Adaptive Computing gets 15th cloud patent

Adaptive Computing, manager of the world's largest private cloud and technical computing systems, has announced that it has been granted its 15th cloud computing patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office, US Patent No. 8 179 490, PRWeb reports.

This patent is the most recent in a long line of core cloud computing patents issued to David Jackson, Adaptive Computing's CTO and founder.

The growing Adaptive Computing patent portfolio covers key cloud computing concepts such as elastic computing, cloudbursting, dynamic provisioning, multi-tenancy, compute resource guarantees, usage billing and more. These patented techniques have formed the basis of Adaptive's products and are now widely used in the industry. Enterprises today are increasingly moving their computing workloads to public and private clouds, taking advantage of cloud computing's lower costs and higher service levels. Adaptive Computing's innovations have made these advantages possible.

Virtual Strategy writes that, in recognition of its patent portfolio, Adaptive Computing recently received a Utah Genius Award for being one of the top patent companies in Utah. Presented annually by Bateman IP Law Group, KSL, and Zions Bank, the Utah Genius Awards recognise companies that excel in patents and trademarks at both the national and international levels.

The most recent patents awarded cover concepts core to the next generation of cloud computing. These include methods of supporting multi-tier applications, sharing resources in public-private hybrid clouds, guaranteeing service delivery while efficiently utilising cloud resources, enabling multi-tenant cloud computing, and facilitating time-based policy enforcement.

Adaptive Computing, founded in 2001, has long been an innovator in the cloud computing space. “Many of these patents have 2004 priority dates, and were filed when few were even thinking about cloud computing,” said Rob Clyde, CEO of Adaptive Computing. “David Jackson's forethought and vision are evident throughout these patents.”