Abstract: A network management apparatus according to an embodiment includes a storage device configured to store information indicating connection relationships between a plurality of communication devices and communication paths in a network configuration and rank information indicating ranks of the plurality of communication devices in the network configuration and a determination unit configured to, when a fault has occurred in a communication device, determine that a communication device influenced by the fault is within a fault influence range based on the information stored in the storage device.

Abstract: An information distribution system includes a plurality of monitoring devices that monitor Information Technology (IT) systems associated with respective monitoring devices, and a sharing device that transmits and receives information to and from the monitoring devices, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring devices includes first processing circuitry configured to provide the sharing device with know-how information including at least detection information and handling procedure information, the detection information being information for detecting a failure based on a log message output from the corresponding IT system, the handling procedure information being information in which a log message related to each failure and a handling procedure for the failure are associated with each other, and acquire the know-how information managed by the sharing device, and the sharing device includes second processing circuitry configured to collect the know-how information provided by the plurality of monitoring d

Abstract: A system and method for recommending a similar incident in operations technologies and a related device are provided.

Abstract: A user-initiated request from a user device of a user is detected. The user-initiated request is directed to a product provider, the user-initiated request includes one or more parameters. an anonymized request is created based on the one or more parameters. The anonymized request is sent to the product provider. A provider response is received from the product provider. A targeted response is generated based on the one or more parameters of the user-initiated request and based on the provider response. The targeted response is transmitted to the user device of the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for determining a root cause of fault, a server and a computer-readable medium. The method for determining a root cause of fault includes: determining fault characteristic information when a fault occurs in a service, and determining a fault root cause node according to the fault characteristic information and a preset fault propagation graph, the fault propagation graph is configured to represent directed association relationships among different fault propagation nodes, and directed association relationships among a fault node, the fault propagation nodes and fault root cause nodes, and the nodes in the fault propagation graph are configured to represent the fault characteristic information.

Abstract: A network management apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a storage unit configured to store information indicating a correspondence relationship between information objects related to a physical layer and information objects related to a logical layer in a network configuration, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first information object related to a location where a failure occurs in the physical layer of the network configuration from the storage unit, an identification unit configured to identify, as a failure influence range, a second information object associated with the first information object related to the location where the failure occurs, of the information objects related to the logical layer stored in the storage unit, the first information object being acquired by the acquisition unit, and an outputting unit configured to output information indicating the failure influence range identified by the identification unit.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are provided herein for providing a visually guided topology wiring scheme. As described herein, after determining that a first end of a cable has been inserted at a first port of a first peer device, a wiring application may reference a topology file to identify a second port of a second peer device with which the first peer device is intended to have a link. Subsequently, the wiring application may activate an indicator associated with the second port to mimic an indicator associated with the first port. For example, the wiring application may cause both indicators associated with each port to flash according to a same or similar flashing pattern, to produce or illuminate at a similar or identical color (e.g., approximately the same color), to flash at approximately a same rate, or by substantially synchronizing a flashing of each indicator.

Abstract: In an approach to optimize server connection timeout errors in a cloud environment, embodiments create a knowledge corpus associated with connection timeout patterns based on historical learning of transaction parameters and predicts a criticality of a transaction based on one or more identified contextual situations. Further, embodiments dynamically adjust a connection timeout range of the transaction based on the predicted criticality and one or more identified contextual situations of the transaction, and selectively identify a connection timeout range for the transaction based on an evaluation of the one or more contextual situations. Additionally, embodiments analyze generated timeout errors on a remote server from within a service mesh, and adjust timeout values of the transaction based on the analyzed generated timeouts errors. Responsive to the transaction receiving a timeout error, embodiments output a recommended timeline detailing when the transaction can be reinitiated.

Abstract: A method of reducing network traffic includes blocking, at a mobile device, a first channel to reduce network signaling in a network and to reduce battery consumption. The first channel includes a non-common channel. The method includes offloading application traffic of an application onto a second channel. The second channel may include a common channel. The method may include monitoring the application traffic of the application over the second channel, unblocking the first channel based on the monitored application traffic so that the application can perform an action, and re-blocking the first channel after the action has been completed. The method may include unblocking the first channel when user activity is detected, wherein the user activity includes whether the mobile device is being interacted with.

Abstract: In general, embodiments relate to a method, for managing a network, that includes determining an occurrence of an operational issue on a network device of the network, based on the determining, executing an encoding phase and a causal feature identification phase on a feature database, wherein the feature database is associated with the operational issue, identifying a plurality of potential root causes using the encoding phase and the causal feature identification phase, and performing an action based on the plurality of potential root causes.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for providing a virtual media gateway in which an Information Handling Systems (IHSs) configured on a private network may be managed using a systems management console. One embodiment of the virtual media gateway system includes a systems manager in communication with multiple server IHSs configured in a data center. The systems manager includes executable code to establish a first login session with a public network configured in the data center, and using the first login session, receive a request to communicate with one of the computing devices. The executable code is further executable to authenticate the systems manager with the one server IHS on behalf of the end-user to establish a second login session through a private network, and generate a console for providing user interaction with the one computing device via the second login session.

Abstract: A system for troubleshooting network problems is disclosed. A model can use demographic information, network usage information, and network membership information to determine an importance of a problem. The importance of the problem for the user who reported the problem, a number of other users affected by the problem, and the importance of the problem to the other users can be used to determine a priority for resolving the problem. Before and after a work order is executed to resolve the problem, network metrics can be gathered, including aggregate network metrics, and automatically presented in various user interfaces. The analysis of the metrics can be used to update a database of which work orders are assigned in response to which problems.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device obtains user experience metrics for a plurality of sessions with an online application. The device detects a plurality of anomalies from among the user experience metrics. The device determines, based on a correlation between the plurality of anomalies, that a particular path entity is a root cause of the plurality of anomalies. The particular path entity comprises an egress service provider or data center of the online application. The device provides an indication of the particular path entity being the root cause of the plurality of anomalies.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for seamlessly redirecting network data between a client and a remote server. In one exemplary aspect, the method comprises receiving, at a remote server, the network data via a first remote desktop protocol (RDP) channel, wherein the network data is encapsulated and transmitted by a client device configured to communicate with the remote server. The method further comprises replacing a MAC address listed in the network data with a MAC address of a logical network adapter on the remote server, and placing received network packets into a network driver of the logical network adapter, wherein the logical network adapter transfers received data in an operating system of the remote server such that a server-side application on the remote server receives network packets from the client device.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a tool to provide calendar integration with video conferencing technology to allow for the rendering of a specialized graphical user interface during a video conference that displays not only an identification of which users are currently attending or otherwise connected to the video conference but also an identification of users that have been invited to the video conference but not yet attended.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for cloning a set of one or more applications implemented by a first set of machines connected through a first logical network that defines a virtual private cloud (VPC) in a set of one or more datacenters. The method detects that the first logical network does not have sufficient resources to process a set of network traffic destined for the set of one or more applications implemented by the first set of machines. Based on said detecting, the method uses a set of network configuration data that configures a set of logical forwarding elements (LFEs) of the first logical network to define a cloned, second logical network for connecting a cloned, second set of machines that implement a second set of one or more applications. The method uses the cloned, second logical network to process at least a subset of the network traffic destined to the set of applications.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a subsequence-based encoding application generates a convex hull of subsequence encode points based on multiple encoding points and a first subsequence included in a set of subsequences that are associated with a media title. The subsequence-based encoding application then generates a first encode list that includes multiple subsequence encode points based on the first convex hull. Notably, each subsequence encode point included in the first encode list is associated with a different subsequence. The subsequence-based encoding application selects a first subsequence encode point included in the first encode list based on a first variability constraint that is associated with a media metric. The subsequence-based encoding application then replaces the first subsequence encode point included in the first encode list with a second subsequence encode point to generate a second encode list.

Abstract: Computer security techniques are described. One example provides a security module. The security module executes on a computing system and determines whether to allow a user or a program (e.g., native executable, script, etc.) associated with the user to access a resource, such as by reading, writing, or executing a file. This decision is based at least in part on whether an access control list that is associated with the resource specifies that a source (e.g., IP address, hardware address) that is associated with the user is allowed to access the resource. This decision can also or instead be based on whether the computing system is executing in maintenance mode, such as in single-user diagnostic mode.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for retaining messages. Bins for having messages stored for different retention periods are provided. Each message is of a message type. Messages are received and each received message is assigned to a bin. For each message determined to have an age exceeding a retention period of the message's assigned bin, the message is reassigned to a bin having a next higher retention period.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices may be used to support freshness-based processing of requests. Freshness-based processing may involve the service layer examining the age of stored content (e.g., resource representation) that it hosts and determining whether it is fresh enough to satisfy a retrieve or discovery request with a specified freshness requirement. If not fresh, the service layer can contact an application to refresh the content. In addition, freshness-based processing can also involve the service layer examining the semantic state of a command oriented update request to determine whether its state is fresh or not with respect to prior commands processed by the service layer. For example, the service layer may compare stored content associated with controlling a particular application (e.g. door is locked) and against the semantic content of an update request (e.g., unlock door) to determine whether it is the same (e.g., stale) or not (e.g., fresh).