Patent ID: 8972578
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method executed at least in part in a computing device for providing cloud computing master data management, the method comprising: receiving server information from a server; retrieving business rules for a source rank from a standards source including at least one from a set of: a master data management methodology source, a relational database integrity source, a computer asset lifecycle management source, and a customer metadata management source; determining the source rank associated with the server information by analyzing the server information with the business rules of the source rank; applying reliability metrics to the server information; retrieving a naming convention from the standards source; evaluating service names from the server information against the naming convention; adjusting the source rank according to the reliability metrics and a number of matched service names against the naming convention, wherein the adjustment lowers a value of the source rank to remove the server information from a range corresponding to a content management category; determining at least one category for the server according to the source rank and the server information, wherein the at least one category includes range parameters to evaluate the source rank; and providing configuration information associated with the at least one category.