17946881. Information Technology Ecosystem Environment for Generating Sustainability Information for Use When Integrating Sustainability and Information Technology Planning simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.)

Information Technology Ecosystem Environment for Generating Sustainability Information for Use When Integrating Sustainability and Information Technology Planning

Organization Name

Dell Products L.P.

Inventor(s)

Christopher A. Robinette of Fremont OH (US)

David O. Garner of Cedar Park TX (US)

John E. Jenne of Georgetown TX (US)

Vivek Viswanathan Iyer of Saint Johns FL (US)

Karthik Suryanarayanan of Austin TX (US)

Information Technology Ecosystem Environment for Generating Sustainability Information for Use When Integrating Sustainability and Information Technology Planning - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17946881 titled 'Information Technology Ecosystem Environment for Generating Sustainability Information for Use When Integrating Sustainability and Information Technology Planning

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for managing and monitoring an IT ecosystem, including providing a sustainability application to an information handling system, obtaining sustainability information, providing an IT ecosystem monitoring and management console, and communicating between components to perform IT inventory sustainability planning.

• Simplified Explanation:

  - The patent application describes a system for managing and monitoring IT ecosystems by using a sustainability application to gather information about information handling systems and communicating this data to an IT ecosystem monitoring and management console for sustainability planning.

• Potential Applications:

  - IT infrastructure management
  - Sustainability planning for information handling systems

• Problems Solved:

  - Lack of centralized IT ecosystem monitoring
  - Inefficient sustainability planning for information handling systems

• Benefits:

  - Improved sustainability of IT ecosystems
  - Streamlined IT inventory management

• Potential Commercial Applications:

  - IT consulting services
  - Software development for IT ecosystem management

• Possible Prior Art:

  - Existing IT inventory management systems
  - Sustainability planning tools for businesses

1. Unanswered Questions

1. 1. How does the system ensure data security and privacy?

The patent application does not explicitly mention how data security and privacy are maintained within the system. It would be important to understand the measures in place to protect sensitive information.

1. 1. What is the scalability of the system?

The scalability of the system, in terms of handling a large number of information handling systems within an IT ecosystem, is not discussed in detail. Understanding how the system can grow to accommodate increasing demands would be crucial for potential users.

Original Abstract Submitted

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing an information technology (IT) ecosystem management and monitoring operation. The IT ecosystem management and monitoring operation includes: providing a sustainability application to an information handling system, the information handling system being located within an IT ecosystem; obtaining sustainability information regarding the information handling system via the sustainability application; providing an IT ecosystem monitoring and management console, the IT ecosystem monitoring and management console comprising an IT ecosystem sustainability system, the IT ecosystem sustainability system comprising a sustainability component; and, communicating between the sustainability component and the sustainability application to perform an IT inventory sustainability planning operation, the communicating providing the sustainability component with the sustainability information regarding the information handling system.