Patent ID: 7797739
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying conformance of an Information Technology (IT) structure of an IT system to an IT delivery environment, said method comprising: a processor of a computer system verifying product standard compliance of the IT structure by verifying that a primitive composition of the IT structure does not comprise a non-abstract element that is not in conformance with all standards established for the IT delivery environment, said primitive composition of the IT structure comprising non-abstract elements that include a plurality of hardware devices, said IT delivery environment comprising IT delivery environment policies; verifying compliance of software elements of the primitive composition of the IT structure by explicitly verifying that the IT structure does not comprise a software element that is on an existing list of software elements forbidden from being used in the IT delivery environment, and by explicitly verifying that each software element of the IT structure required for use in the IT delivery environment satisfies all dependencies of said each software element required by the IT delivery environment; verifying software application type compliance of the IT structure by explicitly verifying that the IT structure does not comprise a software application type that is explicitly specified in the IT delivery environment policies as being forbidden from being used in the IT delivery environment; verifying software application communication compliance of the IT structure by explicit verifying that the IT structure does not comprise a software application communication mode explicitly specified in the IT delivery environment policies as being forbidden from being used in the IT delivery environment; and verifying network traffic compliance of the IT structure by explicitly verifying that: