Doug Tidwell from IBM has just
sent out a message
informing that the final version of the crowd sourced Cloud Computing
use cases white paper has been published under an open source license
(including images).
Tidwell
has this to say "This is the synthesis of lots of hard work and insight
from lots of people. I hope it will be a great resource for the
community and a foundation for the hard work ahead of us. Our common
goal is to keep cloud computing open, and the use cases and
requirements we've developed will help us drive that forward. Whenever
someone says, "We don't need an open way of doing X," we can respond,
"So tell us how to implement use case Y without being locked in to your
platform."
According to the final document, "The Cloud
Computing Use Case group brought together cloud consumers and cloud
vendors to define common use case scenarios for cloud computing. The
use case scenarios demonstrate the performance and economic benefits of
cloud computing and are based on the needs of the widest possible range
of consumers."
"The goal of this white paper is to highlight the
capabilities and requirements that need to be standardized in a cloud
environment to ensure interoperability, ease of integration and
portability. It must be possible to implement all of the use cases
described in this paper without using closed, proprietary technologies.
Cloud computing must evolve as an open environment, minimizing vendor
lock-in and increasing customer choice."
This is a great example
of how we in the open cloud computing community can come together to
create something meaningful. Congratulations to a job well done!
I've also put a copy of the whitepaper on scribd for easy viewing.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17929394/Cloud-Computing-Use-Cases-Whitepaper
Reuven
CCIF Instigator