[42] proposed a secure
cloud broker architecture that can be used to implement brokering of multiple providers and provide an SLA-based pricing model to users.
In the proposed cloud networking Broker architecture, a Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a contract between a CSU and a
Cloud Broker or between a
Cloud Broker and a CSP.
YMENS is the first
cloud broker in Romania providing dedicated cloudsourcing solutions to private and public organizations, through which they can access a modern working environment and outsource their entire IT infrastructure in the cloud, while benefiting from a complete suite of services for consulting, support, administration and maintenance, along with BPO (business process outsourcing), AMS (application management services) or IT outsourcing and security.
As the
cloud broker for the Defense Department, so far, DISA appears to he on shak.y ground.
Kanagasabai, "Towards a common benchmark framework for
cloud brokers," in Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS '12), pp.
A method used by
Cloud Broker (CB) for the resource selection plays an important role.
A
cloud broker may also survey cloud service providers to understand their capabilities, liabilities, business models, and costs.
Do you become a
cloud broker? Most channel partners don't have the capital capacity to become a cloud provider because there is huge capital outlay and they have to build infrastructure but they love to be a broker of cloud providers.
It calls for the establishment of an Enterprise
Cloud Broker to manage the use, performance and delivery of cloud services, while also negotiating the relationships between cloud providers and cloud consumers.
The Navy currently has a single approved
cloud broker, PEO EIS Data Center and Applications Optimization Program Office (DCAO), which is managing the first cloud contract to move approximately 84 applications to the cloud.
First, the Negotiation Framework Architecture (NFA) is proposed as a many-to-many model, using the
cloud broker which helps to nominate the best SP to the available SCs [17].