Abstract: Systems and methods for use in software module development. A configuration file and a process agent module operate cooperatively in conjunction with a computer system to provision one or more execution environments to implement one or more instances of a user's software module in development. The configuration file contains the hardware and software configuration that defines the limits and capabilities of the execution environment as well as parameters needed by the software module. The process agent launches the execution environment and ensures that the software module executing in the execution environment has access to the resources set out in the configuration file. Once execution of the software module is complete, performance results are then passed to the process agent for collation and analysis. These results can then be used to determine which implementation of the software module performs best.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for conversion and restoration of computer environments to container-based implementations. In some implementations, an archive of configuration data for a server system is obtained, where the server system includes at least one application. A set of multiple software images is generated, where the multiple software images are generated such that they divide the functionality of at least one application among the respective containers. In generating the set of multiple software images, settings of the at least one application are identified based on the configuration data in the archive, a subset of the settings is selected for each of the software images, and the selected subsets of settings are converted into converted subsets of settings for the respective software images.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for applying a code update to a target system from a personal communication device. A code update command is received from a messaging application, executing on the personal communication device of the user, indicating a code update to install on the target system a code update maintained in the target system. The code update command is processed to extract indication of the code update to install and a target system user identifier of the target system on which to install the code update. At least one job is generated to install the code update on the target system. The at least one job is transmitted to the target system to cause the target system to process the at least one job to install the code update.

Abstract: Systems and methods for publication and external interfacing for a unified document surface are disclosed. An example system may include a document serving circuit structured to access a document data, the document data including data for a unified document surface, and to provide at least a portion of the document data to a client serving circuit; the client serving circuit structured to implement a unified document surface interface in response to the at least a portion of the document data; the client serving circuit further structured to implement an extension creation interface, and to provide a pack implementation value to the document serving circuit in response to user interactions with the extension creation interface; and wherein the document serving circuit is further structured to determine a pack definition value in response to the pack implementation value.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for adaptive surrogate modeling is provided. The embodiment may include capturing a plurality of system information for a smart Internet of Things (IoT) device. The embodiment may also include calculating a lifespan value of the smart IoT device based on the plurality of captured system information. The embodiment may further include, in response to the calculated lifespan value being below a threshold and a surrogate model fitting one or more parameters of the smart IoT device not existing, creating the surrogate model for the smart IoT device. The embodiment may also include deploying the created surrogate model to the smart IoT device through an update transmission.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to system and method of determining readiness of a datacenter environment for deploying a production system in a virtualized environment of the datacenter environment. The method includes receiving a parameter data of a device controller, and a first configuration data of computing devices from the device controller that manages deployment and configuration of the virtualization environment, and a second configuration data of networking switches. Further, the method includes validating the parameter data, and the first and second configuration data by comparing against a predetermined data required for deploying the production system. The method further includes performing connectivity test among the computing devices.

Abstract: Machine learning automatic pipeline management for automated software deployment is described. An adjustment to computing capacity for a region of a multi-region computing network is identified. A service to be deployed in the region of the multi-region computing network is further identified. Configuration settings for deployment of the service in the region is generated using past deployment data for the service in other regions of the multi-region computing network. A continuous code delivery service is directed to add a stage to a software deployment pipeline for the region. The stage may be configured using the at least one configuration setting.

Abstract: Compact size, extensibility, and built-in security is provided by enclosing into a file's header custom specifications and preventing file execution without knowing these specifications. The format allows for defined sections, organizing preliminary pre-processing of data before operating system (OS) execution. A file header, including standard and user-defined sections, is created and read by delegated processing; forming an executable file's header with inclusive specifications using the abstract data syntax description language (ASN.1); encoding header with compression encoding rules (PER); and creating a separate header section of interfaces table for components. Program assembly output includes an executable file in machine and/or byte code with a dynamic extensible header encoded according to ASN.1 with PER.

Abstract: Techniques for decoupling compute and storage resources in a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) are provided. In one set of embodiments, a control plane of the HCI deployment can provision a host from a host platform of an infrastructure on which the HCI deployment is implemented and can provision one or more storage volumes from a storage platform of the infrastructure, where the storage platform runs on physical server resources in the infrastructure that are separate from the host platform. The control plane can then cause the one or more storage volumes to be network-attached to the host in a manner that enables a hypervisor of the host to make the one or more storage volumes available, as part of a virtual storage pool, to one or more virtual machines in the HCI deployment for data storage.

Abstract: A copy of a blockchain is stored. The stored copy of the blockchain is copied from a blockchain in a distributed blockchain ledger. An event associated with the blockchain in the distributed ledger is identified. In response identifying the event associated with the blockchain in the distributed ledger, a compromise of the blockchain in the distributed ledger is identified, such as, identifying one or more blocks of the blockchain that have been compromised. In a second embodiment, a request to add a new block to a blockchain is identified. In response identifying the request to add the new block to the blockchain, a consensus vote to add the new block to the blockchain is monitored. A determination is made to determine if the consensus vote is below a threshold. In response to the consensus vote being below the threshold, an audit of the blockchain is completed.

Abstract: Systems and methods analyze for installing dependencies required for the installation of prerequisite components of cloud infrastructure to be installed in a disconnected environment are presented herein. An automation playbook generated after an assessment of a disconnected environment may be analyzed to determine a set of dependencies required by the automation playbook (e.g., packages and files required by each installation playbook called by the automation playbook). Each of the dependencies may be brought into the disconnected environment and installed as operating system packaging units, or deployed as containerized services. After all of the dependencies have been installed, a processing device may generate an installation report indicating whether the installation of each prerequisite component was successful or not. Upon determining that each of the prerequisite components was successfully installed, the processing device may install the cloud infrastructure on the disconnected environment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a Docker image creation apparatus and method. The Docker image creation apparatus may include one or more processors, and execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to create a Docker image based on a previous Docker file, and executing a push command to store the created the Docker file to a registry, wherein the Docker file is created from a partial Docker file of the previous Docker file, wherein the Docker image is created from a verified partial Docker file, after the partial Docker file is verified.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for implementation of a software application implemented by a processor of a computer system, wherein said software application enables mapping of one or more diagramming elements to one or more cloud computing server, wherein said method comprising: Configuring, by an application interface, at least a 2D or 3D network architecture model on a first cloud computing platform, using one or more cloud components directly from a graphical drawing tool; deploying, by said application interface, said network architecture model on said first cloud computing platform to create a cloud application network; requesting, by said application interface, a copy of said cloud application network from said first cloud computing platform; shifting, by said application interface, said cloud application network from said first cloud computing platform to said second cloud computing platform for deploying said cloud components in a second cloud computing platform.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems can include obtaining a first computing environment specific application deployment software code instance associated to a first computing environment, the first computing environment specific application deployment software code instance for deployment of a certain application on the first computing environment; parsing the first computing environment specific application deployment software code instance, wherein the parsing includes determining attributes of the first computing environment specific application deployment software code instance and generating, using the determined attributes of the first computing environment specific application deployment software code instance, a computing environment agnostic semantic tree data structure that expresses a workflow pattern for deployment of the certain application; and composing, with use of the computing environment agnostic semantic tree data structure, a second computing environment specific application d

Abstract: A system and method for providing a service management engine for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, enterprise software applications (e.g., Fusion Middleware applications) can be instantiated as services within a cloud platform, where they are then made accessible by other (e.g., customer) applications. In an embodiment, a service management engine (SME), in communication with an orchestration engine, can be used to provision services as one or more different service types, according to a service definition package (SDP). Service types can be instantiated according to the configuration of the cloud platform itself, and the contents of the SDP, including discovering, provisioning, and associating service types with system resources, to address different customer requirements.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating tables using data associated with records. For example, a system may store the data associated with the record in one or more databases. The system may then generate tables associated with fields of the record, where the tables indicate updates and/or changes to the fields. For instance, when changes are made to a field of the record, the system may update the table to indicate the changes, times at which the changes occurred, identifiers of users that made the changes, reasons for the changes, and/or so forth. The system may further update a version of the record when updates and/or changes are made to the fields. Furthermore, the system may update the tables to indicate versions of the record when the updates and/or changes occurred to the fields.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for structured command line input for application integration such that application programming interface (API) integration is simplified for end users. The embodiments described herein use OpenAPI specifications to map specification paths (or endpoints) to a command line interface (CLI) command structure automatically. Accordingly, the embodiments described herein enable an end user to run CLI commands within the end user's environment to accomplish application integration without the need for a technician to write configuration instructions for each type of user device. Additionally, the embodiments described herein enable efficient product integration at a larger scale as well as the ability to ad hoc add new solutions or applications based on, for example, a single line of CLI input.

Abstract: A system can receive information about a first orchestration service that indicates a mapping from an application programming interface (API) to an executable script, and a dependency of the first orchestration service on a second orchestration service. The system can, in response to receiving the information, creating a base container image for the first orchestration service. The system can associate the API with executing the executable script on the base container image. The system can associate the dependency of the first orchestration service on the second orchestration service with the base container image. The system can, in response to receiving data indicative of a request to create an instance of the first orchestration service, creating an instance of the base container image.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programming products for dynamically managing the uninstallation and/or re-installation of software applications stored or accessed by a computing system, including mobile devices. Management of the applications by the system can be periodically managed automatically or based on recommendations. Management of applications being uninstalled or reinstalled may be determined based on a rate a user accesses the application and/or data published or accessible by an application storefront, such as user reviews, storefront rankings, user feedback and uninstallation rates of the applications by other users. Applications experiencing a decreased level of average user satisfaction below a predetermined threshold can be proposed for deletion or automatically deleted. Replacement of underperforming or unsatisfactory applications with alternative applications having similar functionality but a higher rate of user satisfaction can be recommended or installed.

Abstract: In an architecture of a virtualized computing system plugins are less tightly integrated with a core user interface of a management server. Rather than being installed and executed at the management server as local plugins, the plugins are served as remote plugins from a plugin server, and may be accessed by a web client through a reverse proxy at the management server. Plugin operations may be executed at the plugin server and/or invoked from a user device where the web client resides. Furthermore, a plugin sandbox and other isolation configurations are provided at the user device, so as to further control access capability and interaction of the plugins.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments are related to a pipeline manager configured to manage a software development pipeline. The pipeline manager receives, via a user interface (UI), a representation of a pipeline comprising a plurality of blocks, wherein each block comprises a defined input and a defined output, executes each block of the pipeline, validates output of each block of the pipeline based on the execution of the block and stores the output of each block and updating data that defines the pipeline based on the output of each block.

Abstract: A computerized-method for providing an elastic media forking infrastructure to cloud distributed real-time applications, is provided herein. In a network having a direct media streaming between a first media-client and a source device, in a direct media streaming mode, upon receiving a request from a second media-client, via a signaling protocol, to receive media from the source device, switching from the direct media streaming mode to a media forking mode by starting a media forking service on a media forking infrastructure. Upon receiving a request from the second media-client to terminate media reception from the source device, switching from media forking mode to direct streaming mode, by ending the media forking service, and operating the direct media streaming between the first media-client and the source device.

Abstract: An apparatus for scanning vulnerabilities, wherein the apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to access at least a manifest file, wherein the at least manifest file includes at least a direct dependency, scan the manifest file for a software package data, extract the software package data from the manifest file, generate at least a dependency tree as a function of the software package data, and store the dependency tree in a database. A method for scanning vulnerabilities is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device may receive a request for an application from a user device, network data for a network provider and a cloud provider associated with the user device, and SLA constraints. The device may calculate a plurality of cost vectors associated with defining a path for the user device to access the application, and may identify a network provider device that provides a first least cost path and satisfies a first threshold. The device may identify, from a plurality of cloud provider devices, a set of cloud provider devices that support the application for the network provider device, and may identify a cloud provider device that provides a second least cost path and satisfies a second threshold. The device may cause the application to be provided from the cloud provider device to the user device, via the network provider device.

Abstract: A system may include a license publishing server, a plurality of licensing servers arranged in a cluster and configured to communicate with the license publishing server to obtain a given number of authorized licenses for virtual computing sessions associated with the cluster, and a plurality of geographically distributed virtualization servers configured to obtain authorized licenses from the plurality of licensing servers and run virtual computing sessions for client computing devices based upon the authorized licenses.

Abstract: A broadcast signal transmission method comprises outputting an RoHC channel that includes one or more RoHC streams and a signaling table that includes information related to header compression by performing header compression for Internet Protocol (IP) packets, which include broadcast data, in accordance with an adaptation mode, a header of each IP packet including an IP header and a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) header, generating at least one first link layer packet that includes the RoHC channel and generating at least one second link layer packet that includes the signaling table, and physical layer processing the at least one first link layer packet and the at least one second link layer packet and transmitting through one or more Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs), wherein the signaling table includes adaptation mode information indicating the adaptation mode, and each RoHC stream in the RoHC channel includes RoHC packets.

Abstract: A system for facilitating emulation in a distributed environment is provided. During operation, the system can obtain configuration of a physical edge rack, which can include one or more physical computing devices. The system can then present an emulated edge rack in a user interface. The emulated edge rack can be a digital twin of the physical edge rack. Based on a user input received via the user interface, the system can emulate a power-on event on the emulated edge rack. The emulated power-on event can emulate a power-on event for the physical edge rack. The system can then emulate the deployment of a component in the powered-on emulated edge rack based on configuration information received via the user interface. The deployed component can be configured based on the configuration information.

Abstract: Persistent storage may be arranged to store sets of configuration data respectively corresponding to applications. One or more processors of a computational instance may be configured to: receive, from a data source, a set of configuration data corresponding to an application deployable on a network related to the computational instance, wherein the set of configuration data defines components, packages, and environments, wherein the packages include one or more of the components, and wherein the environments include one or more of the packages; write, to the persistent storage, a representation of the set of configuration data; look up one or more policies applicable to the set of configuration data; and validate, by a policy engine, the set of configuration data by applying the one or more policies to the set of configuration data.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: registering, by a computer device, a device to a network; collecting, by the computer device, device data from the device through the network; compiling, by the computer device, training data from the collected device data; training, by the computer device, a machine learning model using the training data; predicting, by the computer device and using the machine learning model, a time when the device will be in an inactive system state; and automatically scheduling, by the computer device and based on the predicting, an application of an update for the time when the device is in the inactive system state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for an integrated entity resource distribution device set-up and deliver platform for distribution of devices to an entity for resource acceptance. An entity must be activated and on-boarded to accept resource acceptance and processing. The invention creates a platform for identification of entity needs with respect to resource acceptance devices. With this information the platform generates configured resource acceptance devices for the entity with correct components and sub-components. Furthermore, the system integrate software and firmware in an appropriate sequence onto resource acceptance devices components and sub-components.

Abstract: Detecting malware by linking Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) and Scheduled Task Service (STS) activities to a source program. Using send Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) messages and receive ALPC messages, source programs that initiate the creation of temporary files and perform defined operations may be identified. If the source programs responsible for the temporary files and defined operations are determined to be malware programs, a security action may be performed on the source programs.

Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for device provisioning using a manufacturer boot environment. A management agent can be executed from a manufacturer's boot environment and can install a management application that is executable in the main operating system to provision a client device for management. The management agent can then set a provisioning status BIOS variable to indicate that the client device is provisioned. The client device can then be booted to the main operating system and the management application can be executed.

Abstract: Migrating a network service that is currently being performed by a first device to be performed by a second device includes: instructing the second device to notify an upstream network device to forward traffic that is to be serviced by the network service to the second device instead of to the first device, the network service being associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address; and instructing the first device to migrate the network service to the second device, wherein the migration includes moving or copying state information associated with an existing flow currently serviced by the first device to the second device; the existing flow being an existing flow between a client application and a network application.

Abstract: Verifying a hardware license and controlling hardware features includes receiving a first part of a license payload and a license signature covering the license payload from a CPU, the license signature being generated using a private encryption key; receiving a second part of the license payload from a memory, the CPU being unable to modify the second part of the license payload; generating a hash using the first part and the second part of the license payload; and verifying the license signature using the hash and a public encryption key associated with the private encryption key. When the verifying is successful, communicating with circuitry to enable functionality of the circuitry specified in the license payload.

Abstract: A method and system for optimizing a learning model post-deployment. Specifically, the disclosed method and system re-optimize—i.e., re-train and/or re-validate—machine learning and/or artificial intelligence algorithms that have already been deployed into a production environment. During post-deployment, the re-optimization process may transpire following the advent of varying model re-adjustment triggers.

Abstract: Computer programming code may be executed via look ahead execution in a virtual machine. The computer programming code may include a first instruction to retrieve data stored in an on-demand computing services environment and a second instruction to transmit the data to a recipient. The first instruction, the second instruction, and the data may be evaluated to determine whether the execution of the computer programming code constitutes acceptable use of the on-demand computing services environment. When it is determined that the execution of the computer programming code does not constitute acceptable use of the on-demand computing services environment, further execution of the computer programming code may be halted.

Abstract: A communication system includes an information processing apparatus, a plurality of devices, and a communication management apparatus to communicate with the information processing apparatus and each of the plurality of devices. The information processing apparatus includes first circuitry to receive registerable device information transmitted by the communication management apparatus, the registrable device information indicating one or more registerable devices, among the plurality of devices, in which a particular application and particular settings are registrable, and transmit, to the communication management apparatus, registration setting information for registering the particular application and the particular settings, the registration setting information being set for a particular group of a plurality of groups based on the registerable device information.

Abstract: Smart car operations provide information or entertainment content for a person by detecting when a person is alone in a car, adjusting a speech recognizer in the car to focus capturing speech from the person's position in the car; playing content in the car as requested by the person; when the person exits the car and enters a building, transferring the speech recognizer from the car to a building speech recognizer along with a current play state of the content; and resuming playing the content on a device in the house on request without interruption.

Abstract: The present invention achieves automation of validation of a catalog created by a cooperative service catalog creator through a GUI. A catalog verification device 60 is a catalog verification device 60 that verifies the catalog created by the catalog creation assistance system that assists creation of the catalog used in the orchestrator 50.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a consensus mechanism deployment method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring a customized consensus plugin, wherein the customized consensus plugin is obtained by compiling a customized consensus mechanism written based on a standardized consensus mechanism framework; and deploying the customized consensus plugin in a native node.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to verifying and validating a received executable function to be executed on a function as a service platform (FaaS), by applying one or more verification and validation techniques prior to runtime. The verified and validated executable function is temporarily stored. The temporarily stored verified and validated executable function is executed on the FaaS platform at the runtime.

Abstract: A virtual server includes at least one processor to retrieve a user layer from a user's personalization container, and initiate mounting of the user layer to a target operating system. During the mounting, the at least one processor determines that the user layer did not originate with the target operating system. The user layer is modified so that file system objects and registry objects are compatible with the target operating system. Mounting of the modified user layer is completed to create a single composited layered image.

Abstract: The systems and methods discussed herein provide for classifying CDN connections to the originating application on the first packet. In some implementations, the system identifies application connections established within a predetermined time period prior to the CDN connection and increments a value associated with these connections. The system classifies the CDN connection as corresponding to the application connection with the highest associated value, allowing routing of network traffic to take advantage of QoS benefits and reduce the need for deep packet inspection.

Abstract: Computing systems, for example, multi-tenant systems deploy software artifacts in data centers created in a cloud platform using a cloud platform infrastructure language that is cloud platform independent. The system receives an artifact version map that identifies versions of software artifacts for data center entities of the data center and a cloud platform independent master pipeline that includes instructions for performing operations related to services on the data center, for example, deploying software artifacts, provisioning computing resources, and so on. The system receives a deployment manifest that provides declarative specification of deployment strategies for deploying software artifacts in data centers. The system implements a deployment operator that executes on a cluster of computing systems of the cloud platform to implement the deployment strategies.

Abstract: Systems and methods are included for managing persistent enrollment of a user device. The persistent enrollment can be controlled by an administrator at an administrator console. The administrator can enable or disable persistent enrollment for the user device at the admin console. A deployment agent can be provided to the user device. During the boot process, the deployment agent can verify the persistent enrollment status of the user device. The deployment agent can retrieve and install a software package for a management agent. The management agent can enroll the user device with an enterprise under a staging user profile. The management agent can install a provisioning package associated with the staging user profile. The management agent can receive user input login credentials. The management agent can change the ownership of the user device with the enterprise. The management agent can configure the user device for the user profile.

Abstract: A method includes creating a package of an application, registering the package with an orchestrator, triggering instantiation of the application in the orchestrator, generating initial configuration files for the instantiation of the application, changing an application state of the application to a planned state, changing the application state to a Keycloak state in response to obtaining client identification of the Keycloak information for the application, changing the application state to an instantiated state in response to deploying the application on the set of target servers, changing the application state to a configured state in response applying daily configuration files to perform daily configuration of the application in the set of target servers, and changing the application state to a monitored state in response to monitoring the application in the set of target servers by an observability framework tool.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for a systems and methods for improved smart infrastructure data transfer. An example method may involve identifying that a software update is available for a smart infrastructure system. The example method may also involve determining, by a processor of the smart infrastructure system and using a signal strength between a first vehicle and the smart infrastructure system, that the first vehicle is within a threshold range of the smart infrastructure system. The example method may also involve establishing, by the smart infrastructure system, a first ad-hoc peer-to-peer communication link with the first vehicle. The example method may also involve sending, to the vehicle, a request for the software update. The example method may also involve receiving, from the vehicle, at least a first portion of the software update that is transferred using the first ad-hoc peer-to-peer communication link.

Abstract: Trusted execution environment verification of a software package. An operating system (OS) initiates a software package verification process in a trusted execution environment, the OS being part of an OS environment comprising a file system. It is determined that a first software package in a software repository is to be installed into the OS environment. The first software package is downloaded to a storage device. The OS sends, to the software package verification process, first location information that identifies a location of the first software package. The OS receives, from the software package verification process, information that indicates that the first software package on the storage device is trusted.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein to track the state of components within a network element. One embodiment provides for a network element comprising a control plane including logic to transmit configuration and status of the network element during network element operation, the configuration including a configured state of one or more agents of the control plane and the status including operational status of one or more agents of the control plane; and a data plane to forward network data from an ingress interface to an egress interface, each of the ingress interface and egress interface including one or more counters, wherein the status of the continuously transmitted status of the network element additionally includes the one or more counters of each of the ingress interface and egress interface.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to cause one or more processors to perform operations processing, in an integrated development environment, a set of program code to identify an assertion within the set of program code; determining compile-time provability of a condition specified by the assertion; and presenting an error condition in response to failing to determine compile-time provability of the condition specified by the assertion, wherein determining compile-time provability of the condition specified by the assertion includes semantically converting the condition specified by the assertion into a Boolean, reducing the Boolean to an intermediate representation, and processing the intermediate representation to detect an expression within the intermediate representation that is non-constant at compile-time.