System, Method and Apparatus for Managing a Technology Infrastructure
First Claim
1. A method for managing a technology infrastructure having two or more technology elements comprising the steps of:
- collecting data from the technology elements using one or more interface rules and a metadata dictionary stored in a data repository;
analyzing the collected data; and
initiating one or more automated processes based on the analyzed data, one or more thresholds and one or more management rules stored in the data repository.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for managing a technology infrastructure having two or more technology elements by collecting data from the technology elements using one or more interface rules and a metadata dictionary stored in a data repository, analyzing the collected data and initiating one or more automated processes based on the analyzed data, one or more thresholds and one or more management rules stored in the data repository. Note that this invention can be implemented using a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium wherein the steps are preformed by one or more code segments.
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63 Claims
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1. A method for managing a technology infrastructure having two or more technology elements comprising the steps of:
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collecting data from the technology elements using one or more interface rules and a metadata dictionary stored in a data repository; analyzing the collected data; and initiating one or more automated processes based on the analyzed data, one or more thresholds and one or more management rules stored in the data repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for managing a technology infrastructure having two or more technology elements comprising:
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a code segment for collecting data from the technology elements using one or more interface rules and a metadata dictionary stored in a data repository; a code segment for analyzing the collected data; and a code segment for initiating one or more automated processes based on the analyzed data, one or more thresholds and one or more management rules stored in the data repository. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An apparatus comprising:
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a data repository having one or more rules for managing and interfacing with two or more technology elements and a metadata dictionary; a communications interface; and one or more processors communicably coupled to the data repository and the communications interface wherein the one or more processors are configured to collect data from the technology elements via the communications interface using the interface rules and the metadata dictionary, analyze the collected data, and initiate one or more automated processes based on the analyzed data, one or more thresholds and the management rules. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A system comprising:
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two or more technology elements; a communications network; a server communicably coupled to the two or more technology elements via the communications network wherein the server comprises a data repository, a communications interface and one or more processors communicably coupled to the data repository and the communications interface; the data repository having one or more rules for managing and interfacing with two or more technology elements and a metadata dictionary; and the one or more processors are configured to collect data from the technology elements via the communications interface using the interface rules and the metadata dictionary, analyze the collected data, and initiate one or more automated processes based on the analyzed data, one or more thresholds and the management rules. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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