Abstract: A method includes: determining a configuration of one or more networked hardware components; determining a usage level associated with one or more of the networked hardware components; determining a functional category of one or more of the networked hardware components based at least in part on the configuration of the one or more networked hardware components and the usage level associated with the one or more networked hardware components; and one or more of: outputting a suggested configuration of one or more of the networked hardware components based on the determined functional category of the one or more networked hardware components; and configuring of one or more of the networked hardware components based on the determined functional category of the one or more networked hardware components. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed.

Abstract: A computing device determines a collaboration event in which users are participating. For instance, the users' computing devices may be located within a same location, the users' communication devices may be currently engaging in a common communication session, or calendar entries of the users' calendars may indicate that they are currently participating in a common session. The computing device determines data related to the collaboration event, and may filter this data to yield the data most related to the collaboration event. The computing device provides the data related to the collaboration event to at least one of the users participating in the collaboration event.

Abstract: Network devices, like switches, selectively store network addresses of data packets received at their interfaces within forwarding tables. A management device determines workload devices related to a workload. The management device determines the network devices through which network traffic related to the workload among the workload devices traverses, and the network devices through which network traffic related to the workload among the workload devices does not traverse. The management device causes each network device to store or not store the network addresses of the workload devices depending on whether network traffic among the workload device traverses therethrough.

Abstract: A method includes: determining a configuration of one or more networked hardware components; determining a usage level associated with one or more of the networked hardware components; determining a functional category of one or more of the networked hardware components based at least in part on the configuration of the one or more networked hardware components and the usage level associated with the one or more networked hardware components; and one or more of: outputting a suggested configuration of one or more of the networked hardware components based on the determined functional category of the one or more networked hardware components; and configuring of one or more of the networked hardware components based on the determined functional category of the one or more networked hardware components. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed.

Abstract: Network devices, like switches, selectively store network addresses of data packets received at their interfaces within forwarding tables. A management device determines workload devices related to a workload. The management device determines the network devices through which network traffic related to the workload among the workload devices traverses, and the network devices through which network traffic related to the workload among the workload devices does not traverse. The management device causes each network device to store or not store the network addresses of the workload devices depending on whether network traffic among the workload device traverses therethrough.

Abstract: A computing device determines a collaboration event in which users are participating. For instance, the users' computing devices may be located within a same location, the users' communication devices may be currently engaging in a common communication session, or calendar entries of the users' calendars may indicate that they are currently participating in a common session. The computing device determines data related to the collaboration event, and may filter this data to yield the data most related to the collaboration event. The computing device provides the data related to the collaboration event to at least one of the users participating in the collaboration event.

Abstract: A computing device determines responsiveness of a user to notification sounds output by the computing device, by determining whether for each notification sound the user acknowledged a notification corresponding to the notification sound on the computing device. The computing device can determine characteristics of the notification sounds output by the computing device. The computing device recommends suggested notification sounds that promote user acknowledgment to notifications, for use in relation to future notifications. The computing device may determine other notification sounds that share the characteristics of the notification sounds for which the user acknowledged the notifications corresponding to the notification sounds on the computing device. The suggested notification sounds can include the other notification sounds, and/or the notification sounds output by the computing device for which the user acknowledged the notifications corresponding to the notification sounds on the computing device.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for securely positioning a cable connector plug for blind docking an electronic device or module with an electrical connector, for example within a rack for a computer system. A bracket includes a chip that is selectively securable to open and close the bracket. A cable connector plug collar is laterally receivable in the bracket when the bracket is open. The bracket retains the collar in a circumferential tongue and groove relationship when the bracket is closed. When the bracket is properly positioned and secured within a rack bay, the bracket positions the connector plug for blind docking without restricting operative access to the connector plug. A preferred bracket is sufficiently flexible to allow lateral movement of the connector plug when the bracket is closed about the collar.