Patent · US Active

Managing cloud services

US9100306B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael Behrendt · Randersacker, DE
Gerd Breiter · Wildberg, DE
Stefan Pappe · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 16, 2012
Grant date	Aug 4, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L43/0876
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, and computer program product for managing cloud services are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first set of management functions is instantiated external to a microkernel of a management system for managing a set of cloud services. The management system further includes a second set of management functions executing within the kernel of the management system. A subset of the first set of management functions is associated with a cloud service in the set of cloud services. A management task for the cloud service is handled using the subset of the first set of management functions. A usage information corresponding to the use of the subset of the first set of management functions for handling the management task for the cloud service is reported.

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