Peer to peer resource negotiation and coordination to satisfy a service level objective

An article of manufacture including a program for allocating resources, wherein the program is capable of causing operations to be performed, the operations comprising:

• receiving performance metrics for a transaction;
• determining whether one or more service level objectives are being violated based on the received performance metrics;
• in response to determining that the one or more service level objectives are being violated, allocating additional resources to the transaction;
• and
• in response to allocating the additional resources, publishing a resource allocation event.

A system for allocating resources, comprising:

• circuitry capable of causing operations to be performed, the operations comprising:
• receiving performance metrics for a transaction;
• determining whether one or more service level objectives are being violated based on the received performance metrics;
• in response to determining that the one or more service level objectives are being violated, allocating additional resources to the transaction;
• and
• in response to allocating the additional resources, publishing a resource allocation event.