Systems and methods for managing resources in an information technology (it) infrastructure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018260754-A1
Application number	US-201815918504-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 12, 2018
Priority date	Mar 10, 2017
Publication date	Sep 13, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing resources in an IT infrastructure are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for managing resources in an IT infrastructure may include: (1) retrieving, from a database, an identification of a plurality of IT infrastructure resources for an organization; (2) retrieving at least one attribute for each IT infrastructure resource; (3) graphing an IT infrastructure for the organization by illustrating a relation of each IT infrastructure resource to at least one other IT infrastructure resource and the attributes for each IT infrastructure resource; (4) analyzing the graph in order to identify a potential IT infrastructure resource for removal from the IT infrastructure for the organization; and (5) implementing a decision engine to recommend removal or maintenance of the identified IT infrastructure resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for managing resources in an IT infrastructure, the method comprising:
in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor:
retrieving, from a database, an identification of a plurality of IT infrastructure resources for an organization;
retrieving at least one attribute for each IT infrastructure resource;
graphing an IT infrastructure for the organization by illustrating a relation of each IT infrastructure resource to at least one other IT infrastructure resource and the attributes for each IT infrastructure resource;
analyzing the graph to identify a potential IT infrastructure resource for removal from the IT infrastructure for the organization; and
implementing a decision engine to recommend removal or maintenance of the potential IT infrastructure resource.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing a cost analysis to isolate costs associated with the removal of the potential IT infrastructure resource for removal.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the IT infrastructure for the organization is graphed using an open source graphing tool.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the potential IT infrastructure resource for removal comprises a disconnected IT infrastructure resource.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the potential IT infrastructure resource for removal comprises an IT infrastructure resource in a loosely attached sub-graph.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the graph in order to identify a potential IT infrastructure resource for removal comprises identifying infrastructure dependencies among the IT infrastructure resources.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the attribute comprises a usage of the IT infrastructure resource.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the attribute comprises a policy or regulatory restriction on the IT infrastructure resource.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision engine is a machine learning-based decision engine.

10 . A system for managing resources in an IT infrastructure, the system comprising:
a server comprising a memory and a computer processor; a database comprising an identification of a plurality of IT infrastructure resources for an organization; a graphing engine; a graphical analysis engine; and a decision engine; wherein:
the server retrieves, from a database, the identification of the plurality of IT infrastructure resources for the organization;
the server retrieves at least one attribute for each IT infrastructure resource;
the graphing engine graphs an IT infrastructure for the organization by illustrating a relation of each IT infrastructure resource to at least one other IT infrastructure resource and the attributes for each IT infrastructure resource;
the graphical analysis engine analyzes the graph to identify a potential IT infrastructure resource for removal from the IT infrastructure for the organization; and
the decision engine recommends removal or maintenance of the potential IT infrastructure resource.

11 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising a cost analysis engine, wherein the cost analysis engine performs a cost analysis to isolate costs associated with the removal of the potential IT infrastructure resource for removal.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the graphing engine graphs the IT infrastructure for the organization using an open source graphing tool.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the potential IT infrastructure resource for removal comprises a disconnected IT infrastructure resource.

14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the potential IT infrastructure resource for removal comprises an IT infrastructure resource in a loosely attached sub-graph.

15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the graphical analysis engine identifies infrastructure dependencies among the IT infrastructure resources.

16 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the attribute comprises a usage of the IT infrastructure resource.

17 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the attribute comprises a policy or regulatory restriction on the IT infrastructure resource.

18 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the decision engine is a machine learning-based decision engine.

Assignees

• Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na

Inventors

• Marvin Darren
• Williams Thomas
• El Sayyed Hani
• Payne Dane Z

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06T11/206

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q10/06315 Primary

  Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis · CPC title

• G06N5/02

  Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation · CPC title

• G06F17/30958

  Physics · mapped topic