Global push for cloud blueprint
November 20, 2012
Grazed from ITPro. Author: Matthew Hall.
The challenge with all new technologies is to ensure users and providers alike sing from the same hymn sheet so that interoperability and performance can be easily benchmarked. And so it is with the relatively new cloud computing trend. Now the Open Data Centre Alliance, a global industry association of heavyweight cloud users, has released a blueprint it wants adopted to ensure consistent enterprise cloud service delivery.
It intends to establish four tiers – from bronze to platinum – for cloud services covering availability, performance, recoverability, security, management, functionality and interoperability. The latest in a series of benchmarks the ODCA intends to establish, the most recent papers specifically address computing ”infrastructure as a service”, or IaaS…
IaaS is an area of IT predicted to grow to $24 billion by 2016, according to research by industry analysts Gartner. The ODCA boldly claims its requirements are "designed to deliver a comprehensive blueprint for cloud service delivery".
The association counts BMW, Deutsche Bank, Disney, and National Australia Bank as members. In a statement it said the requirements ”send a clear mandate to providers on customer expectations”…
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