Patent ID: 8229999
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a user entity with a measurement of at least one of a value which will be realized, and an effort which will be required, if a given workload selected from one or more workloads associated with the user entity is delivered to a cloud computing environment for processing thereby, instead of being processed by a user entity processing system, said method comprising the steps of: specifying a plurality of attributes, wherein each attribute pertains to a characteristic that the user entity processing system possesses to some extent, with respect to the given workload; acquiring input data for each attribute, wherein the input data for a given attribute provides a measurement, on a prespecified scale, that represents the extent to which the user entity processing system possesses the given attribute; employing the input data for each attribute to derive respectively corresponding numerical parameter values; and using at least some of said numerical parameter values in a specified mathematical model to compute a final score, wherein said final score comprises said measurement, selectively, of said value which will be realized, or said effort which will be required; wherein said numerical values are applied in said specified mathematical model to compute a first final score and a second final score for each workload of a plurality of workloads, wherein the first and second final scores for a given workload comprise measurements, respectively, of said value which will be realized and said effort which will be required, with respect to the given workload; and wherein a given workload will be selected for delivery to said cloud computing environment for processing thereby only if said given workload complies with at least one of a first criterion and a second criterion, wherein said given workload complies with said first criterion if said first final score of said given workload exceeds a first prespecified criterion value, and said given workload complies with said second criterion if said second final score of said given value is less than a second prespecified criterion value.