Abstract: Edge configuration aware license key generation is presented herein. An example method comprises, in response to downloading an intelligent activation key, instantiating an edge configuration engine comprising a listening process and a configuration process, creating and associating a license file vault instance with the edge configuration engine, initiating the listening process, and based on the listening process detecting that a change has occurred with the license file vault, initiating the configuration process, wherein the configuration process configures edge computing equipment to retrieve enabling data used to activate a product associated with the intelligent activation key and enumerated in the license file vault.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to identify a given order for products to be manufactured by an entity, the given order being associated with an authorization period specifying a time in which the given order is to be fulfilled by the entity to initiate capture of blocked funds of a customer that placed the given order. The processing device is also configured, responsive to determining that the given order has at least a threshold likelihood of being delayed utilizing a first machine learning model, to predict a delay time of the given order utilizing a second machine learning model. The processing device is further configured, responsive to determining that the predicted delay time of the given order will result in the given order being fulfilled outside of its associated authorization period, to initiate action to reduce the predicted delay time or extend the authorization period.

Abstract: Systems and methods for location-based IHS disablement in an Information Handling System (IHS) are described. In an embodiment, an IHS may include: a host processor; a security processor coupled to the host processor; and a memory coupled to the security processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the security processor to: detect a location where the IHS is currently disposed; determine one or more restrictions associated with the detected location, each of the restrictions specifying a limitation to be imparted on a resource of the IHS; and communicate with the IHS to apply the determined restrictions.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for validating the authenticity of devices used in information handling systems (IHSs) are provided. According to one embodiment, an IHS includes a replacement/repaired device to be configured in a computing system, and computer-executable instructions to receive a to-be-replaced public key of a to-be-replaced/repaired device configured in the computing system, sign, using a replacement/repaired device private key of the replacement/repaired device, attestation data of the replacement/repaired device, and sign, using a vendor private key of a vendor of the replacement/repaired device, the signed attestation data and a replacement/repaired device public key of the replacement/repaired device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for location-based IHS functionality limiting in an Information Handling System (IHS) are described. In an embodiment, an IHS may include: a host processor; a security processor coupled to the host processor; and a memory coupled to the security processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the security processor to: detect a location where the IHS is currently disposed; determine one or more restrictions associated with the detected location, each of the restrictions specifying a limitation to be imparted on a resource of the IHS; and communicate with the IHS to apply the determined restrictions.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to simulate a first data set stored in a first database to create a second data set, wherein the second data set maintains one or more query impacting characteristics of the first data set such that performing a query on the second data set yields a performance result similar to another performance result that would occur when the query is performed on the first data set. The at least one processing device is further configured to load the second data set into a second database, and then perform the query on the second data set stored in the second database to obtain the performance result.

Abstract: An example methodology includes analyzing a data set onboarded to a data marketplace service for quality, deriving a static price depreciation coefficient based on the quality of the data set, and applying the static price depreciation coefficient to a price of the data set to determine a first new price of the data set, wherein the price of the data set is specified by a data provider that provided the data set to the data marketplace service. The method may also include analyzing error reports and feedbacks about the data set to determine a density of errors in the data in the data set, deriving a dynamic price depreciation coefficient based on the density of errors in the data in the data set, and applying the dynamic price depreciation coefficient to the price of the data set to determine a second new price of the data set.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to generate and utilize an automated document parser for parsing documents exchanged as part of fulfillment of historical component orders by a given supplier in a supply chain for first and second organizations to identify first and second organization-specific component identifiers utilized by the first and second organizations and a given supplier-specific component identifier utilized by the given supplier for a given component.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to simulate a first data set stored in a first database to create a second data set, wherein the second data set maintains one or more query impacting characteristics of the first data set such that performing a query on the second data set yields a performance result similar to another performance result that would occur when the query is performed on the first data set. The at least one processing device is further configured to load the second data set into a second database, and then perform the query on the second data set stored in the second database to obtain the performance result.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: embedding a unique identifier within a data center asset, the unique identifier including a signed certificate; providing the data center asset to a customer; establishing a secure communication channel between an onboarding system and the data center asset, the secure communication channel using the signed certificate; exchanging information between the onboarding system and the data center asset via the secure communication channel, the information including a data center asset ownership voucher; and, using the data center asset ownership voucher to associate the data center asset to the customer.

Abstract: An example methodology includes, by a computing device, analyzing an application to identify one or more elements in the application and, for each element of the one or more elements, an attribution of the element. The method also includes, for each element of the one or more elements, by the computing device, determining an attribute of the element which is a non-duplicate attribute, creating a first accessibility to the element by the non-duplicate attribute, creating a second accessibility to the element by XPath, and storing the first accessibility and the second accessibility created for the element within a central repository. The method may also include, by the computing device, generating a handler class for an element of the one or more elements in the application, wherein the handler class contains code for accessing the element, and providing the generated handler class to another computing device.

Abstract: Intelligent functionality enablement techniques are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises obtaining a functionality enablement file comprising at least a first block and a second block, wherein the first block is usable to activate one or more features of a product and the second block is usable to perform a configuration setup to enable the product to operate in accordance with at least one computing platform.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for a dynamic user dashboard are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining information related to characteristics of a user within an organization; generating a user context for the user based on the information; generating a data structure comprising mappings between the user context and one or more initial intents associated with the characteristics of the user; processing at least one user input using one or more natural language understanding techniques to identify at least one language-based intent; determining a derived intent based at least in part on the at least one language-based intent and the user context; dynamically updating the data structure based on the derived intent; and rendering data corresponding to the organization to a visual dashboard of the user based at least in part on the updated data structure.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for authentication as to resources of a subscription for a customer for particular resources that include hardware and software. A distributed ledger, such as a block chain support a main subscription channel. Factory entities of the provider of the resources write to a sub distributed ledger of the distributed ledger, where the sub distributed ledger is related to a factory subscription channel. Third party vendors of the provider of the resources write to another sub distributed ledger of the distributed ledger, where this sub distributed ledger is related to a vendor subscription channel. The distributed ledger of the main subscription channel is updated with provisioning of the resources. An authenticity view is provided as to updated main subscription channel.

Abstract: An initial transaction is generated representing a forecasted demand for material needed to manufacture equipment via a supply chain. The initial transaction is added to a blockchain for access by entities in the supply chain comprising at least a subset of one or more supply entities, one or more material distribution entities, and one or more manufacturing entities. In one or more examples, the steps may be performed by an OEM blockchain node that accesses any transactions added by the various entities on the blockchain node and limits access to transactions on the blockchain by the various entities. Further, the initial transaction may be a main transaction and a transaction representing a commitment by one of the supply entities may be a sub-transaction of the main transaction, and the sub-transaction is closed in the blockchain upon the request for payment for the committed material or payment of the request.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for processing transactions using nested data objects are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes: generating a nested data object corresponding to a file, where the nested data object includes a first layer for a first transaction related to the file; adding, for each of one or more additional transactions related to the file, a corresponding additional layer to the nested data object, where each layer of the nested data object include one or more respective hash values and one or more respective private keys; and transmitting the nested data object to a user device, where each layer of the nested object are encrypted based on a type of access specified for a user of the user device, and wherein each of the transactions is verifiable based at last in part on the one or more hash values of the corresponding layer.

Abstract: A method comprising: storing, in a memory, a database that identifies whether each of a plurality of nodes is powered by a sustainable power source or a non-sustainable power source; receiving a request to perform an action; detecting whether the plurality of nodes includes one or more candidate nodes, each of the candidate nodes being a node that is powered by a sustainable power source and has both capacity and capability to execute the request, the detecting being performed based, at least in part, on the database; when the plurality of nodes includes one or more candidate nodes, routing the request to one of the candidate nodes; and when the plurality of nodes does not include any candidate nodes, routing the request.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for dynamic adjustment of request configurations are provided herein. An example method includes: determining that a value of a first parameter associated with a request varies over a particular period of time; predicting the value of the first parameter over the period of time based on historical time-series data; generating configurations for the request based on the predicted value of the first parameter, where each configuration corresponds to a different time interval within the period of time and includes: a second parameter, associated with a type of resource, that is fixed over the corresponding time interval and one or more uncertainty criteria corresponding to the second parameter; obtaining a selection of one of the configurations; and initiating one or more automated actions in response to at least one of the uncertainty criteria of the selected configuration being satisfied during the corresponding time interval.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving at least one message, wherein the at least one message comprises a header portion. The header portion comprises operational information about at least one device, and the operational information characterizes one or more operating characteristics of the at least one device. In the method, the at least one message is classified based at least in part on the header portion, and the at least one message is routed to a communication channel of a plurality of communication channels based at least in part on the classifying.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for controlling transfer of data based on network bandwidth demand are provided herein. An example method includes obtaining a request to transfer data corresponding to an application by at least one node of a plurality of nodes of a distributed computing system; identifying a category of the data, from among a plurality of categories, to be transferred by the application based on the request; and controlling the transfer of the data based on the identified category, where the controlling includes: causing the at least one node to transfer the data in response to the identified category being a first category of a plurality of categories; and causing the at least one node to at least delay the transfer of the data based on the category being a different category of the plurality of categories and an available network bandwidth of the distributed computing system.