Abstract: Information technology discovery data items are received from a plurality of different discovery sources. The received information technology discovery data items are stored in a multisource data store. The received information technology discovery data items from the plurality of different discovery sources are reconciled to determine an attribute value of a configuration item. The determined attribute value of the configuration item is stored in a configuration management database (CMDB).

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for deploying network elements for a set of machines in a set of one or more datacenters. The datacenter set is part of one availability zone in some embodiments. The method receives intent-based API (Application Programming Interface) requests, and parses these API requests to identify a set of network elements to connect and/or perform services for the set of machines. In some embodiments, the API is a hierarchical document that can specify multiple different compute and/or network elements at different levels of compute and/or network element hierarchy. The method performs automated processes to define a virtual private cloud (VPC) to connect the set of machines to a logical network that segregates the set of machines from other machines in the datacenter set. In some embodiments, the set of machines include virtual machines and containers, the VPC is defined with a supervisor cluster namespace, and the API requests are provided as YAML, files.

Abstract: Provided is a data center management system including a data center, a cloud platform and an application platform. The application platform is configured to perform external network access through an application interface layer and send a calculation request to the data center. The data center includes a storage resource pool configured to perform distributed storage of files, and a network resource pool configured to send a scheduling request to the cloud platform according to the calculation request, to schedule the cloud platform. The cloud platform includes a calculation resource pool configured to perform a distributed calculation between adjacent processing nodes according to a received scheduling request, and call files in the storage resource pool, or a calculation resource in a shared database and external shared data in the shared database, and the shared database configured to collect and store the calculation resource and the external shared data.

Abstract: A single content region in a chat history display is used to display entries representative of a plurality of messages corresponding to all chat histories for all of chat threads currently engaged in by a given mobile terminal. Additionally, a buddy list display supports management of chat buddies, a detail view display allows otherwise truncated messages to be displayed, and a text message editor display supports the composition of text messages. Each chat user may designate public display identifiers for purposes of identification to other chat users. Additionally, each user may designate private display identifiers for each of his/her buddies, which private display identifiers may be used to replace the public display identifiers for that user's buddies when displayed on the user's mobile terminal. In this manner, the use of speech and text based group chatting and similar services in wireless communication environments is more readily enabled.

Abstract: A communication method includes obtaining, by a source remote direct memory access (RDMA) network interface card (RNIC), to-be-transmitted data sent by a source virtual RNIC (vRNIC), obtaining, by the source RNIC, identity indication information of a destination vRNIC and packet forwarding information, and encapsulating, by the source RNIC, the to-be-transmitted data to obtain a target packet, and sending the target packet to a destination RNIC, where the destination vRNIC is a vRNIC running on the destination RNIC.

Abstract: An edge location of a content delivery network may protect data that is stored and transmitted within the edge location while providing access to associated metadata. After an origin-facing server obtains a requested object, the server may encrypt the object using a client-specific encryption key. In some cases, the server may also separately encrypt the metadata. The encrypted object and metadata may be sent to an intermediate layer server. The intermediate server may decrypt the metadata (if it is encrypted) and determine, based on the metadata, routing for the object. The object remains encrypted at the intermediate server. In some cases, the metadata may be re-encrypted by the intermediate server. The encrypted object and metadata may be sent to a client-facing server, in accordance with the determined routing. The client-facing server may decrypt the encrypted object and send the encrypted object to the client.

Abstract: Efficient scaling of in-network compute operations to large numbers of compute nodes is disclosed. Each compute node is connected to a same plurality of network compute nodes, such as compute-enabled network switches. Compute processes at the compute nodes generate local gradients or other vectors by, for instance, performing a forward pass on a neural network. Each vector comprises values for a same set of vector elements. Each network compute node is assigned to, based on the local vectors, reduce vector data for a different a subset of the vector elements. Each network compute node returns a result chunk for the elements it processed back to each of the compute nodes, whereby each compute node receives the full result vector. This configuration may, in some embodiments, reduce buffering, processing, and/or other resource requirements for the network compute node or network at large.

Abstract: The invention described herein is directed to a secure text messaging and object sharing mobile application that provides encryption, digital rights management (DRM) of the text and of the attachments, the capability of sending SMS, RCS, MIMS, IM or blockchain communications, the capability of attaching documents, photos and so forth, the capability of interfacing with a user's contacts application, and that operates in both Android and iOS environments. The secure text messaging and object sharing mobile application connects to DRM cloud service, and also connects to second secure text messaging and object sharing mobile app thru a P2P network that provides SMS, RCS, MMS, IM, and/or Blockchain communications. The invention also includes systems and methods related to the same.

Abstract: A server has a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to collect operating signals from machines. The operating signals characterize establishing or closing a network connection associated with a designated application operating within a designated container. The designated container is an isolated process in user space designated by an operating system kernel. A network security policy that permits network connections based upon the operating signals collected is automatically generated.

Abstract: A method for assessing completion of events in a network environment is provided. The method includes receiving a first event vector, generating a second event vector, machine matching the first event vector to the second event vector, and generating an output that includes a variable indicating whether an event corresponding to the first event vector is complete. If each of a plurality of first nodes of the first event vector matches a corresponding one of a plurality of the second nodes of the second event vector, the variable indicates that the event corresponding to the first event vector is complete. If at least one of the plurality of the first nodes of the first event vector is mismatched with the corresponding one of the plurality of the second nodes of the second event vector, the variable indicates that the event corresponding to the first event vector is incomplete.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining an efficiency score for an automation platform are provided. According to one embodiment, a first weight for each playbook of multiple playbooks of an automation framework and a second weight for each type of error of multiple types of errors that may cause execution of one of the multiple playbooks to fail are maintained. The first weight represents a relative importance of the playbook and the second weight represents an effort required to address the error. An efficiency score is calculated for execution of one or more playbooks of the multiple playbooks during a particular time period based on the first weight for each of the one or more playbooks and the second weight for each type of error observed during the particular time period. An indication of a health of the automation framework is then displayed based on the efficiency score.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for representing objects of a network in a GUI comprising allocating all of the objects of the network as respective nodes in a two-dimensional space, assessing the gravitational forces of the nodes, and positioning the objects as graph in the GUI based on the gravitational forces of the nodes, wherein the allocating comprises enclosing all of the nodes in a single base square, dividing the single base square in a plurality of 1st-level squares, each of the 1st-level squares in a plurality of 2nd-level squares, iterating the subdividing of each of the (n)th-level squares in a plurality of (n+1)th-level squares, wherein the subdividing is made for the (n)th-level squares provided with two or more of the nodes, wherein the assessing comprises selecting as source square one of the squares starting from the highest level, selecting and as receiver square one the squares starting from the highest level, evaluating if the source square and the receiver square are distant, c

Abstract: A messaging system automatically populates a stream of messages using only a seed selected by the requesting account holder. In one embodiment, the seed includes the streams of one or more of the “top” accounts of the messaging system. Here, “top” is according to any one of a number of different metrics stored in the messaging system. With knowledge of the seed, the messaging system automatically populates a stream for the requesting account holder, without requiring any other input. As a result, an account holder is provided with a fully functioning stream with very little effort or knowledge required on their part.

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for generating resources within a secured network. When a user from an outside network wants to perform actions involving resources of a secured network, the user simply indicates the actions to perform within a resource file. Upon specifying the actions to perform, the requested actions specified in the resource file are securely transferred to the secured network where a cleared user of the secured network may approve/reject the actions to perform. In some cases, the cleared user may view the actions within a graphical user interface (GUI) and approve/reject the requested actions. The approved actions are then executed within the secured network. Results obtained from executing the approved actions are transferred to the user of the outside network without the user having to message, or call, the cleared user of the secured network.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and media are used to identify phishing attacks. A notification of a phishing attempt with a parameter associated with a recipient of the phishing attempt is received at a security management node. In response, an indication of the phishing attempt is presented in a phishing attempt search interface. The reported phishing attempts may be aggregated based upon specified criteria to avoid redundant incidents that may hinder remediation efforts.

Abstract: A communication apparatus comprises a rollback control unit that rolls back a first process to a second process; and a storage unit to store one or more network states shared by the first process and the second process, the second process enabled to take over or more network states from the first process; wherein the rollback control unit includes a network state control unit that controls to provide delayed updating of at least one of the one or more network states taken over by the second process.

Abstract: This invention presents a method and apparatus for solving a specific problem of web browser's display being blocked after a user submitted a task that will render the web browser becoming useless to a user for a period of time to prevent the user submitting other tasks. The success of solving this problem actually leads to the successful implementation of concurrent web based multitasking that improves the efficiency of utilizing resource for a computing device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a load balancing method, apparatus and system. In the present invention, a network management and control center of a basic network system interacts with a service management and control center of a network service system, and determines a load balancing policy according to entity information about service function execution entities in the network service system; and the network management and control center generates an execution flow table according to the load balancing policy, and controls a network device to perform a load balancing operation according to the execution flow table. The present invention is applicable to a network service system comprising a service function execution entity in a transparent mode, so as to implement load balancing processing on the service function execution entity in transparent mode in the network service system.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel architecture for capturing contextual attributes on host computers that execute one or more machines, and for consuming the captured contextual attributes to perform services on the host computers. The machines are virtual machines (VMs) in some embodiments, containers in other embodiments, or a mix of VMs and containers in still other embodiments. Some embodiments execute a guest-introspection (GI) agent on each machine from which contextual attributes need to be captured. In addition to executing one or more machines on each host computer, these embodiments also execute a context engine and one or more attribute-based service engines on each host computer. Through the GI agents of the machines on a host, the context engine of that host in some embodiments collects contextual attributes associated with network events and/or process events on the machines.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for defining and executing device-independent commands on a network having a plurality of network devices. In some examples, a controller includes a graphical user interface. The controller displays, via the graphical user interface, network devices that support a device-independent command selected from one or more device-independent commands, wherein each device-independent command performs one or more operations on supported network devices. The controller receives, via the graphical user interface, user input selecting two or more of the displayed network devices and performs the one or more operations of the selected device-independent command on the selected network devices. In some examples, performing includes executing tasks associated with each network device, wherein the tasks, when executed, perform the one or more operations on each respective network device.