Patent ID: 8402086
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a cloud broker from one of a plurality of cloud management infrastructures, a request for processing resources, each of the plurality of cloud management infrastructures corresponding to one of a plurality of clouds, the cloud broker selectively enabling access to the plurality of clouds, the clouds each comprising segregated computing environments having at least one server for executing tasks and a data store for data persistency attached to the at least one server, the cloud management infrastructures selectively starting and stopping services executed by the corresponding cloud; identifying, by the cloud broker, which of the plurality of clouds coupled to the cloud broker has processing capacity to fulfill the request; enabling, by the cloud broker, access to at least one of the identified clouds having capacity to fulfill the request and meets pre-defined criteria; and remotely calling, by the cloud management infrastructure of the at least one of the identified clouds having capacity to fulfill the request and meeting the pre-defined criteria, at least one other cloud management infrastructure to perform at least some tasks required to fulfill the request; wherein: