Barry Weyland Graham

US Patent:

20140244311, Aug 28, 2014

Filed:

Feb 25, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/775426

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Vincent V. Diluoffo - Sandy Hook CT, US
Barry M. Graham - Silver Spring MD, US
James W. Seaman - Falls Church VA, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 40/08

US Classification:

705 4

Abstract:

An approach for protecting (e.g., insuring) against data loss (e.g., due to SLA failures) in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) is provided. In a typical embodiment, a risk table is created that associates cloud/solution providers with a corresponding risk factor and a cost of insuring the providers based on the risk factors. The risk factors are typically calculated using historical data that is based on (among other things), each provider's historical capability of honoring SLA terms, expected performance levels, etc. In any event, each provider may be associated with a cost of insuring that provider against failing to perform/process one or more future jobs/workloads. This allows a consumer who needs a workload to be processed to: view the risk table, select a provider, and/or insure against any failure to properly and/or timely process the workload.

Address:

2805 Fairfax Dr, Garland, TX 75041

Phone:

9722711787

VIN:

2T1KU40E29C002223

Make:

TOYOTA

Model:

MATRIX

Year:

2009