A Business Resolution Engine for Cloud Marketplaces

Abstract

Nowadays cloud computing can be considered as a key element of modern ICT systems, changing the technological and architectural aspects that these systems are designed and managed. The number and variety of applications, exploiting the advantages of this new computing paradigm, is increasing, emerging a new market of services and resources. Modern applications, from enterprise software to mobile and social networking apps are adapted and become available through the Cloud, allowing wider adoption and advanced functionality. Besides the numerous technical and technological advancements, cloud computing also leverages new business models and value networks. To this direction more entities are involved in the service delivery process and marketplaces are created to ease the development of applications through reusability and aggregation of services and resources. In this paper we present an innovative mechanism for the resolution of the customers' requirements which enhances the process of selecting cloud services from the business point of view.

Adoption of the cloud business model in Indonesia

“…Customers request services and pay these to the cloud service providers or directly to the platform providers on a basis of operational expenses. Corresponding roles are found, for example, in Menychtas & Gatzioura [19], Marston et al [18], and Teixeira et al [31].…”

“…This entity can act as a broker organization that facilitates the negotiation and communication process between consumers and providers without owning or managing the whole cloud infrastructure. A similar concept is called "marketplace operator" by Menychtas & Gatzioura [19].…”

Cloud Governance - The Relevance of Cloud Brokers

“…In [12] authors propose the application of traditional IT governance frameworks such as ITIL and CoBIT and in [13] they discuss knowledge-specific aspects. Specific to the role of marketplaces is the work published in [14], [15] with [16] focusing specifically on trust in cloud marketplaces.…”

Abstraction Layer for Development and Deployment of Cloud Services

“…4CaaSt [21] project aims to create software libraries for PaaS (Platform as a Service) clouds in order to ease development of applications. Contrail [8] project is to design, implement, evaluate and promote an open source system for Cloud Federations.…”