Why ‘cloud hopping’ may soon become easier
March 13, 2014
Grazed from TechPageOne. Author: Gail Dutton.
When a business picks a cloud-based operating system for its data and communications, it’s pretty much stuck with that provider. That’s because cloud systems, which operate through the Internet, aren’t compatible with each other, so switching providers — or “cloud hopping” — is very difficult. “Our ability to move to another provider is very limited because there are no universal standards for cloud interoperability,” says Paiman Nodoushani, vice president of engineering and CTO for Continuum Managed Services, an application service provider.
“To change providers, data centers must develop a system to change codes and processes,” he adds. “Development can take between two and five months.” But cloud hopping may soon become much easier. The ability to move information among cloud providers is improving as developers start to think about common industry standards. The process is similar to what happened in the early days of the Internet…
Big challenges
The challenge is enormous, however. Cloud providers need to go beyond just developing new computer codes for applications and processes. They also have to revamp how they handle basic business operations. “Nobody’s using standard billing information or measurements,” Nodoushani explains. “As a client, we have to pull the information we use to provide visibility and to charge our customers. There’s no easy way to dissect current cloud services for multiple customers.”…
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