Environment managers via virtual machines

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8930945-B2
Application number	US-94052807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2007
Priority date	Nov 15, 2007
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

Methods and apparatus enforce computing policies of an enterprise in a distributed manner so that idiosyncratic services to a computing device can be minimized or altogether eliminated. Pluralities of virtual machines are arranged on one or more computing devices and define, for example, applications specified by a user and shared services approved by the enterprise. A central library stores the virtual machines and each is available for check-out by users. A manager evaluates the virtual machines for satisfactory compliance with the computing policies at a time when the virtual machines are resident in the library. Upon confirmation of satisfactory compliance, the applications and shared services are available for deployment to users. Otherwise, the virtual machines are centrally serviced for compliance and/or tested before redeployment. Libraries, managers, software program products, threat assessment, and policy management are other features, to name a few.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. In a computing system environment having pluralities of computing devices, a method of enforcing enterprise computing governance policies in a distributed manner using virtual machines arranged on one or more of the computing devices, comprising:
establishing a library of virtual machines including applications and shared services, the applications and the shared services to be utilized by way of a computing device upon deployment from the library;
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Assignees

• Boogert Kevin M
• Carter Stephen R
• Novell Inc

Inventors

• Boogert Kevin M
• Carter Stephen R

Classifications

• G06F21/629 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic