SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIFIED CLOUD MANAGEMENT
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1. A method for managing workloads in a cloud computing environment comprising a plurality of cloud services providers, the method comprising:
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monitoring a situation of the cloud services provider to obtain situation information for the cloud services provider; and
evaluating the obtained situation information; and
deploying an workload to a selected one of the cloud services providers based at least in part on results of the evaluating.
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Abstract
Method and system for managing workloads in a cloud computing environment comprising cloud services providers is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises, for each of the cloud services providers, monitoring a situation of the cloud services provider to obtain situation information for the cloud services provider and evaluating the obtained situation information and then deploying an workload to a selected one of the cloud services providers based at least in part on results of the evaluating.
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1. A method for managing workloads in a cloud computing environment comprising a plurality of cloud services providers, the method comprising:
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for each of the cloud services providers; monitoring a situation of the cloud services provider to obtain situation information for the cloud services provider; and evaluating the obtained situation information; and deploying an workload to a selected one of the cloud services providers based at least in part on results of the evaluating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for managing workloads in a cloud computing environment comprising a plurality of cloud services providers, the system comprising:
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for each of the cloud services providers; means for monitoring a situation of the cloud services provider to obtain situation information for the cloud services provider; and means for evaluating the obtained situation information; and means for deploying an workload to a selected one of the cloud services providers based at least in part on results of the evaluating. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for managing workloads in a cloud computing environment comprising cloud services providers, the system comprising:
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at least one situation monitor for monitoring the cloud services providers and obtaining situation information therefrom; a situation evaluation module for receiving the situation information from the at least one situation monitor and evaluating the situation information; and a planning module for selecting one or more cloud services providers for supporting each of the workloads based at least in part on the evaluated situation information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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