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Abstract

Provided is a system, method, and computer-readable storage medium having one or more computer-readable instructions thereon for providing leased images in cloud computing environments. The method includes monitoring a usage of a leased image provided by a cloud vendor, by a client computing device. A threshold period of time associated with the usage is determined. Whether an access to the leased image should be terminated based upon an expiry of the threshold period of time or based upon a request received from the client computing device is determined. The image is locked based upon whether the access to the leased image should be terminated. An access request received for the locked image is monitored; and access to the locked image is enabled when it is determined that the access request is valid.

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