ASSESSMENT OF BEST FIT CLOUD DEPLOYMENT INFRASTRUCTURES

• US 20140279201A1
• Filed: 12/24/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HCL Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: Gravitant, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Iyoob, IIyas, Farooq, Mohammed Shuaib, Modh, Manish
• Application Number:
  US14/140,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20140279201A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0629 for generating comparisons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/062 related to network traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/78 Architectures of resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

A system configured to facilitate selling hybrid cloud services comprises a plurality of user interface structures each coupled to an information processor. A first user interface structure is configured to request information characterizing deployment of an application within a current operational infrastructure. A second user interface structure is configured to display a recommended deployment infrastructure supporting migration of the application thereto. A third user interface structure is configured to display information characterizing migration of the application to the recommended deployment infrastructure. The information processor is configured to receive the current application deployment characterizing information from the first user interface structure, to determine the recommended deployment infrastructure using at least a portion of the current application deployment characterizing information, and to determine the information characterizing migration of the application to the recommended deployment infrastructure using at least a portion of the current application deployment.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, within a system configured to facilitate selling hybrid cloud services, information characterizing deployment of an application within a current operational infrastructure;

determining, within the system configured to facilitate selling hybrid cloud services using at least a portion of the current application deployment characterizing information, a recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure supporting migration of the application thereto; and

determining, within the system configured to facilitate selling hybrid cloud services using at least a portion of the current application deployment characterizing information, information characterizing migration of the application to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure comprises determining a level of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application and a type of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the information characterizing migration of the application comprises determining at least one of a value representing readiness of the application for migration to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure and a value representing savings associated with migrating the application to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the information characterizing migration of the application comprises determining information characterizing readiness of the application for migration to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure and information characterizing savings associated with migrating the application to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein determining the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure comprises determining a level of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application and a type of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein determining the information characterizing migration of the application comprises determining an estimated cost of migrating the application to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein determining the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure comprises determining a level of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application and a type of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the information characterizing deployment of the application within the current operational environment comprises:

information characterizing an estimated number of concurrent users supported by the application;

information characterizing a platform of the application; and

information characterizing a number of servers required for one or more specified deployment environments within the application.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein:

determining the information characterizing migration of the application comprises determining information characterizing readiness of the application for migration to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure and information characterizing savings associated with migrating the application to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure; and

determining the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure comprises determining a level of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application and a type of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application.

10. A system configured to facilitate selling hybrid cloud services, comprising:

a first user interface structure configured to request information characterizing deployment of an application within a current operational infrastructure;

a second user interface structure configured to display a recommended deployment infrastructure supporting migration of the application thereto;

a third user interface structure configured to display information characterizing migration of the application to the recommended deployment infrastructure; and

an information processor coupled to each one of the user interfaces, wherein the information processor is configured to receive the current application deployment characterizing information from the first user interface structure, to determine the recommended deployment infrastructure using at least a portion of the current application deployment characterizing information, and to determine the information characterizing migration of the application to the recommended deployment infrastructure using at least a portion of the current application deployment.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein being configured to determine the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure comprises being configured to determine a level of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application and a type of hybrid cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein being configured to determine the information characterizing migration of the application comprises being configured to determine at least one of a value representing readiness of the application for migration to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure and a value representing savings associated with migrating the application to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein being configured to determine the information characterizing migration of the application comprises being configured to determine information characterizing readiness of the application for migration to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure and information characterizing savings associated with migrating the application to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein being configured to determine the information characterizing migration of the application comprises being configured to determine an estimated cost of migrating the application to the recommended hybrid cloud infrastructure.

15. The system of claim 10 wherein the information characterizing deployment of the application within the current operational environment comprises:

information characterizing an estimated number of concurrent users supported by the application;

information characterizing a platform of the application; and

information characterizing a number of servers required for one or more specified deployment environments within the application.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having tangibly embodied thereon and accessible therefrom instructions interpretable by at least one data processing device, the instructions are configured for causing the at least one data processing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, within a system configured to facilitate selling cloud services, information characterizing deployment of an application within a current operational infrastructure;

determining, within the system configured to facilitate selling cloud services using at least a portion of the current application deployment characterizing information, a recommended cloud infrastructure supporting migration of the application thereto; and

determining, within the system configured to facilitate selling cloud services using at least a portion of the current application deployment characterizing information, information characterizing migration of the application to the recommended deployment infrastructure.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein determining the recommended cloud infrastructure comprises determining a level of cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application and a type of cloud suitably configured to support migration of the application.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein determining the information characterizing migration of the application comprises determining at least one of a value representing readiness of the application for migration to the recommended cloud infrastructure and a value representing savings associated with migrating the application to the recommended cloud infrastructure.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein determining the information characterizing migration of the application comprises determining information characterizing readiness of the application for migration to the recommended cloud infrastructure and information characterizing savings associated with migrating the application to the recommended cloud infrastructure.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the information characterizing deployment of the application within the current operational environment comprises:

information characterizing an estimated number of concurrent users supported by the application;

information characterizing a platform of the application; and

information characterizing a number of servers required for one or more specified deployment environments within the application.