Abstract: A method for managing an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include generating a workspace configured to maintain configurations for the information technology infrastructure. A configuration file specifying configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure may be merged into the workspace. An execution plan may be generated based on the workspace. The execution plan may include operations to apply, to the information technology infrastructure, the configurations specified in the configuration file. The configurations may be applied, based on the execution plan, by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for generating a configuration file for configuring an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include receiving, from a first user at a first client, a first indication to publish an infrastructure module comprising a set of configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The infrastructure module may be stored in a module registry in response to the first indication. A second indication selecting the infrastructure module may be received from a second user at a second client. In response to the second indication, the infrastructure module may be sent from the module registry to the second client for insertion into a configuration file being created at the second client. The insertion of the infrastructure module may incorporate, into configuration file, the set of configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for managing an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include generating a workspace configured to maintain configurations for the information technology infrastructure. A configuration file specifying configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure may be merged into the workspace. An execution plan may be generated based on the workspace. The execution plan may include operations to apply, to the information technology infrastructure, the configurations specified in the configuration file. The configurations may be applied, based on the execution plan, by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for managing an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include generating a workspace configured to maintain configurations for the information technology infrastructure. A configuration file specifying configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure may be merged into the workspace. An execution plan may be generated based on the workspace. The execution plan may include operations to apply, to the information technology infrastructure, the configurations specified in the configuration file. The configurations may be applied, based on the execution plan, by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method may include validating an execution plan specifying one or more configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The execution plan may be validated by at least determining a structural validity of the configurations of the execution plan. In response to the configurations of the execution plan being determined to be structurally valid, the validation of the execution plan may further include determining whether the information technology infrastructure satisfies a policy if the configurations specified in the execution plan are applied to the information technology infrastructure. In response to a successful validation of the execution plan, the one or more configurations specified in the execution plan may be applied to the information technology infrastructure by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure.

Abstract: A method for managing an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include generating a workspace configured to maintain configurations for the information technology infrastructure. A configuration file specifying configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure may be merged into the workspace. An execution plan may be generated based on the workspace. The execution plan may include operations to apply, to the information technology infrastructure, the configurations specified in the configuration file. The configurations may be applied, based on the execution plan, by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method may include validating an execution plan specifying one or more configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The execution plan may be validated by at least determining a structural validity of the configurations of the execution plan. In response to the configurations of the execution plan being determined to be structurally valid, the validation of the execution plan may further include determining whether the information technology infrastructure satisfies a policy if the configurations specified in the execution plan are applied to the information technology infrastructure. In response to a successful validation of the execution plan, the one or more configurations specified in the execution plan may be applied to the information technology infrastructure by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure.

Abstract: A method for generating a configuration file for configuring an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include receiving, from a first user at a first client, a first indication to publish an infrastructure module comprising a set of configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The infrastructure module may be stored in a module registry in response to the first indication. A second indication selecting the infrastructure module may be received from a second user at a second client. In response to the second indication, the infrastructure module may be sent from the module registry to the second client for insertion into a configuration file being created at the second client. The insertion of the infrastructure module may incorporate, into configuration file, the set of configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for generating a configuration file for configuring an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include receiving, from a first user at a first client, a first indication to publish an infrastructure module comprising a set of configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The infrastructure module may be stored in a module registry in response to the first indication. A second indication selecting the infrastructure module may be received from a second user at a second client. In response to the second indication, the infrastructure module may be sent from the module registry to the second client for insertion into a configuration file being created at the second client. The insertion of the infrastructure module may incorporate, into configuration file, the set of configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for generating a configuration file for configuring an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include receiving, from a first user at a first client, a first indication to publish an infrastructure module comprising a set of configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The infrastructure module may be stored in a module registry in response to the first indication. A second indication selecting the infrastructure module may be received from a second user at a second client. In response to the second indication, the infrastructure module may be sent from the module registry to the second client for insertion into a configuration file being created at the second client. The insertion of the infrastructure module may incorporate, into configuration file, the set of configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method may include validating an execution plan specifying one or more configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The execution plan may be validated by at least determining a structural validity of the configurations of the execution plan. In response to the configurations of the execution plan being determined to be structurally valid, the validation of the execution plan may further include determining whether the information technology infrastructure satisfies a policy if the configurations specified in the execution plan are applied to the information technology infrastructure. In response to a successful validation of the execution plan, the one or more configurations specified in the execution plan may be applied to the information technology infrastructure by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure.

Abstract: A method may include validating an execution plan specifying one or more configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The execution plan may be validated by at least determining a structural validity of the configurations of the execution plan. In response to the configurations of the execution plan being determined to be structurally valid, the validation of the execution plan may further include determining whether the information technology infrastructure satisfies a policy if the configurations specified in the execution plan are applied to the information technology infrastructure. In response to a successful validation of the execution plan, the one or more configurations specified in the execution plan may be applied to the information technology infrastructure by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure.

Abstract: A method for managing an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include generating a workspace configured to maintain configurations for the information technology infrastructure. A configuration file specifying configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure may be merged into the workspace. An execution plan may be generated based on the workspace. The execution plan may include operations to apply, to the information technology infrastructure, the configurations specified in the configuration file. The configurations may be applied, based on the execution plan, by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for managing an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include generating a workspace configured to maintain configurations for the information technology infrastructure. A configuration file specifying configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure may be merged into the workspace. An execution plan may be generated based on the workspace. The execution plan may include operations to apply, to the information technology infrastructure, the configurations specified in the configuration file. The configurations may be applied, based on the execution plan, by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for generating a configuration file for configuring an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include receiving, from a first user at a first client, a first indication to publish an infrastructure module comprising a set of configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The infrastructure module may be stored in a module registry in response to the first indication. A second indication selecting the infrastructure module may be received from a second user at a second client. In response to the second indication, the infrastructure module may be sent from the module registry to the second client for insertion into a configuration file being created at the second client. The insertion of the infrastructure module may incorporate, into configuration file, the set of configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for generating a configuration file for configuring an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include receiving, from a first user at a first client, a first indication to publish an infrastructure module comprising a set of configurations to apply to an information technology infrastructure. The infrastructure module may be stored in a module registry in response to the first indication. A second indication selecting the infrastructure module may be received from a second user at a second client. In response to the second indication, the infrastructure module may be sent from the module registry to the second client for insertion into a configuration file being created at the second client. The insertion of the infrastructure module may incorporate, into configuration file, the set of configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: The open time of a cementitious composition, such as a grout, may be increased by the incorporating therein, as a binder, a polymer composition comprising a film-forming copolymer formed by polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising 1 to 3% of at least one monomer selected from the group of monomers consisting of amides of &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated C3 to C6 carboxylic acids and at least one hydroxy-(C1 to C8)alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer, wherein the total amount of these monomers is from 2 to 7.5% by weight of said monomer mixture.

Abstract: The invention is related to a glass-ceramic article decorated with a ceramic baking finish. A SiO.sub.2 layer, about 20-200 nm thick, is placed between the decoration and the glass-ceramic material. The SiO.sub.2 layer can additionally contain, to match the refractive index to the refractive index of the glass-ceramic, up to 66.5 wt. % of oxides which change the refractive index, in particular TiO.sub.2, ZrO.sub.2, SnO.sub.2, MgO or Al.sub.2 O.sub.3. In the process to produce the decorated glass ceramic article, the SiO.sub.2 layer is preferably produced according to the known sol-gel process. Preferably, an SiO.sub.2 gel layer, optionally precondensed by a brief thermal treatment, is produced on the still-vitreous article. The decoration is applied to this gel layer and afterward the vitreous article is subjected to ceramization. The SiO.sub.2 -gel layer is converted into an SiO.sub.2 layer, and the ceramic color of the decoration is baked-in. The SiO.sub.

Abstract: The invention is related to a glass-ceramic article decorated with a ceramic baking finish. A SiO.sub.2 layer, about 20-200 nm thick, is placed between the decoration and the glass-ceramic material. The SiO.sub.2 layer can additionally contain, to match the refractive index to the refractive index of the glass-ceramic, up to 66.5 wt % of oxides which change the refractive index, in particular TiO.sub.2, ZrO.sub.2, SnO.sub.2, MgO or Al.sub.2 O.sub.3. In the process to produce the decorated glass ceramic article, the SiO.sub.2 layer is preferably produced according to the known sol-gel process. Preferably, an SiO.sub.2 gel layer, optionally precondensed by a brief thermal treatment, is produced on the still-vitreous article. The decoration is applied to this gel layer and afterward the vitreous article is subjected to ceramization. The SiO.sub.2 -gel layer is converted into an SiO.sub.2 layer, and the ceramic color of the decoration is baked-in. The SiO.sub.

Abstract: A pressure vessel sight glass, especially a tempered glass, is protected against the corrosive attack of normally alkaline, boiler feed water heated up to 300.degree. C., by providing the sight glass with a metallic oxide coating consisting essentially of SnO.sub.2, optionally combined with Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3. The coating is preferably applied as a sprayed solution of soluble salt convertible to the oxide.