Targeted maintenance of computing devices in information technology infrastructure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8818945
APP PUB NO 20140025627A1
SERIAL NO

13551015

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Techniques, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for targeted maintenance of computing devices in a system. A method includes assessing a maintenance request to determine a class of computing devices to which the request applies, selecting a propagation mechanism applicable to the class of computing devices, generating an agent based on the propagation mechanism to carry out the maintenance request on the class of computing devices, deploying the agent on at least one computing device in the class of computing devices, and propagating the agent to additional devices in the class of computing devices.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bhattacharya, Kamal Bangalore, IN 23 957
Jain, Anshu N Karnataka, IN 14 93
Pathapati, Suman K Andhra Pradesh, IN 4 33
Rajshree, Nidhi Karnataka, IN 10 70

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