Cloud federation in a cloud computing environment
US8909767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 13, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5072
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various methods, devices, and systems are described for cloud federation in a cloud computing network including bridging computing resources between an enterprise and a cloud or among multiple clouds. These techniques involve generating an image of the host system and decoupling it from its underlying computing resources so that it can be migrated across disparate computing resources in a seamless manner. In one embodiment, an enterprise workload can be bridged with cloud resources to receive software as a service. In other embodiments, bridging is performed across multiple public or private clouds, each potentially having disparate computing resources. In addition, users can access and use these cloud services through a web browser or other network interface anywhere in the cloud computing network as if the services were installed locally on their own computer.
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