Abstract: Disclosed techniques include energy management transfer through fluid flows. Access to a fluid-based local energy transfer distribution network is obtained. The fluid-based local energy transfer distribution network can include a homogeneous fluid in liquid and gaseous phases. One or more fluid-based energy storage and generation assemblies are connected to the fluid-based local energy transfer distribution network. Energy is provided to the one or more fluid-based energy storage and generation assemblies. Fluid-based energy is delivered to the fluid-based local energy transfer distribution network, where the delivering is based on an energy control management system executing on one or more processors. The delivering includes providing local fluid-based services, where the local fluid-based services supply local consumer applications.

Abstract: Disclosed techniques include energy management using a converged infrastructure. Access to one or more fluid-based energy storage and generation assemblies is obtained, where each assembly comprises a pump-turbine and a pressure vessel. The fluid of the one or more fluid-based energy storage and generation assemblies includes liquid air. The one or more fluid-based energy storage and generation assemblies are connected to an electrical energy storage subsystem, where the connecting includes an energy interconnect. The energy interconnect is performed without an electrical subsystem intermediary. The energy interconnect includes a local electrical grid. Energy is provided to the one or more fluid-based energy storage and generation assemblies. The providing is adjusted based on feedback to the energy control management system. Electrical energy is delivered from the energy interconnect, wherein the delivering is based on an energy control management system executing on one or more processors.

Abstract: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. A user interacts with the control nodes to logically define the hierarchical organization of distributed computing system. The control node includes an automation subsystem having one or more rule engines that provide autonomic control of the application nodes in accordance with a set of one or more rules. An application governor uses a set of software image objects to configure an application on an application node. Each of the application software image objects share a common interface and are therefore interchangeable.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing versioning information for a plurality of software objects. When an object is compiled and linked, at build time, the link-editor creates a version definition section and a version symbol section in the object that specify the global symbols defined in various versions of the object. The object can be a shared object, a relocatable object, or a dynamic executable object. When an application software program is linked with the versioned object, at build time, the linker-editor creates a version dependency section in the resulting dynamic executable object that specifies which version of the object is required for execution of the software application program. At runtime, the runtime-linker determines whether all required versions of the object are present before the program is executed. The invention allows the definition of "weak" versions that do not contain new global symbols.