Patent ID: 9729421
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining a business operation and a corresponding set of tasks to be performed in a software defined environment (SDE); establishing a first resource configuration to perform the corresponding set of tasks to achieve a business outcome target; determining a first resource cost for performing the corresponding set of tasks; monitoring the SDE to identify a triggering event; responsive to identifying the triggering event, establishing a second resource configuration to address the triggering event; and determining a second resource cost for performing the corresponding set of tasks according to the second resource configuration; wherein: at least the monitoring and establishing a second resource configuration steps are performed by computer software running on computer hardware; the step of establishing the second resource configuration includes evaluating a set of “what-if” scenarios where a set of multiple resource configurations are applied to a behavior model of the SDE to identify a best alternative to the first resource configuration, the best alternative being the second resource configuration.