Identifying services and associated capabilities in a networked computing environment

• US 8,793,378 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2011
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Allam, Abdul, Brown, William A., Harishankar, Raman, Kantamneni, Siva P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): King, Monica C
• Application Number:
  US13/223,462
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060945A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,062 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

In general, embodiments of the present invention classify cloud computing environments based on the abstraction layers that the cloud computing environments span and by combining the re-usable capabilities/logical components from these layers. In a typical embodiment, input (e.g., a set of requirements, a set of preferences, a set of costs parameters, and/or a request for feedback) pertaining to a set of services available in the networked computing environment is received from a requester via a network node. Based on the input, a set of capabilities and a corresponding set of logical components of the networked computing environment are identified. Thereafter, a set of providers capable of providing at least one of the set of services is identified and ranked. The set of logical components is then configured to provide the set of services according to the input, and made available to the requester.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for identifying services and associated capabilities in a networked computing environment, comprising:

providing a set of cloud classification codes, wherein each cloud classification code of the set of cloud classification codes corresponds to a predetermined combination of architectural layers from a plurality of architectural layers;

receiving input from a requester via a network node, the input pertaining to a set of services available in the networked computing environment;

identifying a set of capabilities based on the input;

identifying a set of logical components of the networked computing environment based on the set of capabilities, wherein each logical component of the set of logical components corresponds to at least one architectural layer of the plurality of architectural layers;

mapping the set of logical components to at least one of the set of cloud classification codes based on a match between the at least one architectural layer and the predetermined combination of architectural layers;

identifying and ranking a set of providers capable of providing at least one of the set of services based on historical data of past performance of each of the set of providers for a specific classification code from the set of classification codes; and

configuring the set of logical components to provide the set of services according to the input.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the networked computing environment comprising a cloud computing environment.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising calculating a cost for each of the set of providers to provide the set of services.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising making the configured set of logical components available to the requester.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the input comprising at least one of the following:

a set of requirements, a set of preferences, a set of costs parameters, or a request for feedback.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the set of logical components being associated with a set of abstraction layers of the networked computing environment.

7. A system for identifying services and associated capabilities in a networked 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;

provide a set of cloud classification codes, wherein each cloud classification code of the set of cloud classification codes corresponds to a predetermined combination of architectural layers from a plurality of architectural layers;

receive input from a requester via a network node, the input pertaining to a set of services available in the networked computing environment;

identify a set of capabilities responsive to the input;

identify a set of logical components of the networked computing environment based on the set of capabilities, wherein each logical component of the set of logical components corresponds to at least one architectural layer of the plurality of architectural layers;

map the set of logical components to at least one of the set of cloud classification codes based on a match between the at least one architectural layer and the predetermined combination of architectural layers;

identify and rank a set of providers capable of providing at least one of the set of services based on historical data of past performance of each of the set of providers for a specific classification code from the set of classification codes; and

configure the set of logical components to provide the set of services according to the input.

8. The system of claim 7, the networked computing environment comprising a cloud computing environment.

9. The system of claim 7, the memory medium further comprising instructions for causing the system to calculate a cost for each of the set of providers to provide the set of services.

10. The system of claim 7, the memory medium further comprising instructions for causing the system to make the configured set of logical components available to the requester.

11. The system of claim 7, the input comprising at least one of the following:

a set of requirements, a set of preferences, a set of costs parameters, or a request for feedback.

12. The system of claim 7, the set of logical components being associated with a set of abstraction layers of the networked computing environment.

13. A computer program product for identifying services and associated capabilities in a networked computing environment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage media, to:

provide a set of cloud classification codes, wherein each cloud classification code of the set of cloud classification codes corresponds to a predetermined combination of architectural layers from a plurality of architectural layers;

receive input from a requester on via a network node, the input pertaining to a set of services available in the networked computing environment;

identify a set of capabilities responsive to the input;

identify a set of logical components of the networked computing environment based on the set of capabilities, wherein each logical component of the set of logical components corresponds to at least one architectural layer of the plurality of architectural layers;

map the set of logical components to at least one of the set of cloud classification codes based on a match between the at least one architectural layer and the predetermined combination of architectural layers;

identify and rank a set of providers capable of providing at least one of the set of services based on historical data of past performance of each of the set of providers for a specific classification code from the set of classification codes; and

configure the set of logical components to provide the set of services according to the input.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, the networked computing environment comprising a cloud computing environment.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, the non-transitory computer readable storage media further comprising instructions for causing the system to calculate a cost for each of the set of providers to provide the set of services.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, the non-transitory computer readable storage media further comprising instructions for causing the system to make the configured set of logical components available to the requester.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, the input comprising at least one of the following:

a set of requirements, a set of preferences, a set of costs parameters, or a request for feedback.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, the set of logical components being associated with a set of abstraction layers of the networked computing environment.

19. A method for deploying a system for identifying services and associated capabilities in a networked computing environment, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

provide a set of cloud classification codes, wherein each cloud classification code of the set of cloud classification codes corresponds to a predetermined combination of architectural layers from a plurality of architectural layers;

receive input from a requester via a network node, the input pertaining to a set of services available in the networked computing environment;

identify a set of capabilities responsive to the input;

identify a set of logical components of the networked computing environment based on the set of capabilities, wherein each logical component of the set of logical components corresponds to at least one architectural layer of the plurality of architectural layers;

map the set of logical components to at least one of the set of cloud classification codes based on a match between the at least one architectural layer and the predetermined combination of architectural layers;

identify and rank a set of providers capable of providing at least one of the set of services based on historical data of past performance of each of the set of providers for a specific classification code from the set of classification codes; and

configure the set of logical components to provide the set of services according to the input.