Abstract: Systems and methods are described that allow for the dynamic allocation and re-allocation of hardware and software resources to support the build, integration, and test phases of complex software development projects. The invention provides customers who have medium to large development teams, which may be geographically distributed, with an integrated development environment, which includes centralized governance of software code repositories, build systems and test systems. Embodiments of the invention include a centralized, scalable, and dynamic system architecture which allows customers to (1) replicate the internal build, integrate, and test environments that were previously used on the customer premises, (2) provision and re-provision such resources on demand, and (3) seamlessly integrate their internal environments with the system described herein.

Abstract: A system for managing an integrated supply chain of livestock, such as beef cattle, utilizes a networked system solution for interacting various supply chain entities via the Internet. Various livestock producers, feed yards, packers, retailers, and vendors to the livestock industry are interconnected to communicate, manage, market, and transact the livestock from birth to consumer sales at the retail level. Producers are enabled to provide source verification of their livestock to enhance the integrity of the system, and prequalify livestock for value-added retail programs. Retailers are enabled to make real-time changes to characteristics of known future supply through interactions with the decision makers during the production process.