37. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to: (iii) determine at least one financial optimization based at least in part on the measured operation of the IT system and based at least in part on the electronic contract; and (iv) issue at least one control command based on the at least one financial optimization.
37. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to: (iii) determine at least one financial optimization based at least in part on the measured operation of the IT system and based at least in part on the electronic contract; and (iv) issue at least one control command based on the at least one financial optimization. 38. The apparatus of claim 37 , wherein measuring the operation of the IT system comprises measuring at least one service level of at least one distributed element of the IT system in terms of the one or more metrics based on the electronic contract and based at least in part on input received from at least one agent module located in the at least one distributed element, and wherein the at least one control command is executed on the at least one distributed element by the at least one agent module located in the at least one distributed element.