Usage tracking in hybrid cloud computing systems

A computing system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory containing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a process comprising:
• receiving, from another computing system, a request for uploading usage data to a storage in the computing system, the usage data including data representing one or more accumulated durations of use of software deployed in the another computing system;
• authenticating the received request based on a service subscription of the another computing system;
• upon authentication, providing the another computing system an access permission to store the usage data in the storage of the computing system;
• and
• receiving the usage data from the other computing system submitted with the access permission and storing the received usage data in the storage of the computing system without having direct access to other data in the another computing system.

The computing system of claim 17 wherein:

• storing the received usage data includes storing the received usage data in the storage under a storage account that is associated with the other computing system;
• and
• the process performed by the one or more processors further includes:
• copying the stored usage data from the storage account associated with the other computing system to another storage account;
• and
• performing post-processing on the copied usage data in the another storage account.