Patent ID: 8276157

Claim:
A computer system for monitoring information assets providing data for constructing a logical entity, wherein said information assets are dependent upon each other for data and form a topology, said computer system comprising: at least one storage system for storing at least one computer program; and at least one processor for processing the at least one computer program to: receive an event message associated with an information asset and including information relating to one or more conditions of that information asset; process said received event message to determine the presence of a change within said associated information asset that affects said topology based on said information relating to said one or more conditions, wherein said change includes a change in status of said associated information asset, wherein each information asset is associated with one or more characteristics including operational and data quality characteristics and said event message includes values each associated with a corresponding one of said characteristics, and wherein a status for said associated information asset is based on one or more of said characteristics, and wherein said processing said received event message includes: retrieving from said received event message said values for characteristics contributing to said status for said associated information asset; determining a status of each said characteristic contributing to said status for said associated information asset based on said retrieved values; and combining said status of each said characteristic contributing to said status for said associated information asset to determine said status of that information asset wherein said status of each said characteristic contributing to said status of said associated information asset includes a weighted value, and said combining said status includes: combining said weighted value of each said characteristic contributing to said status for said associated information asset to produce an asset score; comparing said asset score to a threshold value to determine said status of said associated information asset; and comparing said determined status of said associated information asset to a prior status to determine said change; and transmit a notification of said change to one or more entities in response to determining the presence of said change.