An Audit Trail Framework for Saas Service Providers and Outcomes Comparison in Cloud Environment

The elegant features of cloud computing are evaluated with different functionalities and techniques. In the scenario of service-oriented architecture, assessing the service provider’s efficiency, economy and effectiveness are the ever-ending challenging issues. The preferences of consumer in SaaS environment vary based on the effective utilization of resources that are delivered through service providers. Disparate broker-based approaches enlighten the above concerned issues with uncertainty. We address the solution with audit trails for the above addressed issues in an optimistic manner based on provenance data. In enhancing the quality of service, we introduce a delegate role of auditor service for assessing service provider’s service towards consumer preferences based on provenance data for SaaS provisioning in cloud environment.