METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING IT ASSETS WITH BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying an activated one of a plurality of business functions being part of a business application;
tracing a plurality of IT assets, each being at least one of a software and a hardware component, running over a computerized system;
associating the traced IT assets with the identified activated business function; and
constructing, based on reiterated tracing and associating with respect to the business functions, a representation of an association of the IT assets with the business functions,wherein at least one of the identifying, the tracing, the associating and the constructing is carried out by at least one computer processor.
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A method is provided herein, comprising identifying activated business functions being part of a business application; tracing IT assets, each being a software and/or a hardware component, running over a computerized system; associating the traced IT assets with the identified activated business function; and constructing, based on reiterated tracing and associating with respect to the business functions, a representation of an association of the IT assets with the business functions.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying an activated one of a plurality of business functions being part of a business application; tracing a plurality of IT assets, each being at least one of a software and a hardware component, running over a computerized system; associating the traced IT assets with the identified activated business function; and constructing, based on reiterated tracing and associating with respect to the business functions, a representation of an association of the IT assets with the business functions, wherein at least one of the identifying, the tracing, the associating and the constructing is carried out by at least one computer processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data processing system comprising:
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a tracer arranged trace a plurality of IT assets, each being at least one of a software and a hardware component, running over a computerized system; and a modeler arranged to identify an activated one of a plurality of business functions being part of a business application, to associate the traced IT assets with the identified activated business function and construct, based on reiterated tracing and associating with respect to the business functions, a representation of an association of the IT assets with the business functions, wherein the tracer and the modeler are at least partially implemented in computer hardware. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program embodied therewith, the computer readable program comprising:
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computer readable program configured to identify an activated one of a plurality of business functions being part of a business application; computer readable program configured to trace a plurality of IT assets, each being at least one of a software and a hardware component, running over a computerized system; computer readable program configured to associate the traced IT assets with the identified activated business function; and computer readable program configured to construct, based on reiterated tracing and associating with respect to the business functions, a representation of an association of the IT assets with the business functions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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