Domain-Based Technology Architecture Management Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for designing, deploying, and managing technology architectures in enterprise computing environments face challenges due to increasing complexity, failure to address rapidly evolving tool sets, incomplete lifecycle management, and neglect of component interdependencies, leading to potential cascading failures and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A domain-based technology deployment and management system that uses a technology management server to classify application systems into technology domains, identify changes, and apply updates based on system snapshots, leveraging a domain classification algorithm to manage the lifecycle of components across various domains and sub-domains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If known systems are used for architecting and managing components, then deployment processes can be executed, but the systems fail to embrace rapidly evolving and heterogeneous tool sets, leading to reduced adaptability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal architecture management system that can handle multiple heterogeneous tool sets and components through a single unified platform. The system uses standardized data models and abstraction layers to accommodate diverse architectural components (applications, servers, connectors, messaging systems, event processors, security components, storage devices) without requiring separate management systems for each tool type, thereby achieving multi-functionality and adaptability to evolving tool sets.
2Reliability
If comprehensive lifecycle management is implemented for all components, then complete coverage is achieved, but the complexity of managing hundreds or thousands of interdependent components increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex lifecycle management process into distinct phases: pre-deployment validation, deployment execution, and post-deployment verification. It also segments components into hierarchical groups (technology domains, sub-domains, and individual components) that can be managed independently. This segmentation allows the system to handle hundreds or thousands of components by breaking down the overall management task into manageable units while maintaining complete lifecycle coverage through systematic progression through each phase.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary layers including architecture definition files, deployment descriptors, and validation rules that mediate between the management system and individual components. These intermediaries standardize interactions and reduce complexity by providing uniform interfaces for managing diverse components throughout their lifecycle, allowing the system to maintain complete coverage without being overwhelmed by component-specific complexities.
3Reliability
If component interdependencies are fully incorporated into the deployment process, then cascading failures are prevented, but the deployment process becomes more intricate and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of component interdependencies during the pre-deployment validation phase, before actual deployment begins. The system automatically generates dependency graphs and identifies critical paths, allowing potential cascading failure scenarios to be detected and resolved in advance. This preliminary action ensures that when deployment executes, the system already has a validated understanding of interdependencies, preventing failures without adding time during the critical deployment window.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual analysis and tracking of component interdependencies with automated computational methods. The system uses algorithmic approaches to generate dependency graphs, perform impact analysis, and validate deployment sequences automatically. This substitution of mechanical/manual processes with automated computing dramatically reduces the time required to incorporate interdependency analysis while maintaining comprehensive failure prevention capabilities.
4Reliability
If proper deployment and management processes are implemented, then cascading failures are prevented, but the process of migrating components through their life cycles becomes more intricate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the deployment process from a complex procedural task into a parameter-driven automated process. It uses deployment descriptors and configuration parameters to define component states, dependency relationships, and migration rules. By changing the approach from manual process management to parameter-based control, the system maintains system stability through rigorous validation while reducing apparent process complexity through automation and standardization.
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AI summary
A technology management server for domain-based technology deployment and management is provided. The server includes a processor configured to receive an architecture definition file identifying a prior system status for each snapshotted application system. The processor is also configured to scan the application systems and classify each of the scanned application systems into an associated technology domain using a domain classification algorithm. The processor is configured to identify each scanned application system with a changed system status. The processor is configured to obtain a system update for each scanned application system with a changed system status, based on the technology domain. The system updates define implementation characteristics of each changed scanned application system. The processor is also configured to redefine the architecture definition file with the system updates. The processor is further configured to apply the architecture definition file to the application systems to update the application systems.