There is probably no more agile and
informative promoter of using and profiting from Cloud technologies
in Europe than EuroCloud. EuroCloud cover the full spectrum from
creating awareness on the benefits of Cloud technologies to actual
requirements gathering for future innovation around the Cloud. In
this context, EuroCloud also actively contribute to the work done at
ETSI's for defining a Cloud standards map for Europe.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of being
invited at the EuroCloud Germany annual conference 2013. In my role
as co-facilitator of the ETSI standards mapping activity I was
invited to speak about Cloud standardisation and the Cloud Standards
Coordination. I tried to paint a picture of the Cloud standardisation
landscape with some special focus on the fact that a large number of
Cloud standards are already available and the actual task is to
identify them and prepare for combining them into Cloud solutions. I
stressed that standardisation Is going new ways in Cloud with
partnering and collaborating closely with customers, e.g. in the
Cloud Standards Customer Council, and in taking a community approach
for an open Cloud platform as done in the OpenStack Foundation. My
slides are available on silde share:
The programme of the conference was
extremely good with a number of high level speakers and excellent
presentations. Some of my take-aways are:
- Cloud technologies are not just a business for CTOs or CIOs in companies, they need to be addressed at the CEO and COO level.
- It is important to demonstrate to potential Cloud users the actual applications and solutions they can achieve by using the Cloud.
- Let's not talk Cloud technology more complex than it is – otherwise users will be frightened off.
- Trust and security are key aspects for Cloud users.
- Vendor lock-in will not help in achieving a broad uptake of Cloud technologies.
All in all really a great and
informative conference. Congratulations to the organisers.
