System and method for comparing computing resource offerings

1. A system, comprising:

at least one processor to:

receive a request to compare at least one computing resource offering for a computing environment comprising a converged infrastructure having at least one physical hardware resource, the converged infrastructure dynamically configurable to automatically allocate and deallocate the at least one physical hardware resource to adapt the at least one physical hardware resource based on utilization of each of the at least one physical hardware resource, the request including at least one infrastructure requirement, estimated future usage for the computing environment based on past usage and an estimated growth in utilization, and a computing environment design topology, the request associated with a unique order identifier;

transmit the request to at least one computing resource provider via at least one provider application programming interface (API), the at least one computing resource provider comprising one of an external computing resource provider and an internal computing resource provider;

receive a list of at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider, normalize the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology, and compare the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology; and

send a what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) graphical user interface representation of the list of the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement showing the at least one physical hardware resource in a first palette pane, receive a selection and a drag of the at least one physical hardware resource to a second design pane, and receive an arrangement and connection of the at least one physical hardware resource on the second design pane to visually create the computing environment design topology, the estimated future usage for the computing environment, and the computing environment design topology indicating appropriateness for the request by sequentially ranking the list of the at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider that ranks each of the at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider from highest to lowest based on a best match to the computing environment design topology created using the WYSIWYG graphical user interface and dynamically adjust the at least one physical hardware resource to scale based on the utilization of each of the at least one physical hardware resource by adding a highest ranked computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the request to compare the at least one computing resource offering comprises one of a request for a new order for the computing environment and a request to modify a previously placed order for the computing environment.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the request for the new order for the computing environment comprises one of a new order based on a template, a custom order, and a duplicate of an existing order previously placed.

4. The system of claim 1 , the at least one processor further to search for the at least one computing resource offering, the search responsive to an alphanumeric search query that is compared with metadata of the at least one computing resource offering.

5. The system of claim 1 , the at least one processor further to receive for the at least one computing resource offering, at least one of a name, a location, a rating, comments, a monthly price, and an estimated deployment time.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one infrastructure requirement comprises at least one comparison point associated with at least one of performance, availability, configuration, cost, compliance, and security, the at least one processor further to compare the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one comparison point.

7. The system of claim 1 , the at least one processor further to send a graphical user interface for receiving the at least one infrastructure requirement for the computing environment and send a graphical user interface for receiving the computing environment design topology.

8. The system of claim 1 , the at least one processor further to:

assign the request the unique order identifier;

store the unique order identifier in a data source along with an order time; and

determine stock information and availability information for the at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider.

9. The system of claim 1 , the at least one processor further to communicate the list of the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology indicating appropriateness for the request in response to a comparison application programming interface (API) request.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving, by at least one processor, a request to compare at least one computing resource offering for a computing environment comprising a converged infrastructure having at least one physical hardware resource, the converged infrastructure dynamically configurable to automatically allocate and deallocate the at least one physical hardware resource to adapt the at least one physical hardware resource based on utilization of each of the at least one physical hardware resource, the request including at least one infrastructure requirement, estimated future usage for the computing environment based on past usage and an estimated growth in utilization, and a computing environment design topology, the request associated with a unique order identifier;

transmitting, by the at least one processor, the request to at least one computing resource provider via at least one provider application programming interface (API), the at least one computing resource provider comprising one of an external computing resource provider and an internal computing resource provider;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a list of at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider, normalizing the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology, and comparing the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology; and

sending, by the at least one processor, a what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) graphical user interface representation of the list of the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement showing the at least one physical hardware resource in a first palette pane, receiving a selection and a dragging of the at least one physical hardware resource to a second design pane, and receiving an arrangement and connection of the at least one physical hardware resource on the second design pane to visually create the computing environment design topology, the estimated future usage for the computing environment, and the computing environment design topology indicating appropriateness for the request by sequentially ranking the list of the at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider that ranks each of the at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider from highest to lowest based on a best match to the computing environment design topology created using the WYSIWYG graphical user interface and dynamically adiustinq the at least one physical hardware resource to scale based on the utilization of each of the at least one physical hardware resource by adding a highest ranked computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving the request to compare the at least one computing resource offering, the request comprising one of a request for a new order for the computing environment and a request to modify a previously placed order for the computing environment.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving the request to compare the at least one computing resource offering, the request for the new order for the computing environment comprising one of a new order based on a template, a custom order, and a duplicate of an existing order previously placed.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising searching for the at least one computing resource offering, the search responsive to an alphanumeric search query that is compared with metadata of the at least one computing resource offering.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving for the at least one computing resource offering, at least one of a name, a location, a rating, comments, a monthly price, and an estimated deployment time.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one infrastructure requirement comprises at least one comparison point associated with at least one of performance, availability, configuration, cost, compliance, and security, the method further comprising comparing the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one comparison point.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising sending a graphical user interface for receiving the at least one infrastructure requirement for the computing environment and sending a graphical user interface for receiving the computing environment design topology.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

assigning the request the unique order identifier;

storing the unique order identifier in a data source along with an order time; and

determining stock information and availability information for the at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising communicating the list of the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology indicating appropriateness for the request in response to a comparison application programming interface (API) request.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request to compare at least one computing resource offering for a computing environment comprising a converged infrastructure having at least one physical hardware resource, the converged infrastructure dynamically configurable to automatically allocate and deallocate the at least one physical hardware resource to adapt the at least one physical hardware resource based on utilization of each of the at least one physical hardware resource, the request including at least one infrastructure requirement, estimated future usage for the computing environment based on past usage and an estimated growth in utilization, and a computing environment design topology, the request associated with a unique order identifier;

transmitting the request to at least one computing resource provider via at least one provider application programming interface (API), the at least one computing resource provider comprising one of an external computing resource provider and an internal computing resource provider;

receiving a list of at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider, normalizing the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology, and comparing the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology; and

sending a what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) graphical user interface representation of the list of the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement showing the at least one physical hardware resource in a first palette pane, receiving a selection and a dragging of the at least one physical hardware resource to a second design pane, and receiving an arrangement and connection of the at least one physical hardware resource on the second design pane to visually create the computing environment design topology, the estimated future usage for the computing environment, and the computing environment design topology indicating appropriateness for the request by sequentially ranking the list of the at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider that ranks each of the at least one computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider from highest to lowest based on a best match to the computing environment design topology created using the WYSIWYG graphical user interface and dynamically adjusting the at least one physical hardware resource to scale based on the utilization of each of the at least one physical hardware resource by adding a highest ranked computing resource offering from the at least one computing resource provider.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , the operations further comprising communicating the list of the at least one computing resource offering based on the at least one infrastructure requirement and the computing environment design topology indicating appropriateness for the request in response to a comparison application programming interface (API) request.