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7660702 Monitor for an information technology system  
The present invention provides a means of monitoring the progress of an IT implementation of a process or activity through a defined set of situation types and event objects corresponding to said...
7657401 Systems and methods for predicting load test resource requirements  
Systems, methods and media for collecting and using machine usage data and machine configuration data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a workbench computer collects historical machine usage data...
7652565 Sensor network system, sensor node, sensor information collector, method of observing event, and program thereof  
In a sensor network system, sensor data having a high precision (high resolution) is collected, and congestion of a communication network and an apparatus for processing the sensor data is...
7636903 Device and method for testing an electric circuit  
A method and device for testing an electric circuit, wherein exhaustive electric circuit modulation is not required yet circuit errors can be recognized in a reliable manner is provided. A marking...
7634386 Method and apparatus for setting up runtime conditions  
The present invention is directed to establishment of a higher level of an assurance value. The condition setting support apparatus executes a statistical information accepting step of accepting...
7634388 Providing policy-based operating system services in an operating system on a computing system  
Methods, apparatus, products are disclosed for providing policy-based operating system services in an operating system on a computing system. The computing system includes at least one compute...
7630862 Load test simulator  
Systems and methodologies are provided for load testing a server wherein user characteristics are adjusted dynamically during the testing period of the server, based upon weightings defined in a...
7630955 Apparatus, system, and method for analyzing the association of a resource to a business process  
An apparatus, system, and method are provided for analyzing the association of a resource to a business process. The invention includes an origination module, an evaluation module, and an...
7630867 System and method for consensus-based knowledge validation, analysis and collaboration  
A consensus-based knowledge validation and analysis system provides a way to increase use of collaboration tools among panels of experts by providing a system for analyzing and validating the...
7617073 System and method for assessing and indicating the health of components  
A system and method for visualization of the components of an enterprise system and the rendering of information about the health or status of the enterprise system, its components, and/or its...
7610173 Technique for resolving “no-trouble-found” (NTF) events in electronic systems  
A system that diagnoses a failure in a computer system is described. During operation, the system tests the computer system using a sequence of tests, where a given test includes a given load...
7610113 Operational control system and a system providing for remote monitoring of a manufacturing device  
A system and method for providing operational control and/or remote monitoring of a manufacturing device as in a foam dispenser device such as a foam-in-bag dispensing device. In architecture, the...
7603257 Automated benchmarking of software performance  
Methods for automated benchmarking of views of one or more windows of an application. The methods analyzes content of a window to benchmark views in the window automatically once a target...
7596430 Selection of processor cores for optimal thermal performance  
A computer implemented method, data processing system, computer usable code, and apparatus are provided for optimizing the thermal performance of a computer system. A set of processor cores...
7596484 Network node emulator and method of node emulation  
A method and apparatus is provided for network node emulation, including a node emulator, comprising a node interface, a memory, and a CPU. A method of generating an emulated network node includes...
7593833 System and method for determining performance of network lines  
A method for determining performance of data communication lines in a DSL network is provided. The method includes determining a performance metric for at least one line from a first set of data...
7577548 Integrated framework for diagnosis and prognosis of components  
Described is a system for diagnosis and prognosis of a component. The system is configured to receive a signal from a component. The signal is representative of a current health observation of the...
7577550 System and method for detecting performance anomalies in a computing system  
A method comprises receiving, by learning logic, historical metrics of a computing system being monitored. The learning logic determines, from the received historical metrics, forms of...
7577542 Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the resolution of telemetry signals  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that dynamically adjusts data resolution during proactive-fault-monitoring in a computer system. During operation, the system temporarily...
7577632 Updating estimated process runtime  
Systems and methods for updating estimated process runtimes are provided. Initially, an estimated runtime for a process, the estimated runtime being based on a default value or at least one...
7574325 Methods to monitor system sensor and actuator health and performance  
A method for assessing health and performance of a system. In one example, the system comprises subsystems (preferably physically coupled subsystems), at least some of which are characterizable by...
7571069 Data assurance workflow derivation and execution  
A method for providing data assurance includes receiving selected input data to perform data assurance thereon, and receiving selected parameters for the data assurance. Data assurance modules are...
7571076 Performance monitor device, data collecting method and program for the same  
A performance monitor device includes an input unit to input both of address information and event occurrence information, an address mask unit to determine an address area to which each piece of...
7567886 Method to validate system configuration in a data storage and retrieval system  
A data storage and retrieval system is disclosed which includes encoded information regarding known valid system configurations, nominal performance specifications for various I/O devices, and...
7565272 System and methods for integrating authoring with complexity analysis for computing system operation procedures  
Techniques are disclosed for integrating complexity analysis with procedure authoring (design and/or documentation). By way of example, a technique for authoring a procedure associated with a...
7561987 Network analyzer, network analyzing method, program, and recording medium  
Errors of a measuring system are corrected by acquiring the phases of transmission tracking errors. A network analyzer includes a measuring system error factor recording unit which records...
7558211 Methods for optimizing and evaluating network access techniques  
Methods of evaluating access to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) from alternate access connections and for improving access to VPNs from alternate access connections such as ISPs. The methods...
7546222 System for performance and scalability analysis and methods thereof  
A system adapted for analyzing performance and scalability of at least one computer system is disclosed. The system include a monitoring module configured for capturing at least one metric of an...
7546221 Creating and using applicable information technology service maps  
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for creating and using applicable information technology maps. Defined rules that indicate how information...
7539608 Techniques for determining effects on system performance of a memory management parameter  
Techniques for determining effects, on a system, of values for a parameter that is used to manage memory for the system include generating data that indicates a workload and an actual performance...
7536269 Network-based system for configuring a system using software programs generated based on a user specification  
A system and method for online configuration of a measurement system. The user may access a server over a network and specify a desired task, e.g., a measurement task, and receive programs and/or...
7533003 Weighted event counting system and method for processor performance measurements  
A weighted event counting system and method for processor performance measurements provides low latency and low error performance measurement capability. A weighted performance counter accumulates...
7529645 Multifaceted system capabilities analysis  
Methods and systems for obtaining the performance characteristics of a computing product are described. Obtaining a computing product's attributes, capabilities, and features includes assessing the...
7526410 Remote computer graphics performance testing  
The present disclosure relates to conducting testing on a remote client computer by a server computer. The remote client computer is connected to the server computer through a network which allows...
7526685 Application manager for monitoring and recovery of software based application processes  
A constant monitoring and recovery system that enables the measurement of task usage/metrics and performance of software-based business applications. These metrics can then be evaluated by logic,...
7519527 Method for a database workload simulator  
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to execute a set of instructions a selected number of times to simulate user loads for a selected number of users. A...
7519510 Derivative performance counter mechanism  
A circuit and method for using hardware to calculate a first derivative of the number of performance events that occur in a microprocessor during a predetermined period of time. This first...
7519961 Method and apparatus for averaging out variations in run-to-run path data of a computer program  
A method and apparatus for averaging out variations from run to run of a computer program are provided. With the apparatus and method, call trees are generated for two or more executions of a build...
7519511 Method for measuring quantity of usage of CPU  
The present invention relates to a method for measuring a quantity of usage of a CPU, in particular to a method for measuring a quantity of usage of a CPU which is capable of getting a credible...
7516049 Wireless performance analysis system  
Wireless adapters are installed on one or more general purpose computing devices and are connected via a wireless network in an enterprise environment. The adapters are densely deployed at known...
7516042 Load test load modeling based on rates of user operations  
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for performing load tests based upon user pace. A load test application is provided. Load test settings are received from a user that includes a...
7516048 Externalized metric calculation engine  
Calculating, detecting, observing, and validating operating characteristics, conditions, and metrics, especially quality of service metrics, of a system. The quality of service metrics are reported...
7512519 Run-time characterization of on-demand analytical model accuracy  
A method of determining accuracy of predicted system behavior can include creating a plurality of noise adjusted analytical models, wherein each noise adjusted analytical model is associated with a...
7512522 Methods and apparatus for assessing health of memory utilization of a program  
Techniques for assessing the utilization efficiency of a portion of memory are provided. One or more images of a portion of memory are obtained. The one or more memory elements found within each...
7505872 Methods and apparatus for impact analysis and problem determination  
A technique for determining an impact of a condition (e.g., service outage) of at least one subject component in a computing environment comprises the following steps/operations. First, one or more...
7502971 Determining a recurrent problem of a computer resource using signatures  
A computer system includes a signature creation engine operable to determine signatures representing states of a computer resource from metrics for the computer resource. The computer system also...
7496476 Method and system for analyzing performance of an information processing system  
A method for analyzing performance of an information processing system having information processing apparatuses providing services to each other. Communication packets sent or received between the...
7493234 Monitoring and reporting normalized device system performance  
Methods are provided to monitor and report performance data of a device such as a data storage drive. A plurality of quantitative values are obtained from feedback and measurement mechanisms in a...
7493224 Event tracing with time stamp compression and history buffer based compression  
An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for generating trace data. In response to detecting a trace event, a determination is made as to whether identifiers for the trace event...
7487229 Methods and apparatus to synchronize local times at nodes in a computer network  
Methods and apparatus to synchronize local times at nodes in a computer network are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises determining a sequence of time sample pairs, wherein each...