Computer systems and computer-implemented methods for determining a likelihood an application will exceed one or more of a resource utilization threshold or a resource demand threshold include receiving data for a plurality of applications, and based on the received data, determining one or more of a resource utilization or a resource demand for at least a subset of applications of the plurality of applications. A method additionally includes identifying a pattern from the received data, the pattern being associated with one or more of the resource utilization or the resource demand for the subset of applications, and based on the pattern, determining one or more of a resource utilization threshold or a resource demand threshold. A method can further include determining a likelihood the application will exceed one or more of the resource utilization threshold or the resource demand threshold.

Methods, devices, and systems for management of a cloud computing environment for use by a software application. The cloud computing environment may be an N-tier environment. Multiple cloud providers may be used to provide the cloud computing environment.

A system is described in which, in some embodiments, a centralized service entry device may be used to coordinate communications going into and out of a home or premises. The service entry device may be physically connected to a plurality of external access networks, such as a cable television coaxial or fiber connection and a twisted-pair wire connection, and may coordinate access to those networks by a plurality of in-home devices. Within the home, the system may include a plurality of client devices to assist in the coordination of communications with devices in different rooms within the home.

Tunnels are established between nodes along a packet transfer route in a communication network so that a packet is transferred from a first relay node to a second relay node via one or more intermediate relay nodes using the established tunnels. An intermediate relay node receives, from an adjacent downstream relay node, a reply message storing relay-node addresses identifying the downstream relay node and at least one intermediate relay node between the downstream relay node and the first relay node. The intermediate relay node establishes a tunnel to the downstream relay node in association with the relay-node address of the downstream relay node, updates the reply message by removing the relay-node address of the down stream relay node from the reply message, and transfers the updated reply message to an adjacent upstream relay node along the packet transfer route.

Systems and methods for sharing resources between multiple processing streams. An example method may comprise: maintaining, by a processing device, a first variable identifying a number of processing streams waiting to access a resource; performing an atomic operation on a second variable comprising a first portion and a second portion, the atomic operation comprising incrementing the first portion to reflect a number of available units of the resource and further comprising reading the second portion reflecting a value of the first variable.

An information handling system includes a management switch and a plurality of management controllers coupled to the management switch to form a management network. A first management controller of the plurality of management controllers receives from the management switch a first list of active ports, wherein each particular active port includes an associated second management controller of the plurality of management controllers that is coupled to the particular active port. The first management controller further receives from the management switch, a plurality of second lists, one for each particular active port in the first list, each second list including an identification for the associated second management controller, and determines a map of the management network based upon the first list and the plurality of second lists.

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for selecting at least one new physical element and/or virtual element for use in a system including a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFV-O). In use, information corresponding to data traffic associated with a network system including an NFV-O module is identified, the NFV-O module being operable to manage data flow associated with one or more Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and one or more physical elements of the network system. Additionally, an overall expected usage of the network system is determined based on the information corresponding to the data traffic. Further a cost of implementing at least one of one or more new physical elements or one or more VNFs is determined, based on the overall expected usage. Moreover, at least one of the one or more new physical elements or the one or more VNFs to implement in the network system is selected based at least partially on the determined cost of implementing the one or more new physical elements and the cost of implementing the one or more VNFs.

The present disclosure generally discloses a data plane services support mechanism. The data plane services support mechanism may be configured to provide a data plane service for an application. The data plane services support mechanism may be configured to instantiate a virtual resource for the data plane service to be provided for the application, configure the data plane service on the virtual resource, and configure flow connectivity for the data plane service to support delivery of application traffic of the application to the data plane service. The data plane services support mechanism may be configured to support automatic scalability. The data plane services support mechanism may be configured to support improved communication of application traffic associated with providing the data plane service for the application. The improved communication of application traffic may be provided based on configuration of a virtual switch to support a network interface card (NIC) offloading capability.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a request for a network service between two network nodes and identifying a network path between the two network nodes, wherein the network path is realized by equipment performing a number of network functions. A first network function of the number of network functions is associated with a first number of redundant virtualized network resources performing at least a similar network function as the first network function. Usage metrics are determined corresponding to the first number of redundant virtualized network resources and a first virtualized network resource of the first number of redundant virtualized network resources is assigned to the network path based on the usage metrics to obtain a first assigned virtualized network resource. The network service is provided between the two network nodes using the first assigned virtualized network resource. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Systems, methods, and software described herein provide enhancements for data communications between a wireless access node and a wireless network gateway. In one implementation, a method of operating a wireless network includes, in the wireless access node, wirelessly receiving data packets for wireless communication devices, and encapsulating the data packets in GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) packets of a shared GTP tunnel for the plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the GTP packets comprise GTP extension headers to multiplex the data packets in the GTP packets. The method further provides, in the wireless access node, transferring the GTP packets for delivery to a wireless network gateway, wherein the network gateway separates the data packets from the GTP packets based on the GTP extension headers.