Patents by Inventor James Barros

James Barros has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systematic migration of workload based on classification
    Patent number: 8914789
    Abstract: Data characterizing a source computing environment having at least one hardware resource and at least one workload is obtained, as is a specification of a target computing environment to which the at least one workload is to be migrated in a migration. Based on the data characterizing the source computing environment and the specification of the target computing environment, the migration is categorized into one of a plurality of categories; and the migration is specified in accordance with a migration technique selected based on the categorizing step. Techniques to identify suitable migration candidates are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Barros, Kamal Bhattacharya, Brian L. Peterson, Birgit Pfitzmann, John Rofrano, Kunwadee Sripanidkulchai, Christopher Ward
  • SYSTEMATIC MIGRATION OF WORKLOAD BASED ON CLASSIFICATION
    Publication number: 20120131567
    Abstract: Data characterizing a source computing environment having at least one hardware resource and at least one workload is obtained, as is a specification of a target computing environment to which the at least one workload is to be migrated in a migration. Based on the data characterizing the source computing environment and the specification of the target computing environment, the migration is categorized into one of a plurality of categories; and the migration is specified in accordance with a migration technique selected based on the categorizing step. Techniques to identify suitable migration candidates are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Barros, Kamal Bhattacharya, Brian L. Peterson, Birgit Pfitzmann, John Rofrano, Kunwadee Sripanidkulchai, Christopher Ward