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<p>Cloud Broker is an entity that manages the use, performance and delivery of cloud services, and negotiates relationships between <a href="/facts/Cloud_provider/guhg0FGV">cloud providers</a> and cloud consumers. As <a href="/facts/Cloud_computing/guhg0FGV">cloud computing</a> evolves, the integration of cloud services may be too complex for cloud consumers to manage alone. </p> <p>In such cases, a cloud consumer may request cloud services from a cloud broker, instead of contacting a <a href="/facts/Cloud_provider/guhg0FGV">cloud provider</a> directly," according to <a href="/facts/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology/gr9Fnh85">NIST</a> Cloud Computing Reference Architecture. </p>