US Patent:
20050021433, Jan 27, 2005
Inventors:
Fletcher Hyler - Portola Valley CA, US
International Classification:
G06F017/60
Abstract:
A framework for analyzing, predicting, and diagnosing the impact of application requirements upon information systems infrastructure requirements is disclosed. The framework combines two application parameters, the scope of the application and the use of the information of the application. The scope of the application is categorized as departmental, enterprise, and inter-company, while the use of the information is categorized as administration, process, and product. A new element, agility, is also used within the framework to maximize value, where agility is defined as time and cost required for changes in capacity, performance, functionality, availability, and manageability. Moreover, a set of diagnostics applicable to information systems for the measurement of the impact of insufficient agility within the information systems infrastructure is disclosed.