Automated services exchange

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

• to obtain, by a services exchange system, provider requests from one or more service providers, wherein each of the provider requests comprises an indication of at least one type of service provided by the corresponding service provider and one or more attributes associated with the at least one type of the service;
• to process, by the services exchange system, the provider requests, wherein the processing for a respective one of the provider requests comprises testing the at least one type of service and the one or more attributes of the respective provider request and generating a corresponding set of metrics associated with the at least one type of service and the one or more attributes of the respective provider request based at least in part on results of the testing;
• and
• to match, by the services exchange system, a given one of the provider requests to at least one consumer request based at least in part on:
• the processing and one or more constraints identified in the at least one consumer request with respect to at least a portion of the one or more attributes of the given provider request.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
• the at least one processing device being configured:
• to obtain, by a services exchange system, provider requests from one or more service providers, wherein each of the provider requests comprises an indication of at least one type of service provided by the corresponding service provider and one or more attributes associated with the at least one type of the service;
• to process, by the services exchange system, the provider requests, wherein the processing for a respective one of the provider requests comprises testing the at least one type of service and the one or more attributes of the respective provider request and generating a corresponding set of metrics associated with the at least one type of service and the one or more attributes of the respective provider request based at least in part on results of the testing;
• and
• to match, by the services exchange system, a given one of the provider requests to at least one consumer request based at least in part on:
• the processing and one or more constraints identified in the at least one consumer request with respect to at least a portion of the one or more attributes of the given provider request.