Providing a requisite level of service for an electronic meeting

A computer program product for providing a requisite level of service for an electronic meeting, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage device having stored thereon program code that, when executed, configures a processor to perform executable operations comprising:
• receiving a request to schedule a first electronic meeting in a present time slot;
• identifying an electronic meeting system to host the first electronic meeting;
• identifying at least a second electronic meeting being hosted by the electronic meeting system in the present time slot;
• determining resource usage within the electronic meeting system during the present time slot at least based on the second electronic meeting being hosted by the electronic meeting system in the present time slot;
• comparing the estimate of resource usage with a threshold value;
• responsive to determining that the estimate of resource usage exceeds the threshold value, providing the requisite level of service to the first electronic meeting in the present time slot by reducing resource usage of the electronic meeting system by the second electronic meeting in the present time slot;
• and
• scheduling the first electronic meeting in the present time slot.

A system comprising:

• a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
• receiving a request to schedule a first electronic meeting in a future time slot;
• identifying an electronic meeting system to host the first electronic meeting;
• identifying at least a second electronic meeting scheduled to be hosted by the electronic meeting system in the future time slot;
• determining an estimate of resource usage within the electronic meeting system during the future time slot at least based on the second electronic meeting being scheduled to be hosted by the electronic meeting system in the future time slot;
• comparing the estimate of resource usage with a threshold value;
• responsive to determining that the estimate of resource usage exceeds the threshold value, providing the requisite level of service to the first electronic meeting in the future time slot by reducing anticipated resource usage of the electronic meeting system by the second electronic meeting in the future time slot;
• and
• scheduling the first electronic meeting in the future time slot.