Patent ID: 7680936

Claim:
An IT resource management system composed of a computer for managing a plurality of IT resources owned by a plurality of operating entities, the computer comprising: a supply condition accumulating part for accumulating a supply condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to supply a surplus IT resource in a recording apparatus; a demand condition accumulating part for accumulating a demand condition of an IT resource input by an operating entity that desires to compensate for a shortage of an IT resource in a recording apparatus; a matching part for extracting a set of a supply condition and a demand condition matched with each other from the supply conditions accumulated in the supply condition accumulating part and the demand conditions accumulated in the demand condition accumulating part; and an assigning part for allowing an IT resource under the supply condition of the set to be available for the operating entity under the demand condition of the set, wherein the supply condition and the demand condition respectively include information representing a business policy defining a business requirement of the operating entity and a service policy defining a system performance requirement and/or an operation rule of an IT resource operated by the operating entity, the matching part extracts a set of a supply condition and a demand condition wherein the business policy of the supply condition matches the business policy of the demand condition and the service policy of the supply condition matches the service policy of the demand condition, wherein in a case where the IT resource under the supply condition of the set is sufficient to generate a surplus for the demand condition of the set, the assigning part purchases the surplus from the operating entity under the supply condition, wherein the supply condition and the demand condition include a business policy and a service policy, wherein the business policy contains at least either one of price information and constraint information in business, wherein the service policy contains at least either one of time information containing a use time or a supply time, and IT resource information for specifying the amount of an IT resource that can be supplied or an IT resource desired to be demanded, and wherein a matching processing part compares the respective items of the business policy and the service policy contained in the supply condition and the demand condition, and extracts a combination of the supply condition and the demand condition which are matched.