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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Certain embodiments disclosed herein reduce or eliminate a communication bottleneck at the storage manager by reducing communication with the storage manager while maintaining functionality of an information management system. In some implementations, a client obtains information for enabling a secondary storage job (e.g., a backup or restore) from a storage manager and stores the information (which may be referred to as job metadata) in a local cache. The client may then reuse the job metadata for multiple storage jobs reducing the frequency of communication with the storage manager. When a configuration of the information management system changes, or the availability of resources changes, the storage manager can push updates to the job metadata to the clients. Further, a client can periodically request updated job metadata from the storage manager ensuring that the client does not rely on out-of-date job metadata.

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: A building device including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement a software gateway configured to receive one or more messages from building equipment, receive, based on the one or more messages, one or more software updates for the software gateway, wherein the one or more software updates are updates for communicating with the building equipment, communicate with the building equipment based on the one or more software updates and receive data describing the building equipment, and cause a configuration image to be generated for the software gateway based on the data describing the building equipment, the configuration image indicating a configuration of the software gateway for performing one or more gateway services.

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.

Abstract: A communication system and method for the utilization of messaging protocols to provide computing devices executable code. An administrative component can include executable code or instructions within the publication of content. Computing devices registered to receive this content can receive and execute the code (or instructions) and utilize the same messaging protocol to publish a result of the processing to be delivered to the admin device.

Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for mitigating network resource contention. Event scheduling details are received regarding one or more virtual events. In response to determining that an upcoming virtual event will begin within a predetermined time threshold, various steps are performed. First, a predicted number of event participants is determined. Next, database artifacts associated with the upcoming virtual event are prefetched. Then static event display resources are accessed prior to a start of the upcoming virtual event, and the database artifacts and the static event display resources are cached. A network protocol request to access network resources is received from a client device. The database artifacts and the static event display resources are pushed to a client-side cache associated with the client device, and a minimal network response is transmitted to the client device.

Abstract: This invention relates to using topological analysis of a graph representing a multi agent computer simulation in order to allocate agents to a multiprocessing computer system so as to optimize the calculation of the simulation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing an HTML file to identify elements in the HTML file to which to add unique automation tags, and for each element identified, determining whether the element is a dynamic element. If the system determines that an element is a dynamic element, the system generates an observer for the dynamic element to detect a change to the dynamic element, and if the system detects a signal sent by the observer indicating that a change to the dynamic element has occurred, the system generates a unique automation tag for an element corresponding to the change to the dynamic element. If the system determines that the element is not a dynamic element, the system generates a unique automation tag for the element.

Abstract: A method is implemented in a computing system for managing resources to decrease busy-looping, the method using a sliding window template including at least a first sliding window. The method includes initializing the sliding window template for a monitored resource, determining a current status of the monitored resource, updating the first sliding window with the current status, determining a first sliding window status based on whether a first sliding window threshold is met, and determining whether to sleep the monitored resource based on a decision-making table that uses at least the first sliding window status as input.

Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes may include a method for using a first health score for a first mobile access point (MAP) in a network, comprising generating the first health score using a plurality of features related to the first MAP. The first health score may be used for one or more of scheduling maintenance, triggering an alarm, and monitoring the network.