System, Method, and Software for Integrating Cloud Computing Systems

• US 20100125664A1
• Filed: 09/16/2009
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bodine, Gregory L., Hadar, Ethan, Moscovich, Efraim, Gates, Carrie E., Esfahany, Kouros Hodaee, Chiaramonte, Michael Ralph
• Granted Patent: US 8,069,242 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis

Abstract

A method for integrating cloud computing systems includes establishing a connection between a cloud computing system architecture and cloud computing systems. Each of the cloud computing systems includes computing resources. The method further includes integrating the computing resources with an external integration architecture by establishing a second connection between the cloud computing system architecture and the external integration architecture. The external integration architecture includes IT Information Library (ITIL) software components. The cloud computing system architecture includes management components that provide integration points to connect the ITIL software components with the computing resources.

Claims

1. A method for integrating cloud computing systems, comprising:

establishing a first connection between a cloud computing system architecture and a plurality of cloud computing systems, each of the plurality of cloud computing systems comprising one or more computing resources; and

integrating the one or more computing resources with an external integration architecture by establishing a second connection between the cloud computing system architecture and the external integration architecture, the external integration architecture comprising a plurality of IT Information Library (ITIL) software components, the cloud computing system architecture comprising a plurality of management components that provide integration points to connect the plurality of ITIL software components with the one or more computing resources.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising negotiating cloud computing costs.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a comparative list of one or more published capabilities of the plurality of cloud computing systems.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying machine images to at least one cloud computing system of the plurality of cloud computing systems.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising modeling at least one cloud computing system of the plurality of cloud computing systems to a configuration management database (CMDB).

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring a status of at least one application, at least one host, and at least one service of the plurality of cloud computing systems.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing security for the external integration architecture.

8. A system for integrating cloud computing systems, comprising:

one or more processing units operable to;

establish a first connection between a cloud computing system architecture and a plurality of cloud computing systems, each of the plurality of cloud computing systems comprising one or more computing resources; and

integrate the one or more computing resources with an external integration architecture by establishing a second connection between the cloud computing system architecture and the external integration architecture, the external integration architecture comprising a plurality of IT Information Library (ITIL) software components, the cloud computing system architecture comprising a plurality of management components that provide integration points to connect the plurality of ITIL software components with the one or more computing resources.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processing units are operable to negotiate cloud computing costs.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processing units are operable to generate a comparative list of one or more published capabilities of the plurality of cloud computing systems.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processing units are operable to deploy machine images to at least one cloud computing system of the plurality of cloud computing systems.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processing units are operable to model at least one cloud computing system of the plurality of cloud computing systems to a configuration management database (CMDB).

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processing units are operable to monitor a status of at least one application, at least one host, and at least one service of the plurality of cloud computing systems.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processing units are operable to provide security for the external integration architecture.

15. Software for integrating cloud computing systems, the software embodied in a computer-readable medium and when executed operable to:

establish a first connection between a cloud computing system architecture and a plurality of cloud computing systems, each of the plurality of cloud computing systems comprising one or more computing resources; and

integrate the one or more computing resources with an external integration architecture by establishing a second connection between the cloud computing system architecture and the external integration architecture, the external integration architecture comprising a plurality of IT Information Library (ITIL) software components, the cloud computing system architecture comprising a plurality of management components that provide integration points to connect the plurality of ITIL software components with the one or more computing resources.

16. The software of claim 15, further operable to negotiate cloud computing costs.

17. The software of claim 15, further operable to generate a comparative list of one or more published capabilities of the plurality of cloud computing systems.

18. The software of claim 15, further operable to deploy machine images to at least one cloud computing system of the plurality of cloud computing systems.

19. The software of claim 15, further operable to model at least one cloud computing system of the plurality of cloud computing systems to a configuration management database (CMDB).

20. The software of claim 15, further operable to monitor a status of at least one application, at least one host, and at least one service of the plurality of cloud computing systems.