ISO/IEC TR 10822-1:2025
(Main)Cloud computing — Multi-cloud management — Part 1: Overview and use cases
Cloud computing — Multi-cloud management — Part 1: Overview and use cases
This document is based on ISO/IEC 22123-1, ISO/IEC 22123-3 and ISO/IEC 5140 and provides an overview of the management challenges faced in multi-cloud deployments, as well as the management activities that can be undertaken to address these challenges. Additionally this document provides use cases with user and functional views to further explain the multi-cloud management challenges and activities.
Informatique en nuage — Gestion multi-nuages — Partie 1: Vue d'ensemble et cas d'utilisation
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ISO/IEC TR 10822-1
First edition
Cloud computing — Multi-cloud
management —
2025-05
Part 1:
Overview and use cases
Informatique en nuage — Gestion multi-nuages —
Partie 1: Vue d'ensemble et cas d'utilisation
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Abbreviated terms . 1
5 Overview of multi cloud management . 2
5.1 General .2
5.2 User view of multi-cloud management .4
5.3 Functional view of multi-cloud management .6
5.4 Functional architecture of multi-cloud management .8
6 Multi-cloud management activities, functions and roles . 9
6.1 General .9
6.2 Multi-cloud management activities .9
6.2.1 General .9
6.2.2 Cloud service discovery and publishing .10
6.2.3 Resource management .10
6.2.4 Deployment management of resources and services .10
6.2.5 Cost optimization . .11
6.2.6 Security and privacy .11
6.2.7 Policy-based governance .11
6.2.8 Integration, aggregation, intermediation, composition, chaining of service APIs. .11
6.2.9 User identities and access control . . 12
6.2.10 Reporting and auditing of multi-cloud services . 12
6.2.11 Interface for multi-cloud administration . 12
6.3 Multi-cloud management functions . 12
6.3.1 General . 12
6.3.2 Uniform user interface . 12
6.3.3 Access control through integrated identity management . . 13
6.3.4 Cloud service scheduler: service orchestration and management . 15
6.3.5 Service discovery .18
6.3.6 Service library .18
6.3.7 Service catalogue .18
6.3.8 Provisioning and deprovisioning: resource and service .19
6.3.9 Resource operations management . 20
6.3.10 Monitor multi-cloud services . 20
6.3.11 SLA management.21
6.3.12 Report and audit .21
6.3.13 Uniform policy management . 22
6.3.14 Security and privacy management . 23
6.3.15 Centralized billing and metering .24
6.3.16 Interoperability functions-API abstraction and management framework . 25
6.3.17 Connection management . 28
7 Use cases .29
7.1 Multi-cloud management-API discovery in terms of service discovery and visualization . 29
7.2 Multi-cloud management API discovery in terms of service provisioning .32
7.3 Multi-cloud management Resource Deployment . 34
7.4 Multi-cloud environment - interoperable API abstraction and management . 35
7.5 Multi-cloud management interoperable service provisioning . 38
7.6 Multi-cloud management service billing and metering based on consumption–decision
making iterations. . . 40
7.7 Multi-cloud management SLA negotiation workflow in multi-cloud environment . 44
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7.8 Multi-cloud management API integration . 46
7.9 Multi-cloud management API aggregation . 48
7.10 Multi-cloud management policy enforcement framework .51
7.11 Multi-cloud management cloud service scheduler .52
7.12 Multi-cloud management storage API abstraction . 54
8 Industry examples .55
9 Impact and benefits on industries .57
9.1 General .57
9.2 Additional impact of multi-cloud management . 58
10 Conclusion .59
Annex A (informative) Further details on multi-cloud management user view and functional
view .60
Bibliography .66
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