Cluster B. 160 cluster manager and associated data storage nodes on which data is stored.
The data storage nodes can periodically announce their respective utilization levels to other …

Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to collect metering information
associated with media presented by portable and computer media presentation devices are …

BACKGROUND This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects of art,
which may be related to various aspects of the present invention that are described or …

A system, method, and computer program product for byte-based utility computing pricing. A
method for accounting for data processing system service usage includes metering network …

BACKGROUND Increasingly, Information Technology (IT) needs integra tion of processes
and systems into end-to-end processes which streamline execution of composite service …

A multi-tenant virtual machine infrastructure (MTVMI) allows multiple tenants to
independently access and use a plurality of virtual computing resources via the Internet …

(57) ABSTRACT A computer implemented method and System for optimizing performance of
a busineSS IT infrastructure, wherein busi neSS objectives are obtained as input and the IT …

(57) ABSTRACT A system, method, computer program, and/or computer read able medium
for providing application isolation and live migration to one or more applications and their …

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Some applications use state machine models for managing or monitoring business
processes. For example, US Patent Application Publication 2003/0050789 A1 describes a …