International Business Machines Corporation

Thirumal Nellutla

Christopher J Dawson

Kavita Chavda

Brendan F Coffey

Wesley McMillan Devine

Vinatha Chaturvedi

Michael D Brookbanks

Robert C Patterson, Jr

An approach that provides assigning and tracking inter-Cloud operational transactions within a Cloud computing environment in order to meter Cloud resource usage when processing a Cloud service request. In one embodiment, there is a Cloud usage and accounting tool, including a route management component configured to define and manage the physical implementation of delineation points between Clouds. The Cloud usage and accounting tool further includes a workflow control component configured to track inter-Cloud operational transactions as they pass through the delineation points.

Metering resource usage in a cloud computing environment

The present invention provides technology neutral process integration (Cloud Resource Planning), and optimization methodology leveraging a business meta-schema format Cloud Data Interchange (CDI) to integrate, enable, and invoke Cloud services. One example is that the present invention provides a management layer at the process level. There can be multiple Cloud implementations/types within a govern enterprise&#x2014;perhaps utilizing different infrastructure (e.g., hardware of one supplier versus that of another) or different areas of functionality (computing services, storage services, etc). This disclosure provides an abstraction or 'resource planning' layer above these core services such that a customer does not have to have knowledge or choose different Cloud types and/or understand or choose each underlying service. As such, it provides a 'one stop' portal.

Resource planning and data interchange functionality within a cloud computing environment

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Thirumal Nellutla