Presence aware notification for information technology management
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1. A server comprising:
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one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory; and
a monitoring console executable by the one or more processors and configured to query a monitoring database for alert notifications, and to select a user of a plurality of users to receive one of the alert notifications based on online presence information of the plurality of users and on a number of alerts currently being handled by individual ones of the plurality of users, wherein the user is a least-loaded user of a subset of the plurality of users who are determined, based on the online presence information, to be available to receive the one of the alert notifications.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for information technology (IT) management, utilizing presence aware notification, are disclosed. In an implementation, the method includes receiving availability or online status of one or more users at an IT management server. The IT management server queries a monitoring database for one or more alerts. The one or more alerts are sent to the one or more users based on respective availability or online status.
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1. A server comprising:
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a memory; one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory; and a monitoring console executable by the one or more processors and configured to query a monitoring database for alert notifications, and to select a user of a plurality of users to receive one of the alert notifications based on online presence information of the plurality of users and on a number of alerts currently being handled by individual ones of the plurality of users, wherein the user is a least-loaded user of a subset of the plurality of users who are determined, based on the online presence information, to be available to receive the one of the alert notifications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors, availability status of a plurality of users; invoking, by the one or more processors, a monitoring database that provides alerts regarding error conditions of one or more computing devices; and sending, by the one or more processors, an alert notification regarding one of the error conditions to a device associated with a user of the plurality of users, the sending of the alert based on availability of the user and a number of other alerts being handled by the user, wherein the user is a least-loaded user of a subset of the plurality of users who are determined, based on the availability status, to be available to receive the alert notification. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. One or more computer-readable storage devices comprising a plurality of programming instructions executable by one or more processors to:
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receive availability status of a plurality of users; receive alerts regarding an error condition of one or more computing devices of a monitored network; and send an alert notification regarding the error condition to a device of a user of the plurality of users based on availability of individual ones of the plurality of users and based on a number of alerts currently being handled by individual ones of the plurality of users, wherein the user is a least-loaded user determined to be available, based on the availability status, to receive the one of the alert notifications. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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