USE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DATA CENTER TO SHARE SERVICE OPERATIONS

• US 20080288220A1
• Filed: 05/17/2007
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dillenberger, Donna N., Osias, Michael J., Greenberg, Robert M., Hulber, Mark F.
• Application Number:
  US11/750,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20080288220A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

The present invention creates and/or uses a 3D data center that mirrors physical operations that may not all be co-located in one physical space. The 3D data center can cluster geographically dispersed similar physical assets into one area of the 3D data center, e.g., all of a company'"'"'s physical world wide mainframes on one virtual floor of the 3D data center. Human experts that reside anywhere geographically could enter the 3D data center, service, manage, monitor their physical machines and applications and/or train other individuals living in different geographical locations, or working for other companies.

Claims

1. A method of using a three-dimensional (3D) data center to share service operations, comprising:

monitoring hardware and software of a computer enterprise to obtain corresponding data;

identifying and aggregating disparate sources of data of the computer enterprise based on the monitoring;

rendering the data into a virtual visual representation; and

grouping the hardware and the software to provide at least one of;

management of, monitoring of, or training on the computer enterprise.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying logic to interpret and analyze the data; and

sending the data to the 3D data center prior to the rendering.

3. The method of claim 2, the rendering being performed at the 3D data center.

4. The method of claim 1, the grouping comprising grouping the hardware and the software based on at least one of:

a model type, a classification, or a geographic area.

5. The method of claim 1, the data corresponding to at least one of:

a configuration, a location, or an operation of the hardware and the software.

6. A system for using a three-dimensional (3D) data center to share service operations, comprising:

a module for monitoring hardware and software of a computer enterprise to obtain corresponding data;

a module for identifying and aggregating disparate sources of data of the computer enterprise based on the monitoring; and

a module for sending the data to the 3D data center.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a module for applying logic to interpret and analyze the data.

8. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a module for rendering the data into a virtual visual representation; and

a module for grouping the hardware and the software to provide at least one of;

management of, monitoring of, or training on the computer enterprise.

9. The system of claim 8, the module for rendering being implemented at the 3D data center.

11. The system of claim 6, the data corresponding to at least one of:

a configuration, a location, or an operation of the hardware and the software.

10. The system for 8, the module for grouping being adapted to group hardware and the software based on at least one of:

a model type, a classification, or a geographic area.

12. A program product stored on at least one computer readable medium for using a three-dimensional (3D) data center to share service operations, the at least one computer readable medium comprising program code for causing at least one computer system to:

monitor hardware and software of a computer enterprise to obtain corresponding data;

identify and aggregate disparate sources of data of the computer enterprise based on the monitoring;

render the data into a virtual visual representation; and

group the hardware and the software to provide at least one of;

management of, monitoring of, or training on the computer enterprise.

13. The program product of claim 12, the at least one computer readable medium further comprising program code for causing the at least one computer system to:

apply logic to interpret and analyze the data; and

send the data to the 3D data center.

14. The program product of claim 12, the at least one computer readable medium further comprising program code for causing the at least one computer system to group the hardware and the software based on at least one of:

a model type, a classification, or a geographic area.

15. The program product of claim 12, the data corresponding to at least one of:

a configuration, a location, or an operation of the hardware and the software.

16. A method for deploying a system for using a three-dimensional (3D) data center to share service operations, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

monitor hardware and software of a computer enterprise to obtain corresponding data;

identify and aggregate disparate sources of data of the computer enterprise based on the monitoring;

render the data into a virtual visual representation; and

group the hardware and the software to provide at least one of;

management of, monitoring of, or training on the computer enterprise.

17. The method of claim 16, the computer infrastructure being further operable to:

apply logic to interpret and analyze the data; and

send the data to the 3D data center.

18. The method of claim 16, the computer infrastructure being further operable to group the hardware and the software based on at least one of:

a model type, a classification, or a geographic area.

19. The method of claim 18, the computer infrastructure being further operable to group the hardware and the software on the virtual visual representation.

20. The method of claim 16, the data corresponding to at least one of:

a configuration, a location, or an operation of the hardware and the software.