Method and apparatus for delivering managed applications to remote locations
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1. An apparatus for managing delivery of an at least one managed service supplied by an at least one server to an at least one remote appliance, the apparatus comprising:
- a first computing platform executing an at least one delivery platform for delivering the at least one managed service in accordance with a unified delivery policy;
a second computing platform executing an at least one server using an at least one first resource related to the at least one managed service, the second computing platform to arrange for the at least one first resource to use a first configuration derived from the unified delivery policy;
an at least one remote appliance using an at least one second resource related to the at least one managed service, the remote appliance to arrange for the at least one second resource to use a second configuration derived from the unified delivery policy; and
an at least one storage unit for storing the unified delivery policy for the at least one managed service and the first resource or the second resource associated with the at least one managed service,wherein all of deployment, maintenance and monitoring control for the at least one managed service are provided by the delivery platform, in accordance with the unified delivery policy; and
wherein the managed service comprises provisioning a business application that requires an executable, and the managed service is supplied by the first resource to the second resource, and wherein the storage unit stores server-appliance pairs of executable components, server-appliance pairs of configurations, and the single unified delivery policy, and no committed persistency associated with managed services is provided at the at least one remote appliance.
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Abstract
An apparatus for delivering managed services to remote locations, the apparatus comprising a delivery policy, and a repository containing pairs of executables and pairs of configurations intended for delivery platforms and for remote appliances. The apparatus further comprises a delivery platform, responsible for delivering the executables and the configurations to one or more servers and one or more remote appliances.
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1. An apparatus for managing delivery of an at least one managed service supplied by an at least one server to an at least one remote appliance, the apparatus comprising:
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a first computing platform executing an at least one delivery platform for delivering the at least one managed service in accordance with a unified delivery policy; a second computing platform executing an at least one server using an at least one first resource related to the at least one managed service, the second computing platform to arrange for the at least one first resource to use a first configuration derived from the unified delivery policy; an at least one remote appliance using an at least one second resource related to the at least one managed service, the remote appliance to arrange for the at least one second resource to use a second configuration derived from the unified delivery policy; and an at least one storage unit for storing the unified delivery policy for the at least one managed service and the first resource or the second resource associated with the at least one managed service, wherein all of deployment, maintenance and monitoring control for the at least one managed service are provided by the delivery platform, in accordance with the unified delivery policy; and wherein the managed service comprises provisioning a business application that requires an executable, and the managed service is supplied by the first resource to the second resource, and wherein the storage unit stores server-appliance pairs of executable components, server-appliance pairs of configurations, and the single unified delivery policy, and no committed persistency associated with managed services is provided at the at least one remote appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of managing delivery of an at least one managed service supplied by an at least one server to an at least one remote appliance through a delivery platform, the method comprising:
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obtaining an at least one first resource related to the at least one managed service at the at least one server, the at least one first resource using a first configuration derived from a unified delivery policy; obtaining an at least one second resource related to the at least one managed service at the at least one remote appliance, the at least one second resource using a second configuration derived from the unified delivery policy; delivering the at least one managed service by the at least one server to the at least one remote appliance through the delivery platform; and determining the type and amount of the at least one second resource and the at least one first resource, wherein all of deployment, maintenance and monitoring communication between the at least one server and the at least one remote appliance for the at least one managed service are provided by the delivery platform in accordance with the unified delivery policy, and wherein the managed service comprises provisioning a business application that requires an executable, and the managed service is supplied by the first resource to the second resource in accordance with the delivery policy, and wherein a service repository stores server-appliance pairs of executable components, server-appliance pairs of configurations, and the single unified delivery policy, and no committed persistency associated with managed services is provided at the at least one remote appliance. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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