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OpenStack Has Finally Arrived After two years, 550,000 lines of code, 320 contributors, and 180 companies, the OpenStack cloud infrastructure project has finally arrived as a major player in the IaaS space. Beth Cohen explores the latest news from the world of OpenStack. |
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Geolocation and the Cloud—An Oxymoron? As cloud computing services become more widely accepted, the regulatory compliance, geolocation, and corporate governance issues have global companies expressing a need to know where their data is actually located. |
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Can Amazon Be a Viable Cloud Standard? Cloud users are asking when cloud computing standards will be mature enough so that more companies will feel comfortable implementing cloud architectures and using cloud services without feeling vendor lock-in. Beth Cohen ponders whether or not Amazon is a viable cloud standard. |
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The Complex Web of Cloud Pricing On the surface the OpEx payment model is appealing because it allows organizations to purchase the right amount of services to fit fluctuating needs over time. When you dig deeper, you will find a complex web of pricing and feature sets that makes it almost impossible to compare vendor offerings. |
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Emerging Cloud Standards—A Technology Lay of the Land Beyond the roughly divided cloud architecture's layers, consisting of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS, there is room for the creation of viable standards within and between each of the cloud layers. |
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Emerging Cloud Standards—Infrastructure First? While network standards that form the backbone of the Internet are widely accepted, cloud standards have been adopted more slowly by the community and the marketplace. As cloud infrastructure technology matures, increased vendor interest is driving a renewed effort to create viable standards. |
