What is ISO/IEC TR 23613 about?
The use of cloud computing has grown, a set of commonly used technologies has grown to support, simplify and extend the use of cloud computing alongside sets of commonly used techniques which enable the effective exploitation of the capabilities of cloud services.
ISO/IEC TR 23613 describes a sample set of cloud service metering elements and billing modes. The purpose of ISO/IEC TR 23613 is to provide basic clarity and guidance through a sample set of cloud service metering elements and billing modes for different cloud capability types.
ISO/IEC TR 23613 includes a discussion of the billing functional component, of which metering is a major sub-component.
ISO/IEC TR 23613 is applicable to cloud service providers, cloud service customers and cloud service users, but also to any person or organization involved in legal, policy, technical or other implications of data flows between devices and cloud services.
Who is ISO/IEC TR 23613 for?
ISO/IEC TR 23613 on cloud service metering elements and billing modes is useful for:
- Cloud service providers
- IT professionals
- Cloud engineers and developers
- Organizations involved in designing cloud solutions
Why should you use ISO/IEC TR 23613?
As the adoption of cloud computing expands and the market grows, cloud service providers offer many different cloud services that can be classified as infrastructure, platform or application capability types. Cloud service providers in designing solutions to meet the needs of cloud service customers, put together diverse metering elements and billing modes that complement the cloud services offered to cloud service customers.
It is challenging for cloud service customers to determine the differences among many diverse metering elements and billing modes from various cloud service providers as they navigate their journey to adopt cloud computing. ISO/IEC TR 23613 provides you guidance on cloud service metering and billing concept that applies to infrastructure, platform, and application capabilities type.
ISO/IEC TR 23613 introduces a sample set of metering elements. These examples can help cloud service providers to better describe its billing and metering practices and can help cloud service customers to better understand the metering and billing of their cloud services in order to make informed decisions.
