Optimizing cloud service delivery within a cloud computing environment

• US 9,274,848 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2009
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dawson, Christopher J., Diluoffo, Vincenzo V., Kendzierski, Michael D., Seaman, James W.
• Primary Examiner(s): ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N
• Application Number:
  US12/630,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20110138050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,280 Days
• Field of Search: 709/226
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5015 Service provider selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

This invention provides a system or method to provide dynamically packaged Cloud services to customers via a Cloud services registry. The Cloud services registry is dynamic and operates by polling different Cloud service providers and Cloud service databases to ensure that the Cloud services registry is up to date with the latest available Cloud services. The Cloud services registry is available for queries from Cloud customers and abstracts multiple Cloud service providers. By abstracting the Cloud services, the dynamic Cloud services registry creates a modular package of different services from different Cloud service providers based on the query and requested priority for services. The dynamic Cloud registry is dynamically updated based on the level of services that the provider has available. The dynamic registry determines what service best matches the requirements from a Cloud service request (CSR) and returns a personalized set of matching services.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing Cloud service delivery within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:

receiving a request for Cloud services from a Cloud customer in the Cloud computing environment, the request comprising a set of Cloud service requirements and relative priorities corresponding to each of the set of Cloud service requirements, wherein the request is a search request;

determining a best match between a set of available Cloud services and the set of requirements;

building a Cloud service package to fulfill the request, the Cloud service package comprising at least one Cloud service available from at least one Cloud provider and being a modular package of custom selected configurable hardware resources and custom selected configurable software computing resources having a plurality of different services automatically selected based on the set of Cloud service requirements, and the relative priorities among each of the set of requirements from a dynamically updated Cloud services registry containing a plurality of different services from a plurality of different Cloud service providers;

providing, based on the determined best match, a result of the search request to the Cloud customer, abstracting the at least one Cloud service provider from the customer based on a Cloud naming taxonomy; and

making the Cloud service package available to the Cloud customer.

2. The method of claim 1, the Cloud services registry comprising a plurality of services provided by a plurality of Cloud providers and a capability of each of the plurality of Cloud providers in providing the plurality of Cloud services.

3. The method of claim 2, the Cloud services registry being based on a provider profile associated with each of the plurality of Cloud providers.

4. The method of claim 1, the set of requirements being set forth in the request.

5. The method of claim 1, the set of requirements being set forth in a customer profile associated with the Cloud customer.

6. A system for optimizing Cloud service delivery within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:

a memory medium comprising instructions;

a bus coupled to the memory medium; and

a processor coupled to the bus that when executing the instructions causes the system to;

receive a request for Cloud services from a Cloud customer in the Cloud computing environment, the request comprising a set of Cloud service requirements and relative priorities corresponding to each of the set of Cloud service requirements, wherein the request is a search request;

determine a best match between a set of available Cloud services and the set of requirements;

build a Cloud service package to fulfill the request, the Cloud service package comprising at least one Cloud service available from at least one Cloud provider and being a modular package of custom selected configurable hardware resources and custom selected configurable software computing resources having a plurality of different services automatically selected based on a set of Cloud service requirements and relative priorities corresponding to each of the set of Cloud service requirements from a dynamically updated Cloud services registry containing a plurality of different services from a plurality of different Cloud service providers;

provide, based on the determined best match, a result of the search request to the Cloud customer, abstracting the at least one Cloud service provider from the customer based on a Cloud naming taxonomy; and

make the Cloud service package available to the Cloud customer.

7. The system of claim 6, the Cloud services registry comprising a plurality of services provided by a plurality of Cloud providers, and a capability of each of the plurality of Cloud providers in providing the plurality of Cloud services.

8. The system of claim 7, the Cloud services registry being based on a provider profile associated with each of the plurality of Cloud providers.

9. The system of claim 6, the set of requirements being set forth in the request.

10. The system of claim 6, the set of requirements being set forth in a customer profile associated with the Cloud customer.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing a program product for optimizing Cloud service delivery within a Cloud computing environment, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program code for causing a computer system to:

receive a search request for Cloud services from a Cloud customer in the Cloud computing environment, the search request comprising a set of Cloud service requirements and relative priorities corresponding to each of the set of Cloud service requirements, wherein the request is a search request;

determine a best match between a set of available Cloud services and the set of requirements;

build a Cloud service package to fulfill the request, the Cloud service package comprising at least one Cloud service available from at least one Cloud provider and being a modular package of custom selected configurable hardware resources and custom selected configurable software computing resources having a plurality of different services automatically selected based on the set of Cloud service requirements, and the relative priorities among each of the set of requirements from a dynamically updated Cloud services registry containing a plurality of different services from a plurality of different Cloud service providers;

provide, based on the determined best match, a result of the search request to the Cloud customer, abstracting the at least one Cloud service provider from the customer based on a Cloud naming taxonomy; and

make the Cloud service package available to the Cloud customer.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing the program product of claim 11, the Cloud services registry comprising a plurality of services provided by a plurality of Cloud providers, and a capability of each of the plurality of Cloud providers in providing the plurality of Cloud services.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing the program product of claim 12, the Cloud services registry being based on a provider profile associated with each of the plurality of Cloud providers.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing the program product of claim 11, the set of requirements being set forth in the request.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing the program product of claim 11, the set of requirements being set forth in a customer profile associated with the Cloud customer.

16. A method for deploying a system for optimizing Cloud service delivery within a Cloud computing environment, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

receive a search request for Cloud services from a Cloud customer in the Cloud computing environment, the search request comprising a set of Cloud service requirements and relative priorities corresponding to each of the set of Cloud service requirements, wherein the request is a search request;

determine a best match between a set of available Cloud services and the set of requirements;

build a Cloud service package to fulfill the request, the Cloud service package comprising at least one Cloud service available from at least one Cloud provider and being a modular package of custom selected configurable hardware resources and custom selected configurable software computing resources having a plurality of different services automatically selected based on the set of Cloud service requirements, and the relative priorities among each of the set of requirements from a dynamically updated Cloud services registry containing a plurality of different services from a plurality of different Cloud service providers;

provide, based on the determined best match, a result of the search request to the Cloud customer, abstracting the at least one Cloud service provider from the customer based on a Cloud naming taxonomy; and

make the Cloud service package available to the Cloud customer.