Abstract: A method for deciding a destination server among a plurality of servers to which applications are migrated upon occurrence of a failure on one of the servers is provided. The method includes the steps of obtaining required performance information of each of the applications when each of the plurality of servers is normally operating, obtaining furnishing performance information of each of the plurality of servers in operation, specifying at least one of the servers having a composition capable of running the applications migrated upon occurrence of a failure on one of the servers, comparing the required performance information and the furnishing performance information, and specifying one of the servers that has an application execution performance closest to an application execution performance on the server having the failure, and that meets a specified availability.

Abstract: A method for deciding a destination server among a plurality of servers to which applications are migrated upon occurrence of a failure on one of the servers is provided. The method includes the steps of obtaining required performance information of each of the applications when each of the plurality of servers is normally operating, obtaining furnishing performance information of each of the plurality of servers in operation, specifying at least one of the servers having a composition capable of running the applications migrated upon occurrence of a failure on one of the servers, comparing the required performance information and the furnishing performance information, and specifying one of the servers that has an application execution performance closest to an application execution performance on the server having the failure, and that meets a specified availability.

Abstract: A browsing data creation system of an information searching apparatus includes a data storage for storing plural kinds of data that are to be searched for. Each of the data having a data format corresponding to the kind of data that is is. Instructions can be input into the information searching apparatus and browsing data can be created from the data stored in the data storage according to a data format input into the information searching apparatus. Data that is to be searched for has a time based access and is divided into page units. An instruction is input to the information searching apparatus to search in page units.

Abstract: An program execution method in a multi-computer environment composed of a plurality of computers is disclosed. In this method, a program which is dependent on at least one of the computers can be executed with the computer being transparent to the user. In each execution environment definition file, software information defining the execution environment needed by the respective program is stored. In a software definition table, software information defining the execution environment of each computer is stored. The execution environment selecting unit acquires corresponding software information by referring to the execution environment definition file prepared for the program to be executed and selects a computer which has a software information containing the acquired software information by referring to the software definition table. The execution requesting unit requests the selected computer to execute the program and the program execution unit of the requested computer executes the program.

Abstract: Browsing data in the format selected by a user can be created by using the existing art. Video and audio can be browsed by designating only the portion to be browsed.

Abstract: A browsing data creation system of an information searching apparatus includes a data storage for storing plural kinds of data that are to be searched for. Each of the data having a data format corresponding to the kind of data that it is. Instructions can be input into the information searching apparatus and browsing data can be created from the data stored in the data storage according to a data format input into the information searching apparatus. Data that is to be searched for has a time based access and is divided into page units. An instruction is input to the information searching apparatus to search in page units.

Abstract: Browsing data in the format selected by a user can be created by using the existing art. Video and audio can be browsed by designating only the portion to be browsed. A system for creating a compound document is used so as to create browsing data from application data. When audio data and videa data are played, a concept of a virtual page is introduced so that they can be browsed in page units.