IT Infrastructure Resource Graphing and Decision Engine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems fail to effectively manage IT infrastructure resources by representing and reasoning over inter-dependencies across an enterprise, leading to inefficiencies and missed opportunities for cost savings due to lack of visibility into resource relationships.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that graphically represents IT infrastructure resources, analyzes relationships, and uses a decision engine to recommend decommissioning or maintenance of resources, incorporating cost analysis and machine learning for informed decision-making.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a single inventory source of record for all enterprise infrastructure resources is maintained, then resource tracking capability is improved, but system complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a mediator between various infrastructure resources and the inventory management process. This intermediary consolidates resource information from multiple sources into a unified view, enabling comprehensive resource tracking without requiring direct integration and management of all individual resource systems, thus reducing overall system complexity while maintaining complete inventory visibility
2Loss of information
If visibility into enterprise infrastructure resource relationships is enhanced, then cost savings opportunity identification is improved, but computational requirements and analysis complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the analysis of infrastructure resource relationships by introducing a graphical representation dimension. Instead of analyzing complex interdependencies through traditional tabular or hierarchical methods, the system represents resources and their relationships as nodes and edges in a graph structure. This dimensional transformation enables intuitive visualization and simplified analysis of complex relationships, making it easier to identify cost savings opportunities without overwhelming computational or analytical complexity
3Ease of manufacture
If current methods are used to establish potential infrastructure cost savings opportunities, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but the ability to represent and reason over inter-dependencies between infrastructure resources is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical or tabular methods for representing infrastructure relationships with a graphical model system. By substituting conventional data representation mechanisms with graph-based visual models, the system achieves both enhanced capability to represent complex inter-dependencies and maintained implementation simplicity, as graphical models provide intuitive understanding without requiring complex analytical frameworks
Data Source
AI summary
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.