<s>
A	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
(	O
or	O
catalogue	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
organized	O
and	O
curated	O
collection	O
of	O
business	O
and	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
services	O
within	O
an	O
enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Service	B-Application
catalogs	I-Application
are	O
knowledge	O
management	O
tools	O
which	O
designate	O
subject	O
matter	O
experts	O
(	O
SMEs	O
)	O
who	O
answer	O
questions	O
and	O
requests	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
listed	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Service	B-Application
catalogs	I-Application
allow	O
leadership	O
to	O
break	O
the	O
enterprise	O
into	O
highly	O
structured	O
and	O
more	O
efficient	O
operational	O
units	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
service-oriented	O
enterprise.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
is	O
a	O
means	O
of	O
centralizing	O
all	O
services	O
that	O
are	O
important	O
to	O
the	O
stakeholders	O
of	O
the	O
enterprises	O
which	O
implement	O
and	O
use	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
its	O
digital	O
and	O
virtual	O
implementation	O
,	O
via	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
acts	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
minimum	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
digital	O
registry	O
and	O
a	O
means	O
for	O
highly	O
distributed	O
enterprises	O
to	O
see	O
,	O
find	O
,	O
invoke	O
,	O
and	O
execute	O
services	O
regardless	O
of	O
where	O
they	O
exist	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Service	B-Application
catalogs	I-Application
are	O
implemented	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
that	O
facilitate	O
the	O
registration	O
,	O
discovery	O
,	O
request	O
,	O
execution	O
,	O
and	O
tracking	O
of	O
desired	O
services	O
for	O
catalog	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
more	O
descriptive	O
the	O
service	O
details	O
are	O
,	O
the	O
easier	O
it	O
is	O
for	O
end	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
to	O
find	O
and	O
invoke	O
the	O
services	O
they	O
desire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
is	O
commonly	O
structured	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
where	O
its	O
registered	O
services	O
are	O
categorized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
percentage	O
of	O
Categories	O
for	O
services	O
are	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
areas	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
and	O
the	O
functions	O
it	O
performs	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Information	B-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
,	O
Operations	O
,	O
and	O
Fulfillment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
utilization	O
of	O
service	B-Application
catalogs	I-Application
allow	O
enterprises	O
to	O
allocate	O
and	O
track	O
resources	O
,	O
both	O
human	O
and	O
systemic	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
required	O
for	O
successful	O
service	O
delivery	O
,	O
operations	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benefits	O
of	O
implementing	O
and	O
maintaining	O
a	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
include	O
allowing	O
an	O
enterprise	O
to	O
track	O
and	O
manage	O
metrics	O
that	O
represent	O
the	O
utilization	O
of	O
services	O
and	O
service-related	O
traits	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
associated	O
with	O
service	O
supply	O
and	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
above	O
,	O
a	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
also	O
helps	O
leadership	O
and	O
management	O
better	O
see	O
and	O
understand	O
correlations	O
of	O
service	O
related	O
work	O
,	O
assets	O
,	O
and	O
resources	O
to	O
the	O
people	O
,	O
organizations	O
,	O
and	O
projects	O
that	O
request	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
IT	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
and	O
is	O
defined	O
by	O
ITIL	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
book	O
Service	O
Design	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
exhaustive	O
list	O
of	O
IT-only	O
services	O
that	O
an	O
organization	O
provides	O
or	O
offers	O
to	O
its	O
employees	O
or	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	O
Unit	O
Managers	O
determine	O
what	O
services	O
to	O
"	O
publish	O
"	O
to	O
end-users	O
via	O
the	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
service	O
is	O
defined	O
and	O
the	O
fulfillment	O
process	O
organized	O
,	O
these	O
people	O
or	O
a	O
more	O
technical	O
employee	O
would	O
build	O
the	O
requisite	O
functionality	O
into	O
the	O
service	O
definition	O
and	O
then	O
publish	O
this	O
to	O
the	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
service	B-Application
catalog	I-Application
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
services	O
is	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
deploying	O
services	O
on	O
private	O
and	O
public	O
clouds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
wishing	O
to	O
consume	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
would	O
use	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
catalog	O
to	O
view	O
what	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
are	O
available	O
,	O
their	O
function	O
,	O
and	O
know	O
the	O
technologies	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
seeing	O
and	O
understanding	O
the	O
different	O
services	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
users	I-Architecture
can	O
better	O
appreciate	O
what	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
traditional	O
IT	O
whereby	O
one	O
group	O
of	O
users	O
or	O
business	O
unit	O
may	O
be	O
unaware	O
of	O
the	O
technologies	O
available	O
to	O
another	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accessed	O
by	O
self-service	O
portals	O
,	O
service	B-Application
catalogs	I-Application
contain	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
from	O
which	O
cloud	O
consumers	O
select	O
for	O
self-provisioning	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
removes	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
work	O
through	O
various	O
IT	O
departments	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
provision	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
,	O
nor	O
are	O
users	O
required	O
to	O
provide	O
detailed	O
IT	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
make	O
selection	O
easier	O
and	O
to	O
speed	O
service	O
deployment	O
,	O
service	O
definitions	O
are	O
often	O
standardized	O
in	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
catalogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automation	O
is	O
an	O
aspect	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
catalog	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
noted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
catalogs	O
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
enabling	O
"	O
cloud	O
on	O
auto-pilot	O
"	O
enabling	O
cloud	B-Architecture
users	I-Architecture
to	O
build	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
based	O
on	O
pre-built	O
templates	O
selected	O
from	O
catalogs	O
.	O
</s>
