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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Kazuhito Akiyama, Yamato, JP;
Kazuo Iwano, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Ohkado, Yamato, JP;
Tadashi Tsumura, Yamato, JP;
Kazuhito Akiyama, Yamato, JP;
Kazuo Iwano, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Ohkado, Yamato, JP;
Tadashi Tsumura, Yamato, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Deterioration of service quality due to shortage of resources and/or increased cost of support due to excessive resources is minimized in the case where the amount of requested services may change in cloud computing. Provided are mechanisms for executing a process specified by a user in a cloud computing environment and charging the user for the process. The mechanisms include a receiving part for receiving an instruction to execute the specified process and a determining part for determining an external resource to provision from a first other computer system for a charge. The mechanisms further comprise an external resource securing part for securing the external resource on the first other computer system and an executing part for causing the external resource to execute at least a part of the specified process.