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Software as a service: Usage based metering and billing for multi-tenant Web service resources using IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager

Technology team SOA , IBM Software Group, IBM
This team, in partnership with IBM's ISV and Developer Relations team, is responsible for assisting partners by demonstrating the applicability of IBM enterprise level middleware for deploying Software as a Service applications. Included in this team are: Mary Taylor, Devaprasad Nadgir, Jatinder Malik, Sobha Warrier, Sowmya Grama, David Carew, and Indrajit Poddar.

Summary:  This demo explores how a SaaS service provider can meter and bill usage of multi-tenant Web services and related resources like databases, portals and LDAP directory server, by users belonging to multiple tenants. A scenario is shown where IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager (ITUAM) and a Java Management eXtension (JMX) based usage logging component is used to meter the usage of Web services and its resources. IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager job files and report server is used to generate billing invoices, usage metrics, and graphs for tenants.

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Date:  12 Sep 2008
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This demo explores how a SaaS service provider can meter and bill usage of multi-tenant Web services and related resources like databases, portals and LDAP directory server, by users belonging to multiple tenants. A scenario is shown where IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager (ITUAM) and a Java Management eXtension (JMX) based usage logging component is used to meter the usage of Web services and its resources. IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager job files and report server is used to generate billing invoices, usage metrics, and graphs for tenants.

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Sample implementation artifacts for metering and billing multi-tenant web service resources

Download the development and deployment artifacts for WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, and the Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager scenario Implementation and setup document.

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DescriptionNameSizeDownload method
TranscriptMeteringUsingITUAM_v18.pdf1.8MBHTTP
ITUAM instruction documentMeteringScenario_Deployment_and_Setup_Instructions_v11.pdf2.5MBHTTP
WebSphere Application Server artifactsws_usg_metering_was.zip9.7MBHTTP
WebSphere Application Server CE artifactsws_usg_metering_was_ce.zip26.3MBHTTP

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This team, in partnership with IBM's ISV and Developer Relations team, is responsible for assisting partners by demonstrating the applicability of IBM enterprise level middleware for deploying Software as a Service applications. Included in this team are: Mary Taylor, Devaprasad Nadgir, Jatinder Malik, Sobha Warrier, Sowmya Grama, David Carew, and Indrajit Poddar.

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