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README.md

@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ EasyCloud is a toolkit written in Python able to interact with
 multiple cloud platforms, such as OpenStack, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google
 Cloud Platform (GCP). <!-- It is based on the [CloudTUI-FTS](https://github.com/mrbuzz/CloudTUI-FTS) project. -->
 
-With EasyCloud, a user can:  
+With EasyCloud, a user can:
+
 * start/stop/clone a VM
 * manage floating IPs and volumes
 * monitor the VMs health status
-* gather metrics data from instances and send them into multiple sinks (e.g., save them in plain CSV files or in a Redis data store, or publish them to Apache Kafka)
+* gather metrics data from instances and send them into multiple sinks (e.g., save them in plain CSV files or in a [Redis](https://www.redis.io) data store, or publish them to [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org), or even to push them on third-party monitoring systems like [Prometheus](https://www.prometheus.io))
 * create/manage policies in order to prevent faults (i.e., "if the CPU utilization is higher than XX %, then clone it")
 
+
 ## Quick start:
 
 1. **Requirements**  
@@ -133,6 +135,22 @@ The following platforms are currently supported by EasyCloud
 * **[Google Cloud Platform](https://cloud.google.com)**
 * **[Openstack](https://www.openstack.org)**
 
+## Supported measure sinks
+
+_Measure sinks_ are subsystems to which you can send metrics data gathered from your instances.
+Currently, EasyCloud supports the following measure sinks:
+
+* [Apache ActiveMQ](https://activemq.apache.org)
+* [Apache Cassandra](https://cassandra.apache.org)
+* [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org)
+* CSV files
+* [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com)
+* [Promethues](https://www.prometheus.io)
+* [RabbitMQ](https://www.rabbitmq.com)
+* [Redis](https://www.redis.io)
+
+There is also a _dummy_ sink that is useful for debugging and testing purpose.
+
 ## Source code download
 
 You can download the application source code from our git repository by using the `git clone git@gitlab.di.unipmn.it:DCS/easycloud.git` command.