Remote IT Resource Provisioning via Cloud Pooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional information technology (IT) networks are costly and resource-intensive to establish and maintain, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises, limiting their ability to compete with larger corporations due to the need for on-premise hardware and software setups and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a cloud-based IT service that remotely provisions network resources, allowing entities to access scalable and cost-effective IT services, including hardware, software, and technical expertise, thereby reducing the burden of on-premise infrastructure and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional on-premise IT infrastructure is deployed, then reliability and control are improved, but cost and device complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote service provider as an intermediary that manages IT infrastructure externally. The service provider establishes and maintains the actual IT infrastructure remotely, while the client device only needs basic network connectivity. This mediator approach transfers the complexity management to a specialized external entity, allowing the client to access reliable IT services without maintaining complex on-premise infrastructure.
2Ease of operation
If cloud-based remote IT services are used, then cost and ease of operation are improved, but network dependency increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the IT infrastructure management functions from the client's local environment and places them in a remote service provider's infrastructure. By taking out the complex infrastructure components (servers, storage, applications) from the client's premises and operating them remotely, the system eliminates the need for clients to maintain these systems while introducing network dependency as the trade-off for accessing these extracted services.
3Adaptability or versatility
If small and medium-sized enterprises establish their own IT networks, then control and customization are improved, but resource availability and scalability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the IT infrastructure resources of multiple small and medium-sized enterprises with the service provider's existing infrastructure. Instead of each enterprise maintaining separate, limited resources, they all share the provider's pooled infrastructure (computing power, storage, applications). This combining approach enables scalability and access to enterprise-grade resources that would be prohibitively expensive for individual smaller enterprises to procure and maintain independently.
Data Source
AI summary
Remote provisioning of an IT network and/or associated services is provided. Hardware, software, service and/or expertise can be moved from on-premise to a remote location (e.g., central, distributed . . . ). Accordingly, at least a large degree computation can be moved to the center to exploit economies of scale, among other things. In such an architecture, computational resources (e.g., data storage, computation power, cache . . . ) can be pooled, and entities can subscribe to a particular level of resources related to a private entity IT network.