This Recommendation provides a cloud computing framework by identifying high-level requirements for cloud computing. The Recommendation addresses the general requirements and use cases for:  – Cloud computing; – Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), network as a service (NaaS), desktop as a service (DaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), communication as a service (CaaS) and big data as a service (BDaaS); – Inter-cloud computing, end-to-end cloud computing management, trusted cloud service, and cloud infrastructure. This Recommendation addresses a set of use cases and related requirements which are included in Appendix I. Appendix II provides information on the methodology and edition plan of this Recommendation.