John Conrad Sanchez

Workload Monitoring in Hybrid Clouds

In this paper, we describe architecture and design of an innovative integrated monitoring solution for monitoring workloads in a hybrid cloud. Using off-the-shelf commercially available monitoring products and services, the solution described here allows for monitoring of a workload deployed across public and private clouds separated by enterprise firewall. The monitored data from endpoints distributed across the hybrid cloud is aggregated in a centralized monitoring system for analysis and for performing higher level management functions. Our solution is automated and can be integrated with other IT service management functions. The solution can leverage any endpoint monitoring functions and services a cloud service provider may offer. The monitoring framework described in this paper forms the basis for the hybrid cloud monitoring capability in IBMs hybrid cloud offering,IBM Service Management Extensions for Hybrid Cloud.

Access My Campus

Access My Campus is a mobile phone application in development to make college campuses more accessible to students and visitors. Navigating a new college environment is a difficult task for anyone who has not fully explored it. This task is even harder for students and visitors with disabilities, such as visual impairments. Access My Campus seeks to help these students by tracking their position through Wi-Fi triangulation and providing information about classrooms, offices, and other notable landmarks within proximity. Students will also be able to plan routes and be actively guided to their destination.