cloud – drivers and issues michael sharpe1 st digital agenda assembly vp etsi standardization...
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CLOUD – DRIVERS AND ISSUES Michael Sharpe 1st Digital Agenda AssemblyVP ETSI Standardization Projects Towards a Cloud Computing Strategy for Europe
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What’s in a cloud
A major shift in IT architectures and service delivery • Ubiquitous computing• « Inverted value chains »• Openness /interoperability: the crux of the matter
Development pulled by commercial needs• Won’t be end-to-end• No time to design big master plans…• …but research is crucial
Cross road of infrastructure and services• Policy, standards, regulation…strategy & tactics – NOW!
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Policy and regulatory issues
PortabilityResponsibility and Liability, Jurisdiction... etc
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All of which have knock-on effects on standards making
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Interoperability and standards -questions
Within clouds• Infrastructure equipment & software
APIs• Standardized or Unified APIs?• Proprietary ?• What about registries?
Between clouds • Portability & interoperability• public/private• « Cloud of clouds »
« Hard standards », « soft standards » and also SLAs, business processes, etc…The thorny issue of IPR dealings
You want to talk to us (as much as we want to talk to you...)
Industry driven• 750+ Members, 62 countries, 5 continents (80% private sector)• Links to governements (members) and EU policy makers• We never do it alone…global network of partners (SDOs and fora)• « Made in Europe for Global Use »
Focus on IOP: Centre for Testing & Interoperability• Engineering interoperability between heterogeneous components• Testing, validation• Interop testing (PlugTest)
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