reference to the characteristics of the software product and to return at least one result of the analysis, deploying the resource assessment agent on the information technology resource, receiving the result of the analysis from the information technology resource, and outputting the result of the analysis.
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16 Claims
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1. A resource assessment method, comprising:
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identifying at least one information technology resource; providing characteristics of said information technology resource; maintaining a database of characteristics of at least one software product; generating a data collector software tool based on said characteristics of said information technology resource and said characteristics of said software product; composing a resource assessment agent that includes said data collector software tool, adapted for installation on said information technology resource to collect data pertaining to said information technology resource, to perform an analysis of said data by reference to said characteristics of said software product and to return at least one result of said analysis; deploying said resource assessment agent on said information technology resource; receiving said result of said analysis from said information technology resource; and outputting said result of said analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16)
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10. A resource assessment computing system, comprising:
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an input for receiving data identifying at least one information technology resource; a database of characteristics of at least one software product; a data collector generator adapted to generate a data collector software tool based on characteristics of said information technology resource and said characteristics of said software product; an agent composer software tool adapted to compose a resource assessment agent that includes said data collector software tool, adapted for installation on said information technology resource to collect data pertaining to said information technology resource, to perform an analysis of said data by reference to said characteristics of said software product and to return at least one result of said analysis; a deployment server software tool adapted to deploy said resource assessment agent on said information technology resource; and an output; wherein said system is adapted to receive said result of said analysis from said information technology resource and is controllable to output said result of said analysis with said output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A resource assessment software agent for assessing the suitability of an information technology resource for having a software product installed thereon, the resource assessment software agent comprising:
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a data collector software tool; software product data pertaining to the software product; and an analysis engine; wherein said resource assessment software agent is adapted to be installed on said information technology resource to collect data pertaining to said information technology resource, to perform an analysis of said data with said analysis engine by reference to said software product data and to output at least one result of said analysis. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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