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Category: Platform as a Service & Cloud Computing
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 12:59
News coming up fast from the Cloud Computing arena due the "Open Cloud Manifesto", who is who, new alliances and sides in this new field.
To read about the politics, who signed, why, or why not, second and third intentions:
Sources: Open Cloud Manifesto now signed and delivered, Open Cloud Manifesto's anti-Microsoft bias, and Microsoft fights the 'open' fight amid the clouds.
From the Manifesto (open cloud manifesto) by itself, very good open spirit. Let's see how it evolves from today IBM biased origin. My notes:
.. "Principles of an Open Cloud"..."1. Cloud providers must work together to ensure that the challenges to cloud
adoption (security, integration, portability, interoperability,
governance/management, metering/monitoring) are addressed through
open collaboration and the appropriate use of standards.
2. Cloud providers must not use their market position to lock customers into
their particular platforms and limit their choice of providers.
3. Cloud providers must use and adopt existing standards wherever
appropriate. The IT industry has invested heavily in existing standards and
standards organizations; there is no need to duplicate or reinvent them.
4.When new standards (or adjustments to existing standards) are needed, we
must be judicious and pragmatic to avoid creating too many standards. We
must ensure that standards promote innovation and do not inhibit it.
5.Any community effort around the open cloud should be driven by customer
needs, not merely the technical needs of cloud providers, and should be
tested or verified against real customer requirements.
6.Cloud computing standards organizations, advocacy groups, and
communities should work together and stay coordinated, making sure that
efforts do not conflict or overlap. " | 
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UPDATE 09/04/01: About the controversy aroused from the lack of consensus on the manifesto, ArsTechnica published a complete review, Not-so-open Cloud Manifesto rains on interoperability parade. Also Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF) published a public apology.
