Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; performing an in-memory BIOS functionality operation, the in-memory BIOS functionality operation confirming functionality of the BIOS component and the BIOS variable with the processor environment installed on the information handling system.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed unified BIOS; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments, the processor environment comprising a processor architecture; coupling a peripheral component to the information handling system; and, performing a secure channel peripheral firmware update operation, the secure channel peripheral firmware update operation securely updating firmware of the peripheral component.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed unified BIOS, identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments, the processor environment comprising a processor architecture and performing a universal firmware update operation, the universal firmware update operation seamlessly updating firmware associated with a plurality of information handling system components.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; and, performing an extended firmware management operation, the extended firmware management operation recovering a copy of the BIOS component from a remote memory storage location.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; and, performing a BIOS component memory address tracking operation, the BIOS component memory address tracking operation tracking a system memory physical address of the BIOS component.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; selecting a particular BIOS component based upon the processor environment installed on the information handling system; generating a particular BIOS variable based upon the processor environment installed on the information handling system; and, loading the particular BIOS component and particular BIOS variable on the information handling system, the loading being seamless regardless of the processor environment installed on the information handling system.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; performing a firmware key management operation, the firmware key management operation managing a key when performing a distributed firmware management operation.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; and, performing an extended firmware management operation, the extended firmware management operation recovering a copy of the BIOS component from a remote memory storage location.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; determining whether to perform a redundant BIOS component management operation, the determining whether to perform the redundant BIOS component management operation being context aware; identifying a distributed BIOS backup storage location; performing the redundant BIOS component management operation using a BIOS payload stored at the distributed BIOS backup storage location.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; performing a boot process failure remediation operation, the boot process failure remediation operation applying a remedial solution to a boot process failure to facilitate successful completion of a boot process.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; performing a firmware key management operation, the firmware key management operation managing a key when performing a distributed firmware management operation.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; and, performing a BIOS component memory address tracking operation, the BIOS component memory address tracking operation tracking a system memory physical address of the BIOS component.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; selecting a particular BIOS component based upon the processor environment installed on the information handling system; generating a particular BIOS variable based upon the processor environment installed on the information handling system; and, loading the particular BIOS component and particular BIOS variable on the information handling system, the loading being seamless regardless of the processor environment installed on the information handling system.

Abstract: A firmware management operation. The firmware management operation includes providing an information handling system with a distributed BIOS, the distributed BIOS including a BIOS component and a BIOS variable; identifying a processor environment installed on an information handling system from a plurality of processor environments; performing an in-memory BIOS functionality operation, the in-memory BIOS functionality operation confirming functionality of the BIOS component and the BIOS variable with the processor environment installed on the information handling system.

Abstract: A method for training a system for measuring or estimating or both of a user's response to a stimulus and for classifying the response is disclosed. The system is trained using a test stimulus presented to one or more users. One or more images of the users' face are captured and simultaneously EEG signals of the users are captured. One or more emotional features are derived from the facial data of the users. One or more cognitive features and emotional features are derived from the EEG signals of each of the users, and a training dataset is created by correlating the one or more emotional features from the facial data, one or more cognitive and emotional features from the EEG signals with one or more features associated with the test stimulus. Created training dataset is used for measuring or estimating or both of a user's response to the stimulus.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for receiving a request for instrumentation data describing one or more devices in the computing environment, the request received from a resource management interface; retrieving the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices from a resource database; identifying a schema associated with the resource management interface; converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema associated with the resource management interface; and transmitting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices to the resource management interface.

Abstract: A method for training a system for measuring or estimating or both of a user's response to a stimulus and for classifying the response is disclosed. The system is trained using a test stimulus presented to one or more users. One or more images of the users' face are captured and simultaneously EEG signals of the users are captured. One or more emotional features are derived from the facial data of the users. One or more cognitive features and emotional features are derived from the EEG signals of each of the users, and a training dataset is created by correlating the one or more emotional features from the facial data, one or more cognitive and emotional features from the EEG signals with one or more features associated with the test stimulus. Created training dataset is used for measuring or estimating or both of a user's response to the stimulus.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for receiving a request for instrumentation data describing one or more devices in the computing environment, the request received from a resource management interface; retrieving the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices from a resource database; identifying a schema associated with the resource management interface; converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema associated with the resource management interface; and transmitting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices to the resource management interface.

Abstract: A method, program product and apparatus for controlling access to profile information, multi-media resources or social network functions of a first user by a second user not listed on a friend or group listing of the first user. An application retrieves a threshold criteria for access control and social network statistics in response to an attempted access by an entity without an appropriate privilege. The application compares the statistics to the threshold. Then, if the statistics meet the threshold criteria, the application allows access.

Abstract: A method, program product and apparatus for controlling access to profile information, multi-media resources or social network functions of a first user by a second user not listed on a friend or group listing of the first user. An application retrieves a threshold criteria for access control and social network statistics in response to an attempted access by an entity without an appropriate privilege. The application compares the statistics to the threshold. Then, if the statistics meet the threshold criteria, the application allows access.