INTEGRATED CLOUD SERVICE BROKERAGE (CSB) PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITY MODULES
First Claim
1. 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 a method of enabling a user to:
- model a cloud service solution for determining cloud service resource requirements of the cloud service solution;
determine cloud service offerings of one or more cloud service providers that fulfill the cloud service resource requirements;
provision cloud service resources of the one or more cloud service providers for deploying a cloud service solution having cloud service resources that meet the cloud service resource requirements; and
assess effectiveness of the deployed cloud service solution relative to the modeled cloud service solution.
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Abstract
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has 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 a method for enabling a user thereof to select one or more cloud service providers that offer cloud service resources fulfilling cloud service resource requirements of a cloud service solution, to procure the cloud service resources from the one or more cloud service providers and to provision the cloud service resources in accordance with the service resource requirements of the cloud service solution.
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29 Claims
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1. 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 a method of enabling a user to:
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model a cloud service solution for determining cloud service resource requirements of the cloud service solution; determine cloud service offerings of one or more cloud service providers that fulfill the cloud service resource requirements; provision cloud service resources of the one or more cloud service providers for deploying a cloud service solution having cloud service resources that meet the cloud service resource requirements; and assess effectiveness of the deployed cloud service solution relative to the modeled cloud service solution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. 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 a method of enabling a user to:
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select one or more cloud service providers that offer cloud service resources fulfilling cloud service resource requirements of a cloud service solution; procure the cloud service resources from the one or more cloud service providers; and provision the cloud service resources in accordance with the service resource requirements of the cloud service solution. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. 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 a method of:
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maintaining a collection of cloud service providers that each offer one or more cloud service resources; associating each one of the cloud service resources of each one of the cloud service providers to at least one cloud services catalog entry of a cloud services catalog; and instantiating a cloud service solution by enabling a set of the cloud services catalog entries that fulfill cloud service resource requirements of the cloud service solution to be designed, procured and provisioned. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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