SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS FOR IMPLEMENTING CLOUD SERVICE BROKERAGE PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITIES
First Claim
1. A system having a plurality of interconnected platform engine portions for providing cloud service brokerage functionalities, comprising:
- a first platform engine portion that enables selection of cloud service offerings available from one or more cloud service providers through assessment of cloud service criteria;
a second platform engine portion that enables demand for cloud services to be modeled using selected ones of the cloud service offerings; and
a third second platform engine portion that enables virtual data centers (VDCs) to be instantiated by provisioning resources of the selected ones of the cloud service offerings.
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Abstract
A system has a plurality of interconnected platform engine portions for providing cloud service brokerage functionalities. A first platform engine portion enables selection of cloud service offerings available from one or more cloud service providers through assessment of cloud service criteria. A second platform engine portion enables demand for cloud services to be modeled using selected ones of the cloud service offerings. A third second platform engine portion enables virtual data centers (VDCs) to be instantiated by provisioning resources of the selected ones of the cloud service offerings.
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31 Claims
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1. A system having a plurality of interconnected platform engine portions for providing cloud service brokerage functionalities, comprising:
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a first platform engine portion that enables selection of cloud service offerings available from one or more cloud service providers through assessment of cloud service criteria; a second platform engine portion that enables demand for cloud services to be modeled using selected ones of the cloud service offerings; and a third second platform engine portion that enables virtual data centers (VDCs) to be instantiated by provisioning resources of the selected ones of the cloud service offerings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having tangibly embodied thereon and accessible therefrom instructions interpretable by at least one data processing device, the instructions are configured for causing the at least one data processing device to perform one or more operations for:
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selecting cloud service offerings available from one or more cloud service providers through assessment of cloud service criteria; modeling demand for cloud services using the selected cloud service offerings; and instantiating virtual data centers (VDCs) by provisioning resources of the selected cloud service offerings. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system having a plurality of interconnected platform engine portions for providing cloud service brokerage functionalities, comprising:
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a first platform engine portion for enabling a cloud service consumer to select cloud service offerings available from a plurality of different cloud service providers through assessment of cloud service criteria; a second platform engine portion for enabling the cloud service consumer to model demand for cloud services using selected ones of the cloud service offerings; a third platform engine portion for enabling the cloud service consumer to create and control virtual data centers (VDCs) by provisioning resources of the selected ones of the cloud service offerings; a fourth platform engine portion for enabling the cloud service consumer to manage applications that are using the selected ones of the cloud service offerings; a fifth platform engine portion for enabling the cloud service consumer to define application architectures configurations; and a sixth platform engine portion for enabling the cloud service consumer to assess metrics for cloud service criteria associated with the provisioned resources of the selected ones of the cloud service offerings and with the application architectures configurations. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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