Abstract: A system and method for IT services e-commerce arena for cloud computing environments is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from each of a plurality of service clients, a request for processing time on a processor. The method also includes receiving, from each of a plurality of service providers, an offer for processing time on a processor operated by each respective service provider. Additionally, the method includes generating a buyer group based on information included in each respective request, wherein the buyer group comprises a selected one or more of the plurality of service clients to receive processing time on a processing resource and selecting one of the plurality of service providers to provide processing time on the processor operated by the selected service provider to the service clients in the buyer group. Further, the method includes initiating a transaction between each of the service clients in the buyer group and the selected service provider.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems, and computer program instructions for providing location-independent packet routing and secure access in a wireless networking environment (such as that encountered within a building), enabling client devices to travel seamlessly within the environment. Each client device uses a constant address. An address translation process that is transparent to the client and server is automatically performed as the device roams through the environment, enabling efficient client migration from one supporting access point to another. The secure access techniques provide user-centric authentication and allow policy-driven packet filtering, while taking advantage of encryption capabilities that are built in to the hardware at each endpoint.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program for delivering content from an Internet content server to a user device that has a limited sized display, such as found on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). A billing server, which may be the Internet web page content server or an intermediary web server, sends a cost option to the user device. The user of the device has an option of receiving, if at all, the content from the web page for a cost. The cost may be dependent on how many, if any, advertising displays the user is willing to receive as part of the web page content. The cost may be dependent on options offered the user, such as how old the content is in the case of time sensitive information such as stock quotes. In a preferred embodiment, the cost option is included in the web page header as a script using a format such as extensible Markup Language (XML) or its equivalent for the user device, such as Wireless Markus Language (WML).

Abstract: A general, event/handler kernel extension system is implemented. Network server extension architecture isolates and exploits the ability to derive responses on the same interrupt the original request was received on using non-paged memory. TCP network server extensions are implemented. A technique is defined for facilitating immediate completion of connection requests using pre-allocated connection endpoints and describes an approach to recycling these connection endpoints. A hybrid HTTP extension implemented partially in user space and partially in kernel space is defined that provides explicit or transparent implementation of the user space component and shared logging between user and kernel space. A technique is defined for prefetching responses to HTTP GET requests using earlier GET responses. Classifying of handler extensions according to latency in deriving a response to a network request is defined.