MULTIPLE SERVICE CLASSES IN A SHARED CLOUD

In various exemplary embodiments, a system, article of manufacture, and method for providing, a cloud computing infrastructure on a system infrastructure comprising, a first virtual computing environment associated with a first class of service, the first class of service defining, in one embodiment, a first set of obligations, restrictions, and/or capabilities; providing, in the same cloud, a second virtual computing environment associated with a second class of service, the second class of service defining a second set of obligations, restrictions, and/or capabilities different from those of the first class of service; and executing the first virtual computing environment according to the first class of service and the second virtual computing environment according to the second class of service, the first virtual computing environment having a different access to the hardware platform than the second virtual environment based on the respective class of service.