Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to monitoring an application pod of a network using a sidecar container. The application pod comprises one or more containers and the sidecar container, where each of the one or more containers hosts a service for traffic of the network. The monitoring comprises periodically executing checks of a plurality of checks on the containers. The sidecar container, based at least in part on the checks, determines that a container is non-compliant. Based at least in part on the container being non-compliant, the container is removed from service. The container may be fixed and placed back in service or may be replaced with a new container that provides the service.

Abstract: A system for monitoring an automated door assembly comprises a sensor, a local area network having a firewall, and a manager. The sensor is coupled to the automated door assembly and is in communication with the local area network. The local area network and the manager are connected to the internet. The manager and the sensor are capable of communicating by a handshake protocol.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an apparatus for monitoring a telecommunication network including a plurality of telecommunication channels. The apparatus is configured to obtain operational data specifying the functioning of respective telecommunication channels for respective groups of telecommunication channels. The apparatus is configured to determine a difference between a number of impacted telecommunication channels in said group and an expected number of impacted telecommunication channels in said group, based on said operational data. The apparatus is configured to determine differences.

Abstract: A power distribution system includes a first intelligent circuit breaker; a plurality of second intelligent circuit breakers, the second intelligent circuit breaker is structured to transmit the circuit breaker information to the first intelligent circuit breaker; and an energy monitoring device coupled to the first and second intelligent circuit breakers and structured to receive the circuit breaker information, the energy monitoring device including a dynamic coordination system structured to: (i) determine whether an adjustment to configuration setting of an intelligent circuit breaker is required based at least in part on the circuit breaker information, (ii) identify the intelligent circuit breaker with the configuration setting required to be adjusted based on a determination that the adjustment is required, and (iii) transmit an alert to user, indicating that the adjustment to the configuration setting of the identified intelligent circuit breaker is required and device address of the identified intell

Abstract: A method for communicating between apparatuses, comprises: in a first apparatus, generating a second packet according to a second protocol, the second packet including a first packet according to a first protocol; in the first apparatus, sending the generated second packet to a second apparatus; in the second apparatus, receiving the second packet; in the second apparatus, determining whether a response to the first packet included in the second packet is possible; and in the second apparatus, in a case where it is determined that a response to the first packet is impossible, including status information corresponding to a cause for the impossibility of the response in a response packet corresponding to the second packet and sending the response packet to the first apparatus.

Abstract: An online system receives time series data and analyzes the data for identifying trend changes or level shifts in the time series. The time series data may describe resource utilization of systems, for example, bandwidth of computer networks. The online system uses prediction models, for example, machine learning based prediction models using regression to predict data values for the time series. The online system determines error residue values based on difference between predicted data values and actual data values of the time series. The online system determines level change in the error residue to identify change-points representing trend changes or level-shifts in the original time-series. The online system takes corrective action based on the change-point information and the trend following the occurrence of the change-point, for example, sending alerts or instructions for causing reconfiguration of the systems such as the computer network.

Abstract: Techniques are described for a time series probabilistic forecasting framework that combines recurrent neural networks (RNNs) with a flexible, nonparametric representation of the output distribution. The representation is based on the nonparametric quantile function (instead of, for example, a parametric density function) and is trained by minimizing a continuous ranked probability score (CRPS) derived from the quantile function. Unlike methods based on parametric probability density functions and maximum likelihood estimation, the techniques described herein can flexibly adapt to different output distributions without manual intervention. Furthermore, the nonparametric nature of the quantile function provides a significant boost in the approach's robustness, making it more readily applicable to a wide variety of time series datasets.

Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to authorizing networked devices to access protected network zones and/or network resources in a private network. In response to a first access request, a network appliance requests full compliance information from the networked device. The received compliance information is stored in a database. Subsequently, when the compliance information on the networked device changes, the network device sends updated compliance information to the network appliance. The network appliance reevaluates the compliance state of the networked device based on the updated compliance information and the compliance information stored in the database.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for hop-count indication in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network. An IAB-node may adopt and indicate multiple values for hop-count. The hop-count may be conveyed by a number of different reference signals and channels. A resource pattern and/or a slot pattern may also be associated with the hop-count to simply signaling. By associating the patterns with the hop-count, an IAB-node may be able to infer the resource pattern used by another IAB-node.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods to manage blacklists and duplicate addresses in software defined networks (SDNs). In one implementation, a method includes, in a control plane and data plane of an SDN environment, obtaining a blacklist for a logical port in the SDN environment. The method further includes deleting realized address bindings in a realized address list for the logical port that match the one or more address bindings in the blacklist and preventing subsequent address bindings that match the one or more address bindings in the blacklist from being added to the realized address list.

Abstract: Financial events can be provided using a push framework. Using the push framework, an aggregation provider can subscribe to receive a customer's financial data without ever requiring access to the customer's login credentials. Once an aggregation provider has subscribed to receive a customer's financial data, the financial institution's system can push financial events to the subscribed aggregation provider describing changes that have occurred to the customer's financial data.

Abstract: Systems and method may provide unmanned aerial system communication. A method, performed by at least one processor that implements at least one server includes: obtaining a group identifier of a pair of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a controller of the UAV, or a respective group identifier for each of the pair; provisioning Quality of Service (QoS) for communication of the pair, using the group identifier of the pair or the respective group identifier for each of the pair; and determining whether a condition of the communication satisfies a pre-defined QoS requirement for the communication of the pair of the UAV and the controller, wherein the pre-defined QoS requirement includes a UAV originated QoS and a UAV terminated QoS.

Abstract: Techniques for a virtualized fabric login server for a storage area network are described herein. An aspect includes operating a storage area network, the storage area network including a hybrid control plane. Another aspect includes managing, using a virtualized fabric login server and the hybrid control plane, the storage area network, wherein the virtualized fabric login server is disposed in a container that is hosted on an element of the storage area network.

Abstract: An information processing method includes establishing, in response to a distance between a first electronic device and a second electronic device being less than a distance value, a communication connection between a first communication assembly of the first electronic device and a second communication assembly of the second electronic device; obtaining, by the first electronic device, information of the second electronic device through the first communication assembly and the second communication assembly; and connecting the first electronic device to a network based on the information.

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and responding to erroneous application configurations are presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a configuration for an application and receiving execution metrics for the application. The configuration and the execution metrics may be compared to a knowledge base of reference configurations and reference execution metrics and a particular reference configuration may be identified from the knowledge base that corresponds to the configuration. The particular reference configuration may represent an erroneous configuration of the application that needs to be corrected. A configuration correction may then be identified based on the particular reference configuration.

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing computing jobs of a managed network are disclosed. Each of one or more worker nodes may implement a scheduler thread and a pool of worker threads. Upon waking up from a sleep state, the scheduler thread may determine a current number of jobs in an in-memory job queue that are waiting for processing by a worker thread, and may compute a job-completion rate of jobs processed by threads of the pool. Based on the job-completion rate, the scheduler thread may perform one or more of retrieving more jobs from a centralized database job queue and adding them to the in-memory job queue; removing one or more jobs from the in-memory job queue and returning them to the database job queue; leaving the in-memory job queue unchanged; or adjusting the duration of the sleep-interval timer. The scheduler thread may then return to a sleep state.

Abstract: A method and device manager for controlling program components in a network device, wherein the network device is used for handling data traffic in a communication network. First, the device manager identifies, out of a set of predefined policies, a policy comprising rules which determine how the network device should operate when handling data traffic. Then, program components required to fulfil the identified policy are identified and existing program components present in the network device are determined. The device manager further pushes any of the required program components being absent in said existing program components, to the network device. Thereby, any network device(s) can be configured and/or upgraded automatically according to appropriate predefined policies, requiring a minimum of manual work. The predefined policies can also easily be modified or extended to deploy new and/or upgraded functions.

Abstract: A current technique to enforce a Zoning configuration is referred to as “Hard Zoning”. Hard Zoning is a technique in which network switches in a fabric inspect packets to ascertain if a packet should be forwarded or discarded, according to the communication between nodes allowed by the Zoning configuration. For the network switches to be able to perform this packet-by-packet filtering, Zoning information needs to be supplied to the network switches. However, current approaches involve sending duplicate data to switches. These approaches are very inefficient and cumbersome. Accordingly, embodiments comprise a Centralized Discovery Controller (CDC) that collects network information, generates, for a switch, its appropriate zoning information, and sends the switch-specific zoning information to that switch.

Abstract: Usually agents probe other agents across the network to determine health of a network. However, it is also useful for agents to probe themselves. Such a test probe is off-network in that it does not leave a server rack. The off-network probes can be used to detect noisy agents, which can be excluded from further consideration in evaluating overall network quality. The off-network probing of the agents can be done in a loopback interface of the host device or via a top-of-rack switch to another distinct agent in the rack.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a checkpoint is received, the checkpoint indicating at least one source position of unprocessed object(s) of a plurality of objects on at least one source shard in a database system. In response to detecting a shard change related to the checkpoint to the at least one source shard, the shard change resulting in that the at least one source shard is updated to at least one destination shard, a mapping view is generated for representing position change of the unprocessed object(s) related to the shard change. An updated checkpoint is determined for indicating the at least one destination position of the unprocessed object(s) of the plurality of objects on at least one destination shard in the database system based on the mapping view. With these embodiments, the checkpoint may be managed in a more effective way.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling a remote service access path including the steps of: receiving a datagram sent by any terminal intending to access the remote service; requesting a node management server to determine an optimal gateway server as an optimal node for transferring the datagram, the optimal gateway server being selected from a number of gateway servers provided for a distributed deployment architecture established for a server cluster of the remote service; testing transmission quality of a number of accessed data connections to the optimal gateway server, and determining an optimal data connection having optimal transmission quality; and invoking the optimal data connection to send a datagram after tunnel encapsulation thereof, and the optimal gateway server forwarding the datagram to a business server connected to the optimal gateway server and belonging to the server cluster.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to implementation of a transaction processing system having improved equity among the communications paths between the ingress/egress points of the trading system network, where electronic data transaction messages originated from, or are destined, for different sources/destinations, effectively enter or exit the trading system, to/from the transaction processing component thereof, i.e., the match engine, market data feed generator, where those messages are ultimately processed and outbound messages reflective thereof are generated. The disclosed embodiments attempt to compensate for variances in latencies as between different network communications routes between the electronic ingress/egress points of the electronic trading system and the internal processing components which implement the functions of the trading system.

Abstract: Techniques of network configuration verification are disclosed herein. One example process includes, upon receiving a query to determine whether a packet from a first endpoint is reachable to a second endpoint in a virtual network, identifying a network path between the first endpoint to the second endpoint in a network graph. The network graph has nodes representing corresponding enforcement points of network policies in the virtual network and edges connecting pairs of the nodes. The example process can also include generating compound function representing conjoined individual constraints of the network policies at each of the nodes in the network graph along the identified network path, compiling the generated compound function into a Boolean formula, and solving the compiled Boolean formula to determine whether an assignment of values to packet fields of the packet exists such that all the conjoined individual constraints of the compound function can be satisfied.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program transmits via a multicast communication protocol a message specifying a set of services offered by the device to a plurality of computing devices. The program further establishes a connection with a computing device in the plurality of computing devices. The program also receives, through the connection, a set of data for the set of services. The program further applies the set of services to the set of data.

Abstract: Multiplayer video games involve multiple players playing using either a single computer system or multiple computer systems connected together. While a first player of the multiplayer game is playing the multiplayer game, the first player's actions are tracked and stored. When the first player quits or stops responding before the multiplayer game has completed, the first player is replaced by a computer-simulated version of the first player that selects its actions based on probabilities calculated from the tracked actions of the first player. The multiplayer game is thus able to continue without interruption or disruption, and the first player's playstyle is preserved.

Abstract: A first datastore discovers a configuration item (CI), without a persistent unique identifier in a distributed datastores environment. When the first datastore has authoritative naming rights, it determines an authoritative identification for the CI. When the first datastore has advisory naming rights, it suggests a name for the CI to a second datastore having authoritative naming rights. The second datastore determines that a pre-existing identification for the CI in the second datastore is the authoritative identification for the CI. If there is no pre-existing identification for the CI in the second data store, the second data store accepts the suggested name as the authoritative identification for the CI. When the first datastore has no naming rights for the CI, it sends the CI to a third data store having authoritative naming rights for the CI to get an authoritative identification for the CI.

Abstract: A method for data synchronization includes identifying a replaced component amongst a plurality of components in a storage system, establishing a quorum amongst the plurality of components in the storage system, and updating vital product data stored on the replaced component based at least in part on the quorum established amongst the plurality of components in the storage system. A computer program product for data synchronization includes one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media. The program instructions include program instructions to perform the foregoing method. A system includes a processor and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor. The logic is configured to perform the foregoing method.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media implementing techniques for providing split control of an execution environment. According to aspects of the disclosure, a first entity may be configured to exert control over presentation related aspects (e.g., the look and feel) of services provided by a second entity, while the second entity may exert control over backend processing and execution of the services. To facilitate the different portions of the split control, one or more servers may be configured to provide a first execution layer, a second execution layer, and a second execution layer control panel. The first execution layer may perform operations for executing the provisioning of the service.

Abstract: An air-quality detection apparatus is disclosed. The air-quality detection apparatus includes a casing body including a bottom and a side wall extending upwards from the circumference of the bottom, a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed horizontally above the bottom, a temperature/humidity sensor mounted on the bottom surface of the first PCB, a second PCB disposed horizontally above the first PCB, and a CO2 sensor mounted on the second PCB.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. The computer system includes a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC receives a first message from a first remote device on a management network. The BMC determines whether the first message is directed to a storage service or fabric service running on a host of the BMC. The host is a storage device. The BMC extracts a service management command from the first message, when the first message is directed to the storage service or fabric service. The BMC sends, through a BMC communication channel to the host, a second message containing the service management command to the host. The BMC communication channel established for communicating baseboard management commands between the BMC and the host.

Abstract: A method includes various operations and a computer program product may cause a processor to perform various operations. The operations include obtaining, for each of a plurality of baseboard management controllers (BMCs) that have been configured to form a baseboard management controller (BMC) group, an amount of load placed on the BMC, wherein a first BMC in the BMC group has been configured to operate as a BMC group leader for the BMC group. The operations further include, in response to a second BMC in the BMC group having less load than any other BMC in the BMC group, configuring the second BMC to operate as the BMC group leader and unconfiguring the first BMC to no longer operate as the BMC group leader. Still further, the operations include causing the second BMC to perform a BMC group operation operating as the BMC group leader.

Abstract: One example method to perform object-based load balancing in a distributed storage system of a virtualization system supported by a cluster of host machines may include determining, by a first host machine in the cluster, whether any host machine in the cluster has affinity to a site. The method may also include determining, by the first host machine, whether to distribute affinity Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) targets owned by the first host machine to at least the second machine based on a first balance objective associated with the site, and after having considered the first balance objective, determining, by the first host machine, whether to distribute iSCSI targets without affinity owned by the first host machine to other host machines in the cluster based on a second balance objective associated with the cluster.

Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for offline detection of Internet of Things (IoT) devices or any type of devices that report a heartbeat or status indication. A linked hash map be utilized as a data structure in which heartbeat message are stored. The oldest heartbeat message is stored at the head of the data structure so that only the head of the data structure requires checking if the oldest node is designated as online.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a network agent for reporting to a network policy system. A network agent includes an agent enforcer and an agent controller. The agent enforcer is configured to implementing network policies on the system, access data associated with the implementation of the network policies on the system, and transmit, via an interprocess communication, the data to the agent controller. The agent controller is configured to generate a report including the data and transmit the report to a network policy system.

Abstract: A SOAM virtualization system for a network having at least first and second maintenance entities coupled to each other comprises a network controller coupled to at least one of the first and second maintenance entities through a tunnel for virtualizing a SOAM network function on the at least one of the first and second maintenance entities to which the network controller is coupled. The network controller may be coupled to the first and second maintenance entities through first and second tunnels, respectively. The first maintenance entity may an originator device, and the second maintenance entity may be a destination device, with the network controller virtualizing the SOAM network function on both devices. The network controller may send a packet containing a tunnel header and a SOAM frame via the first tunnel to the originator device, which then sends the packet containing the SOAM frame to the destination device.

Abstract: A method including operating, by an infrastructure device, a port associated with a server in a deactivated mode; receiving, by the infrastructure device, a communication from a user device in association with obtaining communication services from the server; pre-authenticating, by the infrastructure device, the user device for obtaining the communication services based at least in part on information indicated in the communication; and operating, by the infrastructure device, the port associated with the server in an activated mode to enable the user device to establish a connection with the server based at least in part on pre-authenticating the user device. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for using secured groups for simulated phishing campaigns to obfuscate data for levels of privacy based on protected criteria classes. Initially, a group to resolve members of the group based on multiple users matching one or more group criteria is established. It is then determined that at least one criteria of the one or more criteria has been configured as one of multiple protected criteria classes. Responsive to the determination, the group is identified as a secured group. A query of the group is then executed to identify one or more users of the multiple users as members of the group based on the users matching the criteria of the secured group at the time of execution of the group and information of the one or more users resulting from the execution of the secured group is obfuscated in accordance with the protected criteria class.

Abstract: System and methods for storing data include detecting presence of one or more computing devices within a defined geographic area, automatically copying media stored on the one or more computing devices, storing the copied media on a backup storage device, and grouping the stored copied media by at least one of time period, location, event and a source of the copied media.

Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for generating alerts in a computing environment. An example method may commence with receiving parameters associated with an alert. The parameters may include at least an alert condition and an action to be performed based on the alert condition. The method may further include monitoring at least a portion of a network data according to a predetermined schedule based on the parameters. The method may further include generating the alert upon detection of the alert condition.

Abstract: A network device is provisioned with a first data model of a first type and that models first properties for the network device, a second data model of a second type and that models second properties for the network device, and mappings that indicate mapped first properties among the first properties that are mapped to mapped second properties of the second properties. Upon receiving a request from a network for data for the first data model, the network device retrieves first data for the first properties of the first data model. The network device determines, based on the mappings, unmapped second properties of the second properties that are not mapped to any of the first properties. The network device retrieves, as dynamically augmented data, data for the unmapped second properties. The network device sends a request response including the first data and the dynamically augmented data.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a method comprising collecting, by a network monitoring tool, network data from a first device on a network. The method comprises identifying, by the network monitoring tool, a potential issue from the network data, wherein the potential issue corresponds to one aspect of the network and transmitting, by the network monitoring tool, the potential issue to a network management tool. The method also comprises identifying, by the network management tool, a first network configuration that the potential issue relates to and creating, by the network management tool, a second network configuration for the network to fix the potential issue.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for cloud service. Fro example, an apparatus in a cloud for providing a cloud service includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives a request including at least first characteristics associated with a variable. In an example, the first characteristics include complete information for describing the variable. The processing circuitry generates a message including the first characteristics associated with the variable and an updated value of the variable and sends the message to a recipient.

Abstract: Techniques for performing prefetching for a ranking service in a microservice architecture are provided. In one technique, in response to receiving a content request, an entity identifier of an entity associated with the content request is determined, a host of a second service that is different than the first service is determined. The first service sends the entity identifier to the host of the second service. The second service retrieves entity feature data that is associated with the entity identifier. The first service identifies a set of content delivery campaigns, identifies the host of the second service, and sends the identity of the set of content delivery campaigns to the host of the second service. The host of the second service determines a ranking of the set of content delivery campaigns, a subset thereof is selected, and data about each selected campaign is transmitted over a computer network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device receives application experience metrics for a software-as-a-service application. The device generates, based on the application experience metrics, a predictive model that predicts application experience scores for a plurality of network service providers that provide connectivity to the software-as-a-service application. The device selects a particular network service provider for use by a location, based on an application experience score predicted by the predictive model. The device sends an indication of the particular network service provider to the location.

Abstract: A load control system may be configured using a graphical user interface (GUI) software. The GUI software may be implemented to collect control devices and add the control devices to the load control system for configuration. Programming data may be automatically determined for the added control devices based on the type of control device, the location of the control device, and/or the load type controlled by the control device. The programming data may include control settings for a scene, a schedule, or an automated control feature. The programming data may be displayed for being viewed and/or adjusted by a user. The programming data may be transmitted to the control devices and/or a system controller for being implemented in performing load control.

Abstract: Examples include techniques to manage training or trained models for deep learning applications. Examples include routing commands to configure a training model to be implemented by a training module or configure a trained model to be implemented by an inference module. The commands routed via out-of-band (OOB) link while training data for the training models or input data for the trained models are routed via inband links.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a heterogeneous physical layer management system comprising first devices, each comprising first physical layer information acquisition technology to obtain physical layer information about cabling attached to the first devices. The system further comprises second devices, each comprising second physical layer information acquisition technology to obtain physical layer information about cabling attached to the second devices, wherein the second physical layer information acquisition technology differs from the first physical layer information acquisition technology. The system further comprises a common management application communicatively coupled to the first devices and the second devices, wherein the common management application is configured to aggregate physical layer information from the first devices and the second devices. Another embodiment is directed to providing a physical layer management application as a service hosted by a third party.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for monitoring, maintaining, and selecting one or more network connections. One or more network connections may be selected based on preferences. A connection manager may create a consistent access point for connecting devices. The connection manager may manage transmissions between the devices and the one or more network connections, such that the devices maintain consistent connectivity. The connection manager may detect erratic behavior in one or more of the connections, and may take action to enhance performance, consistency, and quality of the connection. The connection manager may respond to heartbeat or keep-alive type requests on behalf of a temporarily unavailable network connection, thereby maintaining a data state or preventing data loss by the connected device. The connection manager may also provide for secure VPN tunnels over the one or more networks.

Abstract: A set of conversations taking place by users within a geographic location are identified. Keywords for a conversation under analysis, in that geographic location, are identified based on a frequency with which terms are used in the conversation under analysis and in the related conversations. The keywords are automatically added as searchable terms corresponding to the conversation under analysis, and a communication system is controlled to notify client components of the keywords.

Abstract: A method of registering and locating a water resource includes incentivizing an owner for registering the water resource and associating owner contact information and coordinate location data of the water resource to the water resource. An online database stores the coordinate location data of the water resource, the owner of the water resource, and the owner contact information received from the first electronic device. A second electronic device displays on an electronic map the coordinate location data of the water resource within an area of the electronic map. The user of the second electronic device is informed, after selection of the water resource, the name of the owner of the water resource, the owner contact information of the water resource, the coordinate location data of the water resource, and an account of the owner is credited if the water resource is used.