Patent ID: 8892739

Claim:
A method for managing resources in a computing environment having a plurality of users, comprising: determining a plurality of user-provided aliases for a first resource of the computing environment, wherein each user-provided alias in the plurality of user-provided aliases is defined, by a respective user from the plurality of users of the computing environment, as an alias for the first resource that is local to the respective user, wherein each user is associated with one of a plurality of user groups, and wherein each distinct user-provided alias in the plurality of user-provided aliases is associated with a respective popularity value reflecting a frequency of use of the respective user-provided alias, wherein the first resource is not a user account; generating, by operation of one or more computer processors, a suggested alias for the first resource for each of the plurality of user groups of the computing environment based on the determined plurality of user-provided aliases and on the respective popularity values associated with the distinct user-provided aliases in the plurality of user-provided aliases; responsive to a request from a first user specifying the first resource, providing, to the first user, the suggested alias for the first resource that is associated with the user group of the first user; and associating the suggested alias with the first resource, whereby the first user can refer to the first resource of the computing environment using the suggested alias.