CLOUD REFERENCE MODEL FRAMEWORK

• US 20110252420A1
• Filed: 03/24/2011
• Published: 10/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: TOBOLSKI, Joseph F., RICHTER, Owen, TUNG, Teresa S., SWAMINATHAN, Kishore S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,116,731 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

A computing device implemented method, in one embodiment, can include a cloud transformation module transforming content for a compute platform. Additionally, the method can include a cloud control module receiving the content from the cloud transformation module. The method can also include the cloud control module provisioning a virtual machine appliance to form the compute platform. Furthermore, the method can include a cloud instantiation module executing the provisioning of the cloud control module. In addition, the method can include a cloud appliance module adding middleware to a virtual machine to create the virtual machine appliance. Moreover, the method can include a cloud virtualization module producing a virtualized representation of the compute platform.

Claims

1. A computing system implemented method comprising:

a cloud transformation module transforming content for a compute platform;

a cloud control module receiving said content from said cloud transformation module, said cloud control module provisioning a virtual machine appliance to form said compute platform;

a cloud instantiation module executing said provisioning of said cloud control module;

a cloud appliance module adding middleware to a virtual machine to create said virtual machine appliance; and

a cloud virtualization module producing a virtualized representation of said compute platform.

2. The computing system implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

a cloud application module receiving said content for an application program.

3. The computing system implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

said cloud transformation module receiving said content from said cloud application module.

4. The computing system implemented method of claim 1, wherein said virtualized representation of said compute platform further comprising said cloud virtualization module designating virtual compute from a cloud physical module.

5. The computing system implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

said cloud control module receiving a constraint for cloud architecture.

6. The computing system implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

a cloud physical module maintaining physical devices that perform compute operations.

7. The computing system implemented method of claim 1, wherein said content comprises metadata.

8. The computing system implemented method of claim 1, wherein said middleware comprises a load-balancing function.

9. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause said computing device to perform a method comprising:

a cloud transformation module transforming content for a compute platform;

a cloud control module receiving said content from said cloud transformation module, said cloud control module provisioning a virtual machine appliance to form said compute platform;

a cloud instantiation module executing said provisioning of said cloud control module;

a cloud appliance module adding middleware to a virtual machine to create said virtual machine appliance; and

a cloud virtualization module producing a virtualized representation of said compute platform.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said method further comprising:

a cloud application module receiving said content for an application program.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein said method further comprising:

said cloud transformation module receiving said content from said cloud application module.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said virtualized representation of said compute platform further comprising said cloud virtualization module designating virtual compute from a cloud physical module.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said method further comprising:

said cloud control module receiving a constraint for cloud architecture.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said method further comprising:

a cloud physical module maintaining physical devices that perform compute operations.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said content comprises metadata.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said middleware comprises a load-balancing function.

17. A computing system implemented method comprising:

receiving an attribute of a cloud architecture;

identifying how said attribute applies to each layer of a cloud reference model, wherein said cloud reference model comprises a plurality of layers;

identifying a functionality of each layer that impacts said attribute; and

utilizing said functionality of each layer to trace relationships across said plurality of layers to characterize a cumulative impact of said cloud architecture.

18. The computing system implemented method of claim 17, wherein each layer of said plurality of layers is defined by a different information technology function.

19. The computing system implemented method of claim 17, wherein said attribute comprises cost.

20. The computing system implemented method of claim 17, wherein said attribute comprises security.