Adaptive Unification of Diverse, Distributed Computing Resources for IT Convergence

Modern businesses face significant obstacles in fully leveraging the increasing amount of diverse, distributed, and dynamic computing resources. IT convergence requires collaborative, adaptive distributed processing combined with a rich knowledge structure to dynamically integrate the diverse resources and efficiently forge them into useful business tools. This study presents an integrated framework, called Semantic Multi-agent Overlay Network (SMAON), for effectively unifying diverse, distributed computing resources for IT convergence. SMAON forms agent technology and the semantic web into a unified overlay network. The SMAON framework is currently in an early-deployed stage and shows promise in selectively leveraging the full potential of computing resources.