Provisioning IaaS services
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1. A method for provisioning Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) services, comprising:
- generating service models in response to services exposed by two or more IaaS service providers, wherein the service models describe corresponding exposed services by interfaces and locations of those corresponding services; and
providing an interface for selection and specification of the service models.
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Abstract
Service models may be generated in response to services exposed by two or more IaaS service providers, and an interface may be provided for selection and specification of the service models.
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1. A method for provisioning Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) services, comprising:
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generating service models in response to services exposed by two or more IaaS service providers, wherein the service models describe corresponding exposed services by interfaces and locations of those corresponding services; and providing an interface for selection and specification of the service models. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
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12. A method for provisioning Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) services, comprising:
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generating service models in response to services exposed by two or more IaaS service providers, wherein the service models describe corresponding exposed services by interfaces and locations of those corresponding services; providing an interface for selection and specification of the service models; selecting services from the two or more IaaS service providers in response to a selection and specification of the service models; dispatching service calls to IaaS service providers corresponding to the selected services; and generating a management console identifying utilization of resources of the selected services in response to the dispatched service calls.
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16. An apparatus for provisioning Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) services, comprising:
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a processor; and storage media in communication with the processor, wherein the storage media has machine-readable instructions stored thereon configured to cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising; providing a translation layer for communication with two or more IaaS service providers using two or more communication protocols; generating service models in response to services exposed by the two or more IaaS service providers, wherein the service models describe corresponding exposed services by interfaces and locations of those corresponding services; and providing an interface for selection and specification of the service models. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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