Abstract: Various examples provide for solutions that use an artificial neural network to adjust a cloud-based execution environment for an application based on a set of metrics associated with the cloud-based execution environment, including a Quality-of-Service (QoS) metric and a cost metric. The adjustment may be based on a mapping, determined by the artificial neural network, between the application and a cloud-based infrastructure utilized by the cloud-based execution environment.

Abstract: Various examples provide for solutions that use an artificial neural network to adjust a cloud-based execution environment for an application based on a set of metrics associated with the cloud-based execution environment, including a Quality-of-Service (QoS) metric and a cost metric. The adjustment may be based on a mapping, determined by the artificial neural network, between the application and a cloud-based infrastructure utilized by the cloud-based execution environment.

Abstract: A measure of performance may be calculated for a composite cloud service of a particular cloud in a federated cloud environment. A determination may be made as to whether the measure of performance indicates breaching of a performance policy associated with the composite cloud service.

Abstract: Assessing the impact of an incident in a Service Level Agreement (SLA) by a system including a plurality of nodes organized in a hierarchical structure is disclosed. An incident record for an incident related to a service at a first node is received and an actual impact of the incident at the first node is calculated. The calculated actual impact is transferred to a parent node until a root node is reached. The actual impact of the incident is calculated at the parent node and a final actual impact and a total financial impact for the SLA are calculated at the root node. The actual impact at each node, the final actual impact, and the total financial impact are calculated dynamically while the incident is in progress.

Abstract: A measure of performance may be calculated for a composite cloud service of a particular cloud in a federated cloud environment. A determination may be made as to whether the measure of performance indicates breaching of a performance policy associated with the composite cloud service.

Abstract: In one implementation, physical resources are searched for in a cloud computing environment, access to the physical resources is acquired from a provider of the cloud, and the physical resources in the cloud are accessed.