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An Ontology For Autonomic License Management, Qian Zhao, Mark Perry
An Ontology For Autonomic License Management, Qian Zhao, Mark Perry
Mark Perry
The license agreement can be seen as the knowledge source for a license management system. As such, it may be referenced by the system each time a new process is initiated. To facilitate access, a machine readable representation of the license agreement is highly desirable, but at the same time we do not want to sacrifice too much readability of such agreements by human beings. Creating an ontology as a formal knowledge representation of licensing not only meets the representation requirements, but also offers improvements to knowledge reusability owing to the inherent sharing nature of such representations. Furthermore, the XML-based …
A Framework For Automatic Sla Creation, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
A Framework For Automatic Sla Creation, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Mark Perry
Negotiation is fundamental to business. Increased automation of business to business or business to customer interaction is demanding efficient but flexible systems that can manage the negotiation process with minimal direct human intervention. Industries that provide online services rely on Service Level Agreements as the basis for their contractual relationship. Here we look at a means for generating these with a negotiating tool (SLA Negotiation Manager) that complies with e-negotiation rules and creates the agreements from existing business objectives.
Policy Driven Licensing Model For Component Software, Zhao Qian, Zhou Yu, Mark Perry
Policy Driven Licensing Model For Component Software, Zhao Qian, Zhou Yu, Mark Perry
Mark Perry
Today, it is almost inevitable that software is licensed, rather than sold outright. As a part of the licensing policy, some protection mechanisms, whether hardware, legal or code-based, are invariably built into the license. The application of such mechanisms has primarily been in the realm of off-the-shelf, packaged, consumer software. However, as component-based software gradually becomes mainstream in software development, new component-oriented licensing systems are required. This paper proposes an enterprise component licensing model for the management of software component licenses. The model provides a comprehensive license management framework allowing for extensibility and flexibility. Furthermore, we identify differences between stand-alone …
Sla Automated Negotiation Manager For Computing Services, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Sla Automated Negotiation Manager For Computing Services, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Mark Perry
Success in today’s marketing arena can often depend on companies embracing effective new technologies and integrating them into their business model. In the computing service supply industry, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are commonly prepared and signed agreements between the service provider and its customers. SLAs should match business needs of both sides of the agreement as closely as possible. This paper focuses on at the steps and activities that the service provider can take to facilitate agreement. It proposes an automated way for creating SLA’s from a set of Service Level Objectives (SLOs). The SLA should achieve business goals, including …
Policies, Rules And Their Engines: What Do They Mean For Slas?, Mark Perry, Michael Bauer
Policies, Rules And Their Engines: What Do They Mean For Slas?, Mark Perry, Michael Bauer
Mark Perry
In our model for autonomic management of service level agreements (SLA), the roles played by policy and rules must be clearly differentiated. Although policy is typically an ideal we wish to achieve through the implementation of rules, the use of the terms policy and rule are often treated similarly and that consequently policy-engine and rule-engine are often used synonymously. It is our position that in the management of SLAs these terms have specific meanings. The definitions and models embodied are illustrated.
Verifiable Electronic Voting System: An Open Source Solution, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Verifiable Electronic Voting System: An Open Source Solution, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Mark Perry
Elections, referenda and polls are vital processes for the operation of a modern democracy. They form the mechanism for transferring power from citizens to their representatives. Although some commentators claim that the pencil-and-paper systems used in countries such as Canada and UK are still the best method of avoiding voterigging, recent election problems, and the need for faster, better, cheaper vote counting, have stimulated great interest in managing the election process through the use of electronic voting systems. While computer scientists, for the most part, have been warning of the possible perils of such action, vendors have forged ahead with …
Open Source Software Licensing Patterns, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Open Source Software Licensing Patterns, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry
Mark Perry
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