Migrating private infrastructure services to a cloud

A method for migrating an application from a private cloud to a public cloud comprising:

• using at least one processor to execute computer executable components stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to perform the following acts:
• maintaining a virtualized services catalog wherein the virtualized services catalog contains a set of virtualized services capable of being implemented on an infrastructure including a server, a network and storage and associated configuration data, wherein the associated configuration data includes information required to implement a virtualized service of the set of virtualized services in the infrastructure;
• receiving an infrastructure services manifest wherein the infrastructure services manifest includes application virtualization configuration data associated with the application, a private cloud application data identifier associated with application data of the application, and a set of private cloud infrastructure services, wherein the application virtualization configuration data includes a set of parameters required for the application to function within a virtualized operating environment, wherein the set of parameters include an operating system compatibility data, storage space requirements for the application, location of the application data, and application metadata;
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• generating the virtualized operating environment in the public cloud based on the infrastructure services manifest wherein the virtualized operating environment incorporates a set of infrastructure services based on the set of private cloud infrastructure services and the virtualized services catalog.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer executable components stored thereon to perform the following acts:

• maintaining a virtualized services catalog wherein the virtualized services catalog contains a set of virtualized services capable of being implemented on an infrastructure including a server, a network and storage and associated configuration data, wherein the associated configuration data includes information required to implement a virtualized service of the set of virtualized services in the infrastructure;
• receiving an infrastructure services manifest wherein the infrastructure services manifest includes application virtualization configuration data associated with the application, a private cloud application data identifier associated with application data of the application, and a set of private cloud infrastructure services, wherein the application virtualization configuration data includes a set of parameters required for the application to function within a virtualized operating environment, wherein the set of parameters include an operating system compatibility data, storage space requirements for the application, location of the application data, and application metadata;
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• generating the virtualized operating environment in the public cloud based on the infrastructure services manifest wherein the virtualized operating environment incorporates a set of infrastructure services based on the set of private cloud infrastructure services and the virtualized services catalog.