Openness in software and architectures is a big win for users. This truth is so widely recognized that a lot of vendors seem to favor using “open” as a sort of mantra even though they’re often not, well, open except in glancing and incidental ways. This is nowhere truer than with cloud computing. Having an open architecture and approach when building a cloud matters deeply. Only an open cloud allows customers to manage diverse infrastructures […]
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With security concerns still trotted out as a major inhibitor to the adoption of Cloud Computing, the European Union’s cyber security Agency ENISA has weighed in with a new report on Governmental Cloud Computing that might upset the anti-federalists. Addressing security concerns, the Agency unsurprisingly concludes that private and community Clouds appear to be the solutions that best fit the needs of public administrations if they need to achieve the highest level of data governance. […]
As more organizations turn to the cloud, the need for an effective set of industry standards is becoming ever more pressing. There is a clear divide between those who argue for implementation of cloud standards and those who argue against. At the heart of this debate is a clear need to balance the benefits of having a standard with the call for a sustained pace of innovation. The argument against cloud computing standards relies on […]