cloud broker [English]

Syndetic Relationships

InterPARES Definition

n. ~ An entity that manages the use, performance and delivery of cloud services, and negotiates relationships between cloud providers and cloud consumers (Liu et al, 2011, 20).

Citations

  • Furht and Escalante 2010 (†583 p.588-589): The Cloud broker collects and manages information about the available Clouds and the services they provide (both functional and non-functional parameters, such as QoS, costs, reliability, request formats’ specifications . . . . (†1170)
  • NIST 2011B (†415 p. 20): An entity that manages the use, performance and delivery of cloud services, and negotiates relationships between Cloud Providers and Cloud Consumers. (†515)
  • NIST Security Reference 2013 (†414 p. 34): An entity that manages the use, performance and delivery of cloud services, and negotiates relationships between cloud Providers and cloud Consumers. (†512)