System and method for hand-offs in cloud environments

A method to handle a hand-off in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising:

• determining to hand-off execution of an application executing on a platform of a first cloud computing service provider to a second cloud computing service provider;
• determining, at a server device, whether the second cloud computing service provider satisfies a policy associated with the application;
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• handing-off, using the server device, the execution of the application to a platform of the second cloud computing provider based upon the second cloud computing provider being compliant with the policy associated with the application, wherein the handing-off comprises transferring a current state associated with the execution of the application to the second cloud computing service platform.

A method to handle a hand-off in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a server device, information from a first cloud computing service provider and/or a second cloud computing service provider regarding an application executing on a platform of the first cloud computing service provider;
• determining, at the server device, to hand-off execution of the application executing on the platform of the first cloud computing service provider to the second cloud computing service provider based on the information and a determination that the first cloud computing service provider will be unable to support executing the application in the future, that the first cloud computing service provider is insecure, and/or that the second cloud computer service provider offers better application support capability and/or cost effectiveness for the application;
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• handing-off, using the server device, the execution of the application to a platform of the second cloud computing provider, wherein the handing-off comprises transferring a current state associated with the execution of the application to the second cloud computing service platform.

A non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium having one or more computer-readable instructions thereon to handle a hand-off in a cloud computing environment, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

• determine to hand-off execution of an application executing on a platform of a first cloud computing service provider to a second cloud computing service provider;
• determine, at a server device, whether the second cloud computing service provider satisfies a policy associated with the application;
• and
• hand-off, using the server device, the execution of the application to a platform of the second cloud computing provider based upon the second cloud computing provider being compliant with the policy associated with the application, wherein the hand-off comprises transfer of a current state associated with the execution of the application to the second cloud computing service platform.