Selecting a resource manager to satisfy a service request

A system in communication with a subscriber, comprising:

• a processor;
• a plurality of resource managers, wherein each resource manager offers at least one service;
• a memory accessible to the processor, including:
• (i) a catalog indicating the plurality of resource managers and at least one service offered by the resource managers;
• (ii) resource manager information indicating resource availability information for resource managers offering at least one service;
• a computer readable medium including code executed by a processor to perform:
• (i) receiving a request for a requested service from the subscriber;
• (ii) processing the catalog to identify resource managers publishing the requested service;
• and
• (iii) processing the resource manager information to determine at least one identified resource manager publishing the requested service that also satisfies at least one rule applicable to the service request.

An article of manufacture implementing code in communication with resource managers and a subscriber, wherein the code is capable of causing operations to be performed, the operations comprising:

• providing a catalog indicating a plurality of the resource managers and at least one service offered by the resource managers;
• providing resource manager information indicating resource availability information for resource managers offering at least one service;
• receiving a request for a requested service from the subscriber;
• processing the catalog to identify resource managers publishing the requested service;
• and
• processing the resource manager information to determine at least one identified resource manager publishing the requested service that also satisfies at least one rule applicable to the service request.