A framework for comparing cloud-environments

Cloud-services are more and more part of so-called cloud-environments. Cloud-environments provide a set of cloud-services and resources. Management interactions allow configuring services and resources to individual requirements. Enterprises selecting a cloud environment have not only to consider the functionality of the cloud-services, but also the management interactions offered by the cloud-environment. Therefore, a framework for the comparison of cloud-environments is introduced. It uses meta-services to specify both the functional and non-functional properties of t management interactions.