Talking about Standards
It is a delicate issue. On one hand, Cloud is still evolving rapidly so participants do not want to commit to a standard in order to avoid a potential VHS vs Beta-like confrontation. On the other, without standards, it is difficult to get the enterprise-class users with the enterprise-class budget to actively engage with Cloud.
For now, a growing number of talking shops have been established each with different focuses.
- ATIS Cloud Services Forum: www.atis.org/cloud/index.asp
- Cloud Security Alliance: cloudsecurityalliance.org
- Cloud Standards Customer Council: cloudstandardscustomercouncil.org
- Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Cloud Management Standards: dmtf.org
- IEEE Cloud Computing Standards Study Group: www.computer.org/portal/web/sab/cloud
- Open Datacenter Alliance: www.opendatacenteralliance.org
Meeting Cloudsters
Similarly, a number of industry conferences and regional groups are creating Cloud related activities to both engage with the early adopters and to evangelize Cloud use cases.
- Carrier Cloud Forum (Interop): www.interop.com/lasvegas/conference/carrier-cloud-forum.php
- Cloud Computing World (CeBIT): www.cebit.de/en/about-the-trade-show/programme/highlights/cloud-computing-world
- Cloud Camp: www.cloudcamp.org
- Cloud Connect: www.cloudconnectevent.com
- CTIA Wireless: www.ctiawireless.com/exhibit/index.cfm/cloud-computing-pavilion
- Mobile Cloud Computing Forum: www.mobilecloudcomputingforum.com
- Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group: www.meetup.com/cloudcomputing
In short, a new eco-system is literally taking shape before our eyes.
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