Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method facilitate dynamically allocating server resources. The system and method include determining a current queue distribution, referencing historical information associated with execution of at least one task, and predicting, based on the current queue distribution and the historical information, a total number of tasks of various task types that are to be executed during the time period in the future. Based on this prediction, a resource manager determines a number of servers that should be instantiated for use during the time period in the future.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method facilitate dynamically allocating server resources. The system and method include determining a current queue distribution, referencing historical information associated with execution of at least one task, and predicting, based on the current queue distribution and the historical information, a total number of tasks of various task types that are to be executed during the time period in the future. Based on this prediction, a resource manager determines a number of servers that should be instantiated for use during the time period in the future.

Abstract: In embodiments, a task scheduler schedules a network scanning task associated with the electronic item to be repeatedly executed according to an execution frequency. The execution frequency corresponds to a length of a time interval between each execution. The task scheduler receives a first set of scan results generated by a first execution, at a first execution time, of the scanning task and a second set of scan results generated by a second execution, at a second execution time, of the scanning task. The first and second sets of scan results may include information associated with first and second sets of observed activities associated with the electronic item, respectively. The first and second sets of scan results are analyzed and the execution frequency is modified based on the analysis.