Abstract: A data store configured to store data generated by activity of network elements (NEs) of a communications network, the data store comprising: a stateless Base-index data store configured to store stateless Base-index records, each stateless Base-index record comprising a copy of at least a portion of data comprised in a protocol data unit (PDU) generated by an NE and a stateless Base-index vector comprising a value for at least one intrinsic Base-index from a selection of intrinsic Base indices, which value may be used to associate the PDU with a temporary feature of the network; and a stateful identifier index (ID-index) store configured to store stateful ID-index records, each stateful ID-index stateful record comprising an identifier index (ID-index) vector.

Abstract: A method of providing an infrastructure of virtual resources in a cloud comprising automatically provisioning the virtual resources with other virtual resources with which to communicate to access data they need to provide functionalities to the infrastructure.

Abstract: A method of providing an infrastructure of virtual resources in a cloud comprising automatically provisioning the virtual resources with other virtual resources with which to cooperate in supporting the infrastructure functionalities.

Abstract: A data store configured to store data generated by activity of network elements (NEs) of a communications network, the data store comprising: a stateless Base-index data store configured to store stateless Base-index records, each stateless Base-index record comprising a copy of at least a portion of data comprised in a protocol data unit (PDU) generated by an NE and a stateless Base-index vector comprising a value for at least one intrinsic Base-index from a selection of intrinsic Base indices, which value may be used to associate the PDU with a temporary feature of the network; and a stateful identifier index (ID-index) store configured to store stateful ID-index records, each stateful ID-index stateful record comprising an identifier index (ID-index) vector.

Abstract: A method of providing an infrastructure of virtual resources in a cloud comprising automatically provisioning the virtual resources with other virtual resources with which to communicate to access data they need to provide functionalities to the infrastructure.

Abstract: A method of providing an infrastructure of virtual resources in a cloud comprising automatically provisioning the virtual resources with other virtual resources with which to cooperate in supporting the infrastructure functionalities.

Abstract: Personal digital assets are collected, managed, shared and archived on a social network using a client interface for registering a user and performing tasks. User sources are defined and assets are collected and organized chronologically as eternal Time-lines. Permission level rules are associated with each asset and Time-line and a plurality of subjective groups distinguished by their relation to the user are defined. Chosen assets of the Time-line are tagged with assigned keywords recognized by the social network service, thus sharing them with the tagged entity according to the permission level rules. Authorized members are invited to contribute and share assets with the founder of an established Time-line, and data storage is optimized in a way that every tag added to an assets appears on every instance it has on other Time-lines sharing that asset, such that shared assets are saved to the data storage only once.