International Business Machines

In an embodiment, a command is received from a sender that requests deletion of an object. A determination is made whether the object specifies group authority and whether all of a plurality of members of the...

Provided are a method, system and program for batching transactions to apply to a database. A transaction manager receives a plurality of transactions to apply to a database and adds the transactions to a work...

A pattern implementation technique in which a pattern is defined as a software artifact that comprises a pattern signature representing one or more parameters of the pattern and a pattern implementation model...

A system in one embodiment includes a cable having a plurality of cable leads, and a multi-diode chip having a pad-side not facing the cable. The multi-diode chip includes a plurality of sets of contact pads on...

Memory page management in a tiered memory system including a system that includes at least one page table for storing a plurality of entries, each entry associated with a page of memory and each entry including...

A processor receives an instruction operation (OP) code from a verification system. The instruction OP code includes instruction bits and forced event bits. The processor identifies a forced event based upon...

A technique to provide runtime output sanitization filtering of web application content that contains multiple contexts in which dynamic output is included. To facilitate this operation, dynamically-generated...

Disclosed is a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure having sub-insulator layer void(s) selectively placed in a substrate so that capacitance coupling between a first section of a semiconductor layer and...

A method, computer program product, and device are provided for transparent separation of traffic. A communication interface is configured to transmit and receive traffic over a network. A stack is configured...

A method for controlling access to client data by support providers is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method includes initiating a session on a server computer in response to receipt of a request...

A method for managing communication between nodes in a virtual network is provided. A first computing system utilizes first information to forward first data to the second computing system in a physical...

A method includes determining grammar for output of an information-flow downgrader in a software program. The software program directs the output of the information-flow downgrader to a sink. The method...

A method and apparatus for bipolar servo marks writing with high output. The method includes providing a servo write head having first and second write gaps; and applying a varying current comprising either (i)...

A conference call management method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor from a conference call administrator, a command for enabling a first conference call. The computer processor...

Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for managing a database cache. In one embodiment, access to a data object stored in a database is monitored. A memory residency priority for the data...

The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for aligning graphite nanofibers in a thermal interface material to enhance the thermal interface material performance. The method...

A method for constructing relation information between data elements in a directed acyclic graph (DAG) in first and second domains includes importing data from the first domain DAG and data from the second...

The present invention provides chip containing electronic devices such as Multichip Ceramic Modules (MCM's) containing a plurality of chips on a substrate which chips are underfilled with a reworkable...

Techniques for initializing a connection in a peer-to-peer database replication environment. A message is received from an initiator node, indicating that the initiator node will begin replicating changes made...

Embodiments of this disclosure managing storage of files, stored in a computer storage system having policy-based file storage management, using information derived from content of the files. Embodiments...

In an embodiment, a unit workload comprises an average processor speed and an average memory amount required by execution of images. If an integer multiple of the average processor speed required minus a free...

Methods and systems evaluate an integrated circuit design for power consumption balance and performance balance, using a computerized device. Based on this process of evaluating the integrated circuit, the...

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for communication within a system, wherein an instant messaging conversation is initiated between a first user and a second user. An indicator and a text entry...

A method, system and computer program for processing invalid data. Data is received at a shared component for processing. A shared component is a component that is capable of being shared by multiple entities....

A system and method for evaluating security exposure of a query includes evaluating a security risk for a query input to a database configured to generate a response to the query. The query has a plurality of...

A technique for substantially eliminating resist residues from a gate stack that includes, from bottom to top, a high k gate dielectric and a metal gate, e.g., a high k/metal gate stack, is provided. In...

A through-substrate via (TSV) structure that is immune to metal contamination due to a backside planarization process is provided. After forming a through-substrate via (TSV) trench, a diffusion barrier liner...

A computer chassis cooling sidecar for cooling one or more computers in a chassis of computers in a data center, the sidecar including an air intake chamber and a chassis delivery chamber, the air intake...

A system and method for monitoring utilization and waste of a natural resource, such as water. Data is received indicating natural resource consumption by a facility. An indication of at least one period of...

A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing forward tracing to reduce pessimism in static timing of logic blocks laid out in parallel structures on an integrated circuit chip. A...

A memory cell structure and method to form such structure. The method partially comprised of forming a via within an oxidizing layer, over the center of a bottom electrode. The method includes depositing a via...

A method for guiding a user to connect a peripheral component to a unit of electronic equipment includes the user tapping upon one of a plurality of connector interfaces comprising the unit of electronic...

Methods, including service methods, program products and systems are provided for sensing vehicle loads and responsively and automatically configuring a vehicle. Vehicle-mounted load sensors sense vehicle...

Described is a method for retracting an instant message from a receiver in an instant messaging session. A request is made to retract the instant message from the receiver. If the receiver is present in the...

Mechanisms for enabling both native and non-native input/output virtualization (IOV) in a single I/O adapter are provided. The mechanisms allow a system with a large number of logical partitions (LPARs) and...

A method for converting interconnect parasitics of an interconnect network into slew dependent pin capacitances utilizes charge matching between predetermined voltage thresholds. During timing abstraction of a...

The diameter of carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapor deposition is controlled independent of the catalyst size by controlling the residence time of reactive gases in the reactor.

A thin film inductor according to one embodiment includes one or more arms; one or more conductors passing through each arm; a first ferromagnetic yoke wrapping partially around the one or more conductors in a...

An approach is presented for designing a polymeric layer for nanometer scale thermo-mechanical storage devices. Cross-linked polyimide oligomers are used as the recording layers in atomic force data storage...

Presented is a computer system and user interface for seamlessly integrating the creation and submission of persistent queries, and for collecting and presenting the real-time results of those queries, into the...

A control logic device performs a local rollback in a parallel super computing system. The super computing system includes at least one cache memory device. The control logic device determines a local rollback...

A method for reducing single event upsets in an integrated circuit includes the step of providing a plurality of levels within the integrated circuit, wherein the plurality of levels within the integrated...

A text modification mechanism is provided for formatting data such that the information can be reasonably deciphered by a human, but cannot be easily recognized by computer recognition techniques. The text...

A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for retrieving arbitrarily aligned vector operands within a highly threaded Network On a Chip (NOC) processor are presented. Multiple nodes in...

One aspect of the present invention provides an operation for recovering lost space and maintaining data consistency in a storage environment by providing a two-way orphan reconciliation method for extremely...

Systems, methods and media for database synchronization on a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for database synchronization on a network protected with firewalls are disclosed....

The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a workflow for assembling a data processing system according to a specific customized...

A method and system for automated disaster recovery in an information technology computing system including computing resources, is provided. One implementation involves logging system events in a journaling...

A method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for exchanging gestures in a virtual world application. In one embodiment, the virtual world application determines whether a first avatar has a...