Abstract: Triggering a prioritized alert and provisioning an action may include receiving historical data associated with a set of projects, the historical data spanning multiple consecutive time periods. A hierarchical data structure is generated that includes occurrences of performance factors in the historical data. Based on the hierarchical data structure, Bayesian scores associated with the performance factors are derived, the Bayesian scores representing likelihood of the performance factors occurring in a given project. The performance factors are ranked based on the Bayesian scores. Based on ranking, an alert and an action may be automatically triggered.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pillow cover with sheath enclosure to securely enclose a pillow. The pillow cover has an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end, and a second end, and is constructed and arranged to enclose and cover a pillow. The pillow cover further comprises an exterior case, an interior sheath coextensive with at least a portion the exterior case, an interior extension, and a closure element for closing the interior extension. The pillow cover and its elements may be made of any suitable materials. The closure element may be any suitable closure device, such as a zipper, a button placket, a series of snap closures, a hook and loop closure device, or combinations thereof. In use, a pillow may be installed within the interior sheath and the interior extension may be closed over the pillow to enclose and retain the pillow in the pillow cover.

Abstract: Triggering a prioritized alert and provisioning an action may include receiving historical data associated with a set of projects, the historical data spanning multiple consecutive time periods. A hierarchical data structure is generated that includes occurrences of performance factors in the historical data. Based on the hierarchical data structure, Bayesian scores associated with the performance factors are derived, the Bayesian scores representing likelihood of the performance factors occurring in a given project. The performance factors are ranked based on the Bayesian scores. Based on ranking, an alert and an action may be automatically triggered.

Abstract: A governing modeling system maintains information associated with an analytic model. One or more policies may be defined that are associated with the analytic model and one or more instances of the analytic model. The system may monitor the analytic model and the one or more instances of the analytic model based on at least some of the information, the one or more policies associated with the analytic model and the one or more policies associated with the one or more instances of the analytic model.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for analyzing usage of printers. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining from at least one printer information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks; and transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation based on information of organizational structure containing the print requesters. In the present invention, entities having a costly pattern are identified by mining historical usage data of the printers, thus driving the redesign of business process associated with the entities, performing print policies optimization on each entity associated with the printers based on the mined historical usage data, thereby reducing unnecessary paper consumption.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing usage of printers. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining from at least one printer information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks; and transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation based on information of organizational structure containing the print requesters. In the present invention, entities having a costly pattern are identified by mining historical usage data of the printers, thus driving the redesign of business process associated with the entities, performing print policies optimization on each entity associated with the printers based on the mined historical usage data, thereby reducing unnecessary paper consumption.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing usage of printers. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining from at least one printer information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks; and transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation based on information of organizational structure containing the print requesters. In the present invention, entities having a costly pattern are identified by mining historical usage data of the printers, thus driving the redesign of business process associated with the entities, performing print policies optimization on each entity associated with the printers based on the mined historical usage data, thereby reducing unnecessary paper consumption.

Abstract: A governing modeling system maintains information associated with an analytic model. One or more policies may be defined that are associated with the analytic model and one or more instances of the analytic model. The system may monitor the analytic model and the one or more instances of the analytic model based on at least some of the information, the one or more policies associated with the analytic model and the one or more policies associated with the one or more instances of the analytic model.

Abstract: A method, information processing system and computer readable medium for assessing risk in a software development project. The method includes receiving software project data for assessing risks in a software development project and identifying a plurality of focus areas for analysis. The method further includes defining a set of analysis tasks for each focus area and creating one or more rule sets for each analysis task, each rule set comprising one or more rules including software project data. The method further includes evaluating each rule set against the software project data summarizing results of evaluating each rule set corresponding to an analysis task. The method further includes providing a risk assessment value for each analysis task using the results of the summarizing element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for analyzing usage of printers. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining from at least one printer information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks; and transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation based on information of organizational structure containing the print requesters. In the present invention, entities having a costly pattern are identified by mining historical usage data of the printers, thus driving the redesign of business process associated with the entities, performing print policies optimization on each entity associated with the printers based on the mined historical usage data, thereby reducing unnecessary paper consumption.

Abstract: A system (and method, and method for deploying computing infrastructure) for planning for development of at least one services solution offering, includes a generating unit that generates an action plan for at least one portion of a development lifecycle of the services solution offering.

Abstract: A method and system for predicting resource requirements of a current service engagement by modeling records of past service engagements to create and classify templates of service resource usage. This is done by clustering past engagements into groups having similar time series requirements for service resources. A service resource template for the current service engagement is generated from a classified template by using characteristics of the current service engagement to select a group of which the current service engagement is a likely member. The corresponding template is then customized to fit the characteristics of the current service engagement. The invention may be implemented using Hidden Markov Models. An aspect of the invention is use of dynamic time warping to quantify dissimilarity between engagement sequences prior to fitting Hidden Markov Models. Another aspect of the invention is removal of outliers from the clustered groups.

Abstract: A system (and method, and method for deploying computing infrastructure) for identifying the impact of a business action on a financial performance of a company, including performing a retrospective analysis of a plurality of example companies taking a business action, wherein the retrospective analysis is based on features of the plurality of companies in a predetermined pre-action time period and a predetermined post-action time period in the absence of definitive knowledge concerning when the impact will occur within the post-action time frame, and, moreover, predicting the impact of the business action on a new company.

Abstract: A system (and method, and method for deploying computing infrastructure) for identifying a customer at risk of revenue change (e.g., revenue loss or revenue gain) including computing a risk score based on a plurality of risk factors associated with the customer.

Abstract: A method, information processing system and computer readable medium for assessing risk in a software development project. The method includes receiving software project data for assessing risks in a software development project and identifying a plurality of focus areas for analysis. The method further includes defining a set of analysis tasks for each focus area and creating one or more rule sets for each analysis task, each rule set comprising one or more rules including software project data. The method further includes evaluating each rule set against the software project data summarizing results of evaluating each rule set corresponding to an analysis task. The method further includes providing a risk assessment value for each analysis task using the results of the summarizing element.

Abstract: A method (and structure) of planning allocation of life cycle resources for a system including a plurality of components whereby the system inherits attributes from its components according to its structural architecture and in terms of an uncertainty of usage in operation.

Abstract: A process for determining which of a large number of candidate companies are most likely to outsource some aspect of their business operations, based on a mathematical model capable of analyzing a large number of inputs, including financial metrics, executive changes, and other significant corporate events like mergers and acquisitions.

Abstract: A method (and structure) of estimating a cost related to at least one of computer software development, maintenance, and information technology services. A section of computer code is read in accordance with a sampling technique. The cost for a larger subset of the computer code is calculated from the sampling. At least one of the reading, sampling, and calculating is executed on a computer.