Model Based Deployment Of Computer Based Business Process On Dedicated Hardware
First Claim
1. A method of automated deployment managed by a service provider, of a computer based business process having a number of functional steps, for a given enterprise, the method having the steps of:
- generating a model of the business process, the model having a representation of an arrangement of software application components, for implementing the functional steps, and having a representation of computing infrastructure, for running the software application components on specified enterprise dedicated hardware, and suitable for automated deployment, anddeploying the model on the hardware dedicated to the enterprise, with an interface for the service provider to enable ongoing management of the deployed process by the service provider.
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Abstract
A method of automated deployment managed by a service provider, of a computer based business process, involves generating a model (730) of the business process including a design of computing infrastructure, and deploying the model on hardware (770) dedicated to the enterprise, with an interface for the service provider to enable ongoing management of the deployed process by the service provider. Having dedicated hardware means the location of the hardware can be arranged to suit the enterprise. This means limitations such as bandwidth or latency of WAN links, can be addressed by choosing the location of the dedicated hardware appropriately. Trust of security can also be increased compared to that of the shared data centres. The automated model driven deployment can help enable the service provider to provide such deployments on different types of hardware. The need for the enterprise to maintain specialist expertise in house is reduced.
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1. A method of automated deployment managed by a service provider, of a computer based business process having a number of functional steps, for a given enterprise, the method having the steps of:
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generating a model of the business process, the model having a representation of an arrangement of software application components, for implementing the functional steps, and having a representation of computing infrastructure, for running the software application components on specified enterprise dedicated hardware, and suitable for automated deployment, and deploying the model on the hardware dedicated to the enterprise, with an interface for the service provider to enable ongoing management of the deployed process by the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, for automated deployment managed by a service provider, of a computer based business process having a number of functional steps, for a given enterprise, the system having:
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a model generation part arranged to generate a model of the process, the model having a representation of an arrangement of software application components, for implementing the functional steps, and having a representation of computing infrastructure, for running the software application components on specified enterprise dedicated hardware, and suitable for automated deployment, and a deployment part arranged to provide automated deployment of the model on the hardware dedicated to the enterprise, with an interface for the service provider to enable ongoing management of the deployed process by the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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