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Methods and systems for cloud management using multiple cloud management schemes to allow communication between independently controlled clouds

  • US 8,271,653 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2009
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, by a computing system, a communication for a virtual machine executing on a computing system in an external cloud controlled by an independent cloud management system according to a first cloud management scheme, wherein the communication is formatted according to a second cloud management scheme;

    abstracting, by the computing system, differences between the first cloud management scheme and the second cloud management scheme using an abstraction library;

    converting, by the computing system, the communication into the first cloud management scheme; and

    providing, by the computing system, the converted communication to the virtual machine in the external cloud.

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