Vmware, Inc.

Pivotal Software, Inc.

Mark Stokan

Navdeep Pama

Michael Jarvis

Kenneth Lakin

Der Wei Chan

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media that manage cloud computing environments. A pool manager creates a pool of cloud computing environments according to a pool specification specifying a headroom threshold of the pool. The pool manager receives, from a requester computer, a request to claim a cloud computing environment. The pool manager determines that one or more cloud computing environments are available. In response, the pool manager provides to the requesting computer credentials for accessing the cloud computing environment. The pool manager designates the cloud computing environment as claimed and unavailable to other requester computers until receiving a notification indicating that the cloud computing environment is unclaimed. The pool manager ensures that the correct number of environments are available on a pre-determined schedule.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Mark Stokan