Monitoring of heterogeneous saas usage

A system for optimizing future resource usage in a cloud environment comprising first and second cloud services, each cloud service being associated with at least one of technical and business restrictions defining a maximum capacity, the method comprising:

• a monitor that runs on a processor of a computer that monitors current usage patterns of the cloud services;
• a predictor that predicts future usage patterns based on the monitored usages;
• an estimator that calculates an estimated future time to reach a technical or business restriction for the first cloud service based on the predicted future usage patterns;
• and
• a modification element that adjusts, at a later time associated with the estimated future time, the maximum capacity associated with at least one of the first cloud service and the second cloud service based on the calculation of the estimated future time.

A non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed by a processor to implement a method for optimizing future resource usage in a cloud environment comprising first and second cloud services, each cloud service being associated with at least one of technical and business restrictions defining a maximum capacity, the method comprising:

• monitoring with the processor current usage patterns of the cloud services;
• predicting future usage patterns based on the monitored usages;
• calculating with the processor an estimated future time to reach a technical or business restriction for the first cloud service based on the predicted future usage patterns;
• and
• adjusting, at a later time associated with the estimated future time, the maximum capacity associated with at least one of the first cloud service and the second cloud service based on the calculation of the estimated future time.