TY - GEN
T1 - Software distribution to remote locations
AU - Da Silva, Luís Ferreira
AU - Abreu, Fernando Brito E.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The design of Information Technology (IT) infrastructures is a complex task since it implies a level of expertise in several areas, which rarely reside in a single person. The use of IT infrastructure patterns can improve this design process by allowing to reuse proven solutions to recurrent problems and by facilitating communication among IT design stakeholders. However, existing guidelines for designing IT infrastructures are, in most cases, presented as proprietary blueprints. As such, they are not very helpful in comparing alternatives and supporting independent design decisions. This paper introduces an example of a design pattern in the domain of IT infrastructures, covering aspects from its rationale to instantiation. This is the first step in the creation of a pattern language that will hopefully leverage the IT infrastructure design process.
AB - The design of Information Technology (IT) infrastructures is a complex task since it implies a level of expertise in several areas, which rarely reside in a single person. The use of IT infrastructure patterns can improve this design process by allowing to reuse proven solutions to recurrent problems and by facilitating communication among IT design stakeholders. However, existing guidelines for designing IT infrastructures are, in most cases, presented as proprietary blueprints. As such, they are not very helpful in comparing alternatives and supporting independent design decisions. This paper introduces an example of a design pattern in the domain of IT infrastructures, covering aspects from its rationale to instantiation. This is the first step in the creation of a pattern language that will hopefully leverage the IT infrastructure design process.
KW - design patterns
KW - information technology
KW - IT infrastructure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864834742&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2328909.2328934
DO - 10.1145/2328909.2328934
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84864834742
SN - 9781450302593
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 1
EP - 4
BT - EuroPLoP 2010 - 15th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, Proceedings
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 15th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, EuroPLoP 2010
Y2 - 7 July 2010 through 11 July 2010
ER -