Reuse of computing resources for cloud managed services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10438253-B2
Application number	US-201514953375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2015
Priority date	Nov 29, 2015
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

A system for managing cloud-based resources. The system includes a computer interface for receiving a computing resource. A computer including at least one central processing unit is configured to determine that the computing resource is abandoned and, upon determining the computer resource is abandoned, determine a disposition action for the computing resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for managing cloud-based resources, the system comprising:
a computer interface for receiving a cloud-based application;
a computer including at least one central processing unit, the computer to:
determine that the cloud-based application is abandoned based on examination of a resource log, the resource log indicating a period of time the cloud-based application has been unused; and
upon determining the cloud-based application is abandoned, determine a disposition action for the cloud-based application based on at least a determination of a data cleansing parameter and a security parameter for the computing resource, the security parameter indicating a likelihood that the cloud-based application has been compromised by malware, the disposition action includes purging the cloud-based application from computer memory.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud-based application includes data for the cloud-based application.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the disposition action for the cloud-based application includes one of reselling and auctioning the cloud-based application.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is configured to identify a buyer and seller of the cloud-based application.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the disposition action for the cloud-based application is based on a determination of at least one of a security parameter, a licensing cost parameter, and a cost of installation parameter.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is configured to determine a multidimensional decay surface including different usefulness decay rates for different classes of computing resources.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is configured to determine if disposition of the cloud-based application for reuse violates a compliance rule.

8. A method for managing cloud-based resources, the method comprising:
receiving data for a cloud-based application by a computer interface;
determining that the data for the cloud-based application are abandoned based on examination of a resource log, the resource log indicating a period of time the data has been unused; and
upon determining the data for the cloud-based application are abandoned, determining a disposition action for the data for the cloud-based application based on at least a determination of a data cleansing parameter and a security parameter for the data, the security parameter indicating a likelihood that the data has been compromised by malware, the disposition action includes purging the cloud-based application from computer memory.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the disposition action for the data for the cloud-based application includes one of reselling and auctioning the data for the cloud-based application.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising identifying a buyer and seller of the data for the cloud-based application.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the disposition action for the data for the cloud-based application is based on determining at least one of a security parameter, a licensing cost parameter, and a cost of installation parameter.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining a multidimensional decay surface including different usefulness decay rates for different classes of computing resources;
assigning the data for the cloud-based application to a computing resource class from the different classes of computing resources;
determining a usefulness decay rate for the computing resource class based on the multidimensional decay surface; and
wherein determining the disposition action for the data for the cloud-based application is based on the usefulness decay rate for the computing resource class.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining if disposition of the data for the cloud-based application for reuse violates a compliance rule.

14. A computer program product for managing cloud-based resources, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to:
receive a computing resource;
determine that the computing resource is abandoned based on examination of a resource log, the resource log indicating a period of time the computing resource has been unused; and
upon determining the computing resource is abandoned, determine a disposition action for the computing resource based on at least a determination of a data cleansing parameter and a security parameter for the computing resource, the security parameter indicating a likelihood that the computing resource has been compromised by malware, the disposition action includes purging the cloud-based application from computer memory.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the computing resource is a virtual machine or cloud-based application.

16. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the computing resource includes data for a cloud-based application.

17. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the disposition action for computing resource includes one of reselling and auctioning the computing resource.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chefalas Thomas E
• Pickover Clifford A
• Viswanathan Mahesh
• Vukovic Maja

Classifications

• G06F9/5022

  Mechanisms to release resources · CPC title

• G06F2009/45595

  Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F9/5077

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title

• G06Q30/06 Primary

  Buying, selling or leasing transactions · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title