IT resource management system, IT resource management method, and IT resource management program

• US 7,680,936 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2005
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Yasuhide, Yasaki, Masatomo
• Primary Examiner(s): BOUTAH, ALINA A
• Application Number:
  US11/190,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20060224436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/226, 705/1, 705/10, 705/400
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination

Abstract

An IT resource management system for managing a plurality of IT resources owned by a plurality of operating entities includes a supply condition accumulating part for accumulating a supply condition of a surplus IT resource, a demand condition accumulating part for accumulating a demand condition of an insufficient IT resource, a matching part for extracting a set of a supply condition and a demand condition matched with each other from the supply conditions and the demand conditions accumulated in the accumulating parts, and an assigning part for allowing an IT resource under the supply condition of the set to be available for an operating entity under the demand condition of the set.

Claims

1. An IT resource management system composed of a computer for managing a plurality of IT resources owned by a plurality of operating entities, the computer comprising:

a supply condition accumulating part for accumulating a supply condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to supply a surplus IT resource in a recording apparatus;

a demand condition accumulating part for accumulating a demand condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to compensate for a shortage of an IT resource in a recording apparatus;

a matching part for extracting a set of a supply condition and a demand condition matched with each other from the supply conditions accumulated in the supply condition accumulating part and the demand conditions accumulated in the demand condition accumulating part; and

an assigning part for allowing an IT resource under the supply condition of the set to be available for the operating entity under the demand condition of the set,

wherein

the supply condition and the demand condition respectively include information representing a business policy defining a business requirement of the operating entity and a service policy defining a system performance requirement and/or an operation rule of an IT resource operated by the operating entity,

the matching part extracts a set of a supply condition and a demand condition wherein the business policy of the supply condition matches the business policy of the demand condition and the service policy of the supply condition matches the service policy of the demand condition,

wherein in a case where the IT resource under the supply condition of the set is sufficient to generate a surplus for the demand condition of the set, the assigning part purchases the surplus from the operating entity under the supply condition,

wherein the supply condition and the demand condition include a business policy and a service policy,

wherein the business policy contains at least either one of price information and constraint information in business,

wherein the service policy contains at least either one of time information containing a use time or a supply time, and IT resource information for specifying the amount of an IT resource that can be supplied or an IT resource desired to be demanded, and

wherein a matching processing part compares the respective items of the business policy and the service policy contained in the supply condition and the demand condition, and extracts a combination of the supply condition and the demand condition which are matched.

2. The IT resource management system according to claim 1, wherein the assigning part adds a previously prepared IT resource to an IT resource under the demand condition of the set, in a case where the IT resource under the supply condition of the set is insufficient for the demand condition of the set.

3. The IT resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising a demand condition merging part for integrating a plurality of demand conditions whose business policies are the same, and accumulating the integrated demand conditions in the demand condition accumulating part as a virtual demand condition.

4. The IT resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising a supply condition merging part for integrating a plurality of supply conditions whose business policies are the same, and accumulating the integrated supply conditions in the supply condition accumulating part as a virtual supply condition.

5. The IT resource management system according to claim 1, wherein the demand condition includes presentation time information representing a time when the demand condition have been presented, and demand deadline information representing a demand deadline,

the IT resource management system further comprising a demand fee calculating part for calculating a demand fee regarding a demand by the operating entity that has presented the demand condition, based on a time difference between the presentation time information and the demand deadline information.

6. The IT resource management system according to claim 1, wherein the supply condition includes presentation time information representing a time when the supply condition has been presented, and supply deadline information representing a supply possible deadline,

the IT resource management system further comprising a supply fee calculating part for calculating a supply fee regarding a supply by the operating entity that has presented the supply condition, based on a time difference between the presentation time information and the supply deadline information.

7. An IT resource management method for managing a plurality of IT resources owned by a plurality of operating entities by a computer,

in a configuration in which the computer is capable of accessing a recording apparatus storing a supply condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to supply a surplus IT resource, and a demand condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to compensate for a shortage of an IT resource, the method comprising:

a matching operation for the computer to extract a set of a supply condition and a demand condition matched with each other from the supply conditions and the demand conditions stored in the recording apparatus;

and an assigning operation for the computer to change a setting of an IT resource under the supply condition of the set, in such a manner that the IT resource under the supply condition of the set is available for the operating entity under the demand condition of the set,

wherein

the supply condition and the demand condition respectively include information representing a business policy defining a business requirement of the operating entity and a service policy defining a system performance requirement and/or an operation rule of an IT resource operated by the operating entity,

the matching operation extracts a set of a supply condition and a demand condition wherein the business policy of the supply condition matches the business policy of the demand condition and the service policy of the supply condition matches the service policy of the demand condition,

wherein in a case where the IT resource under the supply condition of the set is sufficient to generate a surplus for the demand condition of the set, the assigning part purchases the surplus from the operating entity under the supply condition,

wherein the supply condition and the demand condition include a business policy and a service policy,

wherein the business policy contains at least either one of price information and constraint information in business,

wherein the service policy contains at least either one of time information containing a use time or a supply time, and IT resource information for specifying the amount of an IT resource that can be supplied or an IT resource desired to be demanded, and

wherein a matching processing part compares the respective items of the business policy and the service policy contained in the supply condition and the demand condition, and extracts a combination of the supply condition and the demand condition which are matched.

8. An IT resource management method for managing a plurality of IT resources owned by a plurality of operating entities by a computer, comprising:

a supply condition accumulating operation of accumulating a supply condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to supply a surplus IT resource in a recording apparatus;

a demand condition accumulating operation of accumulating a demand condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to compensate for a shortage of an IT resource in a recording apparatus;

a matching operation of extracting a set of a supply condition and a demand condition matched with each other from the supply condition and the demand condition; and

an assigning operation of changing a setting of an IT resource under the supply condition of the set, in such a manner that an IT resource under the supply condition of the set is available for the operating entity under the demand condition of the set,

wherein

the supply condition and the demand condition respectively include information representing a business policy defining a business requirement of the operating entity and a service policy defining a system performance requirement and/or an operation rule of an IT resource operated by the operating entity,

the matching operation extracts a set of a supply condition and a demand condition wherein the business policy of the supply condition matches the business policy of the demand condition and the service policy of the supply condition matches the service policy of the demand condition,

wherein in a case where the IT resource under the supply condition of the set is sufficient to generate a surplus for the demand condition of the set, the assigning part purchases the surplus from the operating entity under the supply condition,

wherein the supply condition and the demand condition include a business policy and a service policy,

wherein the business policy contains at least either one of price information and constraint information in business,

wherein the service policy contains at least either one of time information containing a use time or a supply time, and IT resource information for specifying the amount of an IT resource that can be supplied or an IT resource desired to be demanded, and

wherein a matching processing part compares the respective items of the business policy and the service policy contained in the supply condition and the demand condition, and extracts a combination of the supply condition and the demand condition which are matched.

9. A recording medium storing an IT resource management program for allowing a computer to execute processing of managing a plurality of IT resources owned by a plurality of operating entities, the IT resource management program allowing the computer to execute:

matching processing of extracting a set of a supply condition and a demand condition matched with each other from a supply condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to supply a surplus IT resource and a demand condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to compensate for a shortage of an IT resource; and

assigning processing of allowing an IT resource under the supply condition of the set to be available for the operating entity under the demand condition of the set,

wherein

the supply condition and the demand condition respectively include information representing a business policy defining a business requirement of the operating entity and a service policy defining a system performance requirement and/or an operation rule of an IT resource operated by the operating entity,

the matching processing extracts a set of a supply condition and a demand condition wherein the business policy of the supply condition matches the business policy of the demand condition and the service policy of the supply condition matches the service policy of the demand condition,

wherein in a case where the IT resource under the supply condition of the set is sufficient to generate a surplus for the demand condition of the set, the assigning part purchases the surplus from the operating entity under the supply condition,

wherein the supply condition and the demand condition include a business policy and a service policy,

wherein the business policy contains at least either one of price information and constraint information in business,

wherein the service policy contains at least either one of time information containing a use time or a supply time, and IT resource information for specifying the amount of an IT resource that can be supplied or an IT resource desired to be demanded,

wherein a matching processing part compares the respective items of the business policy and the service policy contained in the supply condition and the demand condition, and extracts a combination of the supply condition and the demand condition which are matched.