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IBM Cloud Computing & Common Cloud Management Platform Reference Architecture (CC & CCMP RA) 1.0
Cloud Computing Roles – Overview
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Cloud Service Consumer Cloud Service Provider
Consumer
Business
Manager
§ Business /
financial (e.g.
approval)
responsibility for
consumed
services
§ Accounted for
used services
instances
Consumer
Administrator
Consumer
End User
§ Uses service
instances
provided by
service
provider
§ Requests service instances and
changes of service instances (typically
on behalf of Consumer Business
Manager )
§ Provides access to services for
service users
may act as a
Service
Business Manager
§ Offers all types of services (SPI)
developed by service developer
§ Accounts services consumers
for services potentially offered by
service provider themselves and
services offered on behalf of
service developer
Service
Operations Manager
§ Manages
technical
infrastructure
required for
providing cloud
services
Details are available in CC & CCMP RA TWP: “Common Use Cases (ART 0510)“
may include
Service Providers offer services based on a
management infrastructure. They may also develop
services.
Service Providers can build their services by
(optionally) consuming services provided by other
service providers.
Service Providers can host services developed by other
service developers (on top of their own services)
Service
Transition Manager
Service
Security Manager
§ Responsible for enabling a
consumer to use the cloud service,
incl. boarding, integration, and
process adoption
Cloud Service Developer
§ Responsible for
ensuring that the Service
Provider appropriately
manages risks associated
with development,
delivery, support and use
of services
§ Designs, implements, and
maintains service templates
(technical aspect)
Role + Use Case
Definitions
leveraged for DMTF
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