Patent ID: 8606897

Claim:
A method comprising: accessing, by a processor, a usage history representing at least one of consumption of resources or usage of software in a host cloud-based network from a management platform of the host cloud-based network; receiving, by the processor, a set of export filter criteria; applying, by the processor, the set of export filter criteria to the usage history to generate at least a selective subset of the usage history; and exporting, by the processor, the selective subset of the usage history to a management platform of a target cloud-based network, wherein the export filter criteria is received from a service operating in the target cloud-based network, and wherein the management platform of the host cloud-based network and the management platform of the target cloud-based network interface to operate the host cloud-based network and the target cloud-based network on a combined basis to enable the management platform of the host cloud-based network to manage resources on the target cloud-based network and the management platform of the target cloud-based network to manage resources on the host cloud-based network.