Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Finance
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-31
2010-12-07
Nguyen, Nga B. (Department: 3684)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Finance
C705S026640, C705S027200, C705S028000, C705S035000, C705S037000, C709S223000, C709S224000, C709S225000, C709S226000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07848988
ABSTRACT:
Electronic contracts or “eContracts” for representing service level agreements are provided. In one illustrative embodiment, the eContract may comprise information pertaining to: (a) descriptions of business transactions in IT terms; (b) financial implications of business transaction service levels; and (c) reporting to be done in business terms. Of course, the eContract may comprise other terms and conditions. In an illustrative aspect of the invention, a system for managing IT resources in terms of business financials comprises an electronic contract authoring system or “ecAuthoring system,” an electronic contract manager module or “ecManager,” and one or more electronic contract agent modules or “ecAgents” that may run on IT elements (e.g., components of the network) that are being managed. Analysts interact with the ecAuthoring system to construct eContracts. An eContract is input to an ecManager that interprets the contract to report on and optimize IT resources based on business financials. The ecManager collaborates with ecAgents to monitor, report, and enforce contracts expressed in such business terms.
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Hellerstein Joseph L.
Kar Gautam
Keller Alexander
Mills, III W. Nathaniel
Morar John F.
Corsello Kenneth R.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Nguyen Nga B.
Ryan & Mason & Lewis, LLP
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