Intelligent application management strategy
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorKavita Chavda
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for providing a network-based software application to a customer that includes providing the application at a service provider's site, providing over the network access to the application to a customer's site, and providing traffic management function(s) at either, or both, of an application front end (AFE) and an application internet gateway (AIG) that are located at the provider's and customer's sites, respectively.
Claims20
A method for providing a network-based application to a customer, comprising:
- providing an application at a service provider site, the site including an application front end (AFE);
- providing access over a network to the application for at least one customer, located at a customer site, the customer site including an application internet gateway (AIG);
- and
- providing at least one traffic management function at one of the AFE and the AIG.
A system for providing a network-based application to a customer, comprising:
- a system for providing an application at a service provider site, the site including an application front end (AFE);
- a system for providing access over a network to the application for at least one customer, located at a customer site, the customer site including an application internet gateway (AIG);
- and
- a system for providing at least one traffic management function at one of the AFE and the AIG.
A program product stored on a computer readable medium for providing a network-based application to a customer, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing the steps of:
- providing an application at a service provider site, the site including an application front end (AFE);
- providing access over a network to the application for at least one customer, located at a customer site, the customer site including an application internet gateway (AIG);
- and
- providing at least one traffic management function at one of the AFE and the AIG.
A method for deploying an application for providing a network-based application to a customer, comprising:
- providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
- provide an application at a service provider site, the site including an application front end (AFE);
- provide access over a network to the application for at least one customer, located at a customer site, the customer site including an application internet gateway (AIG);
- and
- provide at least one traffic management function at one of the AFE and the AIG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.