Abstract: A system and method for multifactor authentication. The method includes receiving a passthought brainprint and a training 3D pattern. The method also includes calculating a variance between the training 3D pattern and a passthought 3D pattern, and generating an error tolerance for the passthought 3D pattern based on the calculated variance between the training 3D pattern and the passthought 3D pattern. Further, the method includes storing the passthought 3D pattern and the passthought brainprint in a neural profile as a passthought for a secure area.

Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising operating a software container, the software container including a blockchain subsystem and a blockchain ledger, generating a blockchain entry by executing a hashing function on a current state of the software container and a last entry in the blockchain ledger, updating the blockchain ledger with the generated blockchain entry, and transmitting the generated blockchain entry to one or more connected software containers.

Abstract: In a distributed network hosting a shared pool of configurable computing resources there is provided one or more system instances of a blockchain. Each system instance comprises a virtual machine and a set of containers. The containers are members of the blockchain in that the blockchain's public ledger records encrypted copies of at least selected directories of each container. Each container that is in the set can thus verify whether any other container also belongs to the same set with reference to the public ledger, since the transactions recorded on the public ledger are encrypted copies of the set's containers. The use of a blockchain thus allows a system boundary to be defined around a set of containers by the initial specification of the blockchain. The system boundary can be defined to ensure that the set of containers comply with legal requirements, such as a geographic restriction.

Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising operating a software container, the software container including a blockchain subsystem and a blockchain ledger, generating a blockchain entry by executing a hashing function on a current state of the software container and a last entry in the blockchain ledger, updating the blockchain ledger with the generated blockchain entry, and transmitting the generated blockchain entry to one or more connected software containers.

Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising operating a software container, the software container including a blockchain subsystem and a blockchain ledger, generating a blockchain entry by executing a hashing function on a current state of the software container and a last entry in the blockchain ledger, updating the blockchain ledger with the generated blockchain entry, and transmitting the generated blockchain entry to one or more connected software containers.

Abstract: In a distributed network hosting a shared pool of configurable computing resources there is provided one or more system instances of a blockchain. Each system instance comprises a virtual machine and a set of containers. The containers are members of the blockchain in that the blockchain's public ledger records encrypted copies of at least selected directories of each container. Each container that is in the set can thus verify whether any other container also belongs to the same set with reference to the public ledger, since the transactions recorded on the public ledger are encrypted copies of the set's containers. The use of a blockchain thus allows a system boundary to be defined around a set of containers by the initial specification of the blockchain. The system boundary can be defined to ensure that the set of containers comply with legal requirements, such as a geographic restriction.

Abstract: A system and method for multifactor authentication. The method includes receiving a passthought brainprint and a training 3D pattern. The method also includes calculating a variance between the training 3D pattern and a passthought 3D pattern, and generating an error tolerance for the passthought 3D pattern based on the calculated variance between the training 3D pattern and the passthought 3D pattern. Further, the method includes storing the passthought 3D pattern and the passthought brainprint in a neural profile as a passthought for a secure area.

Abstract: In a distributed network hosting a shared pool of configurable computing resources there is provided one or more system instances of a blockchain. Each system instance comprises a virtual machine and a set of containers. The containers are members of the blockchain in that the blockchain's public ledger records encrypted copies of at least selected directories of each container. Each container that is in the set can thus verify whether any other container also belongs to the same set with reference to the public ledger, since the transactions recorded on the public ledger are encrypted copies of the set's containers. The use of a blockchain thus allows a system boundary to be defined around a set of containers by the initial specification of the blockchain. The system boundary can be defined to ensure that the set of containers comply with legal requirements, such as a geographic restriction.

Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising operating a software container, the software container including a blockchain subsystem and a blockchain ledger, generating a blockchain entry by executing a hashing function on a current state of the software container and a last entry in the blockchain ledger, updating the blockchain ledger with the generated blockchain entry, and transmitting the generated blockchain entry to one or more connected software containers.

Abstract: In a virtualized data processing system where an operating system assigns resources to a virtualized computing entity (VCE) according to a container configuration of the VCE, and by using performance data corresponding to a type of the VCE, an initial resource allocation for a new VCE is computed at an initialization of the new VCE. The performance data includes at least a processor utilization information corresponding to the type of VCE for a past period. An operation of the new VCE is initiated using the initial resource allocation. New performance data is collected from the operation of the new VCE. For a future period of operation of the new VCE, a resource requirement is forecasted. An instruction to a provisioning system is constructed, specifying a portion of the resource requirement and the future period, which causes the provisioning system to adjust the initial resource allocation.

Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising operating a software container, the software container including a blockchain subsystem and a blockchain ledger, generating a blockchain entry by executing a hashing function on a current state of the software container and a last entry in the blockchain ledger, updating the blockchain ledger with the generated blockchain entry, and transmitting the generated blockchain entry to one or more connected software containers.

Abstract: In a virtualized data processing system where an operating system assigns resources to a virtualized computing entity (VCE) according to a container configuration of the VCE, and by using performance data corresponding to a type of the VCE, an initial resource allocation for a new VCE is computed at an initialization of the new VCE. The performance data includes at least a processor utilization information corresponding to the type of VCE for a past period. An operation of the new VCE is initiated using the initial resource allocation. New performance data is collected from the operation of the new VCE. For a future period of operation of the new VCE, a resource requirement is forecasted. An instruction to a provisioning system is constructed, specifying a portion of the resource requirement and the future period, which causes the provisioning system to adjust the initial resource allocation.

Abstract: In a distributed network hosting a shared pool of configurable computing resources there is provided one or more system instances of a blockchain. Each system instance comprises a virtual machine and a set of containers. The containers are members of the blockchain in that the blockchain's public ledger records encrypted copies of at least selected directories of each container. Each container that is in the set can thus verify whether any other container also belongs to the same set with reference to the public ledger, since the transactions recorded on the public ledger are encrypted copies of the set's containers. The use of a blockchain thus allows a system boundary to be defined around a set of containers by the initial specification of the blockchain. The system boundary can be defined to ensure that the set of containers comply with legal requirements, such as a geographic restriction.

Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising operating a software container, the software container including a blockchain subsystem and a blockchain ledger, generating a blockchain entry by executing a hashing function on a current state of the software container and a last entry in the blockchain ledger, updating the blockchain ledger with the generated blockchain entry, and transmitting the generated blockchain entry to one or more connected software containers.