User interface and dashboard for holistic data transmission throughout an enterprise

Abstract

An enterprise-wide centralized dashboard/user-interface for managing data transfer/movement provided by a technology-agnostic and protocol-agnostic data transfer/movement module. Such management includes controlling the initiation and disablement of data transfers and configuring routing, timing and protocol(s) for data transfers. In addition, the dashboard/user-interface may be configured to provide (i) centralized control over user entitlements at a highly granular level, such as server-level, route-level or the like, (ii) the ability to track data transmission progress, such as by providing users a real-time view of the status/location of enterprise-wide data transmission (iii) centralized management over data transmission records and set logs, such that a user can analyze data transmissions across the enterprise and view full tracking data including transmission errors and (iv) centralized control over security and governance of data transmissions, including approval/denial of data transmissions.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for management of data transmissions within an enterprise, the apparatus comprising:
 a computing platform having a memory and at least one processor in communication with the memory;   a modular-based, service delivery application stored in the memory, executable by the processor and including:
 a data transfer module configured to provide data connections between a plurality of servers in the enterprise; and 
   a service delivery management framework stored in the memory, executable by the processor and including:
 a data transmission dashboard application configured to provide a plurality of user-interfaces, wherein at least one of the user-interfaces is configured to allow a user to (1) initiate and disable data transmissions performed by the data transfer module, and (2) configure routing, timing and protocol for the data transmissions. 
   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to manage data transmission-user entitlements at a server-level and a route-level. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to track, in real-time, a status of ongoing data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to analyze records of completed data transmissions performed by the data transfer module at a data type-level and a server-level for a purpose of enterprise-wide data transmission auditing. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to manage an enterprise-wide data transmission billing process for data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application is further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to manage enterprise-wide security and governance of data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application is further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to manage an enterprise-wide alert system associated with data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application is further includes at least one user-interface configured to provide a user access to archival uniform set logs of data transmission records that include full tracking and data transmission errors. 
     
     
         9 . A system for managing enterprise-wide data transmissions, the system comprising:
 a plurality of networked servers, each server comprising a first computing-platform having a first memory and at least one first processor in communication with the first memory;   a modular-based, service delivery application stored in each first memory, executable by the first processor and including a data transfer module configured to provide data connections between a plurality of servers in the enterprise;   one or more hub servers, each hub server (i) comprising a second computing-platform having a second memory and at least one second processor in communication with the second memory, and (ii) in communication with a plurality of the networked servers; and   a service delivery management framework stored in the memory, executable by the processor and including:
 a data transmission dashboard application configured to provide a plurality of user-interfaces, wherein at least one of the user-interfaces is configured to allow a user to (1) initiate and disable data transmissions performed by the data transfer module, and (2) configure routing, timing and protocol for the data transmissions. 
   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to manage data transmission-user entitlements at a server-level and a route-level. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to track, in real-time, a status of ongoing data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to analyze records of completed data transmissions performed by the data transfer module at a data type-level and a server-level for a purpose of enterprise-wide data transmission auditing. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to manage an enterprise-wide data transmission billing process for data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application is further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to manage enterprise-wide security and governance of data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application is further includes at least one user-interface configured to allow a user to manage an enterprise-wide alert system associated with data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the data transmission dashboard application is further includes at least one user-interface configured to provide a user access to archival uniform set logs of data transmission records that include full tracking and data transmission errors. 
     
     
         17 . A computer program product comprising:
 a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
 a first set of codes for causing a computer to provide one or more first user-interfaces configured to allow a user to initiate and disable data transmissions performed by an enterprise-wide protocol-agnostic and operating system-agnostic data transfer module; 
 a second set of codes for causing a computer to provide one or more second user-interfaces configured to allow a user to configure routing, timing and protocol for the data transmissions. 
   
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 17 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises a third set of codes configured to cause a computer to provide one or more third user-interfaces configured to allow a user to manage data transmission-user entitlements at a server-level and a route-level. 
     
     
         19 . The computer program product of  claim 17 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises a third set of codes configured to cause a computer to provide one or more third user-interfaces configured to allow a user to track, in real-time, a status of ongoing data transmissions performed by the data transfer module. 
     
     
         20 . The computer program product of  claim 17 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises a third set of codes configured to cause a computer to provide one or more third user-interfaces configured to allow a user to analyze records of completed data transmissions performed by the data transfer module at a data type-level and a server-level for a purpose of enterprise-wide data transmission auditing.