Profile Based Service Selection for Cloud Brokering Systems with a Focus on SaaS

Cloud Service Brokerage systems are still in an early stage and mostly do not satisfy the existing demand of Cloud Consumers and Cloud Providers. An important aspect of Cloud Service Brokerage (CSB) Systems is to locate services as per the requirements of a Cloud Consumer. In the wide and varied world of Cloud Services, every single service varies according to technical aspects, specifications, limitations and much more. Locating a suitable service means the consumer needs to compare various services, know all specifications related to his service and make a choice. The next generation of Cloud Service Brokerage systems will be expected to make it easier to make choices and comparison. In this paper we propose improvements on the process of finding a service within the Cloud Brokering Systems by using an innovative approach towards profiling the IT and Cloud services of an Enterprise Customer.