Telstra Global joins Cloud Industry Forum

July 17, 2013 Off By David

Grazed from Business Cloud News. Author: Jonathan Brandon.

Carrier services provider Telstra Global on Wednesday announced that it has joined the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), a non-profit industry body working towards the development of a common code of practice for cloud service providers.

Established in 2009, the Cloud Industry Forum aims to help improve accountability and transparency among cloud service providers, and acts as a focal point for standards development related to cloud computing among other industry consortiums, international standards organisations and public sector groups…

Martin Bishop, Global Head of Hosting Services at Telstra Global said: “When customers source and implement cloud services on a global scale, we’ve discovered that they are often faced with a wall of complexity that arises due to the challenges associated with data security, coverage and interoperability, local infrastructure and culture.”…

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