Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for managing the computing resources of a cloud computing platform comprising a plurality of Virtual Machine (VM) clusters each comprising a plurality of Virtual Machine (VM) instances, each configured to run at least one software application instance. The system comprises a monitoring module configured for determining a resource utilisation value for each VM instance and an elasticity module configured for adjusting the number of VM instances and/or software application instances in the VM cluster. The monitoring module is configured to determine, based on the user requests received at the communication interface, a cluster resource utilisation value, which is used by the elasticity module to adjust the number of VM instances and/or software application instances to maintain the resource utilisation value of each VM instance within the target value range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for managing the computing resources of a cloud computing platform comprising a plurality of Virtual Machine (VM) clusters each comprising a plurality of Virtual Machine (VM) instances, each configured to run at least one software application instance. The system comprises a monitoring module configured for determining a resource utilisation value for each VM instance and an elasticity module configured for adjusting the number of VM instances and/or software application instances in the VM cluster. The monitoring module is configured to determine, based on the user requests received at the communication interface, a cluster resource utilisation value, which is used by the elasticity module to adjust the number of VM instances and/or software application instances to maintain the resource utilisation value of each VM instance within the target value range.

Abstract: A process of allocating seats to customers usable with a computerized reservation system. This process includes the following allocation steps: assigning, in a database, to each customer, data relating to criteria of placement; determination of a value of satisfaction of the customer for a seat as a function of its adequacy with respect to the placement criteria, assigning, in a database, to each customer, a level of priority, allocating, to each customer, by decreasing order of level of priority, the available seat having the maximum satisfaction value. Particular application to the reservation of seats in the field of aircraft transport.