Open Data Center Alliance announces 8 cloud computing requirements

BEIJING, June 15, 2011--Open Data center ALLIANCE,ODCA, which is the mission of open and interoperable cloud solutions, announced important milestones in Beijing today. In just seven months, the league's membership has grown by as much as four times times, with more than 280 global IT application leaders joining the Alliance, which have accumulated more than $100 billion trillion in it budgets over the year. The Open Data Center Alliance also established a working group, alliances with key industry-related standards-setting organizations and solution providers, and the release of the first cloud computing requirements, the first time that the alliance was released by end users, and the cloud requirements based on the priorities of the most pressing challenges they faced in it applications. This release will guide purchasing decisions for members of the consortium, while enabling vendors and solution providers to gain an in-depth understanding of the needs of their members, leading to the end user's cloud computing services and a new generation of data center solutions.

"By releasing the first Application Model roadmap, the Open Data Center Alliance has fulfilled its commitment to change the way data center scenarios are developed and used," said Matthew Eastwood, vice president of IDC Enterprise Platform research. "The Alliance has drafted and released the first batch of application model information so quickly, For the cloud computing industry, it is not only a sign that it is planning to prioritize data center and cloud computing planning, but it also shows the alliance's commitment to meeting the real challenges. ”

The first publicly released files of the Open Data Center Alliance include 8 open Datacenter application models that define the IT requirements for cloud deployment (Open Data Center Usage Models), and an Open data center vision for cloud Computing (open Datacenter Vision For Cloud Computing). These results provide the foundation for an interoperable, flexible, and efficient cloud computing vision. In addition, to promote the wider use of cloud services, these documents define a range of specific innovations in security interoperability, automation, unified management, policy development, and solution transparency. With these innovative applications, it is expected that annual IT spending will be reduced by $25 billion trillion within 5 years, while generating more than $50 billion trillion in cloud service innovation.

The first published application models of the Open Data Center Alliance include the following:

• Supplier safety and security monitoring (Provider security Assurance and monitoring): Standard security levels are presented for cloud services and validation to address the enormous challenges of cloud computing deployments.

• Infrastructure as a service directory and standard unit of measurement (service Catalog and Standard Units of measurement for IaaS): Compare the characteristics, prices, and performance of the private cloud with the public cloud to improve service transparency and reduce the difficulty of it decision-making.

• VM Interoperability and input/output control (virtual Machine Interoperability and IO Controls): Provides a technical basis for interoperability of cloud computing and the need to improve service quality.

• Regulation and carbon emissions (regulation and Carbon footprint Values): In addition to the requirement that cloud services meet government and corporate regulations, a means of making users aware of the amount of carbon dioxide delivered to their services is presented.

Mr. Curt Aubley, Vice president and chief technical officer of the Lockheed Martin Information Systems and global solutions company network security and Next generation Innovation department, who serves as the president of the Open Data Center Alliance, said: "The first batch of cloud computing customer demand is completely beyond our expectations, This reflects the focus of the 280-plus global membership on the topic of cloud computing. In a very short period of time, the Alliance convened global membership, set up a working group and developed the first application model, which shows how astonishing the resultant force is when the end user pulls together to contribute to the future of the data center and cloud computing development. The alliance will support members to adopt these application models as soon as they plan the cloud computing environment. At the same time, we encourage all vendors and solution providers to fully utilize the guidelines for these examples when developing new products. ”

The Open Data Center Alliance is working with industry-related standards organizations and vendors to translate these requirements into a solution that is backed by industry standards and can be implemented. Today, the Open Data Center Alliance publishes the following statements:

• Cloud Security Alliance (CSA): Define standards for security requirements.

• Distributed Management Working Group (DMTF): Defines IT infrastructure management requirements.

• Structured Information Standards Promotion Organization (OASIS): setting standards for transparency in services.

• International Telecommunications Management Forum Enterprise Cloud Computing Leadership Committee (ECLC): Enhanced cloud service definition.

"The release of the first cloud computing application model in the Open Data center could be seen as an important turning point for the cloud computing industry and end-users," said Sean Kelley, chief information officer and ECLC of Deutsche Bank platform services. The International Telecommunication Management Forum's Enterprise cloud Computing Leadership Committee and the Open Data Center Alliance both agree that it needs to be prioritized and that the cloud ecosystem is developed in the direction of optimal, resilient, and efficient management to deliver cloud services and deploy data centers. ”

To ensure that these application models are widely adopted and implemented by the industry, the Open Data Center Alliance is working with solution providers, including industry-leading data center hardware and software vendors and solution vendors. Companies such as Dell, EMC, Huawei, parallels and Red Hat are now joining the Alliance to work together to accelerate the time-to-market of related products in order to meet the requirements of an Open Data center alliance.

"Partnering with an outstanding global end-user organization such as the Open Data Center Alliance is one of the key strategies for EMC to accelerate the user's approach to cloud computing, business agility and efficiency." "EMC is pleased to work with other solution providers in the alliance to deploy flexible, hybrid cloud solutions to meet the needs of the first application models," says Doc D ' Errico, vice president of EMC Solutions. ”

All of the above statements have been approved by the Board of the Open Data Center Alliance, its Board of Directors is comprised of 12 of the world's leading companies in IT applications: BMW, Capgemini Consulting (Gemini), China Life, China Unicom, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Lockheed Martin (Lockheed Martin), Marriott International Group, National Bank of Australia, Terremark, Disney Group and Swiss banks.

For more information, you can download PDF documents at http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/. The Open Data Center consortium will carry out a series of related online live events from June 29. For information on the registration details of these activities and the Open Data Center Alliance, please visit: http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org.

About Open Datacenter Federation (Open Data Center Alliance)

The Open Data Center Alliance is an independent IT user association, comprised of globally leading companies in IT applications, working together to provide a unified vision to meet long-term data center and cloud infrastructure requirements. To achieve this goal, the consortium created an Open Data Center Application Model independent of IT vendors and worked with the industry to develop cloud computing standards. Intel Corporation, as the technical advisor to the Alliance, is governed by the Alliance Steering Committee. Open Data Center Alliance members are committed to using the Open Data Center Alliance Application Model to guide data center procurement decisions and to plan future deployments of the data center. For information about Open Data Center affiliate, please login: http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org.

Partners-standard-setting organizations

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
"IT managers always regard security as the primary challenge in cloud applications, and we welcome the work done by the Open Data Center Consortium in proposing the standard security levels for cloud services and validation." We look forward to combining the work of the Open Data Center alliance with our research so that we can provide relevant services to a wider range of users. ”
--co-founder and executive director of Cloud Security Alliance Jim Reavis

Distributed Management Working Group (DMTF)
"Cloud computing has emerged as a force for data center transformation, bringing new challenges to data center resource management." The application model released today by the Open Data Center Alliance emphasizes customer demand for open and interoperable cloud management standards, and as DMFT continues to lead the development of interoperability IT management standards, we look forward to discovering opportunities to collaborate with the Open Data Center Alliance. ”
--Winston Bumpus, president of Distributed Management Working Group (DMTF)

Structured Information Standards Promotion Organization (OASIS)
"Cloud computing can elevate organizational effectiveness to a new level, provided it is based on an open, interoperable approach." Only by applying open standards, cloud applications can be successfully promoted, and clear user requirements play an important role in standard-setting processes. The Open Data Center Alliance's service catalog and the standard unit of measurement application model seek to enable users to evaluate and compare different types of cloud services through clear metrics. Oasis Standards for trading, certification, measurement units, service delivery and service specifications should provide an excellent basis for achieving the goal of an Open Data center alliance. Oasis will be delighted to work with members of the Open Data Center Alliance to drive the implementation of existing standards and to develop the new standards necessary to leverage cloud computing's potential in data center planning. ”
--oasis Executive Director Laurent Liscia

International Telecommunications Management Forum Enterprise Cloud Computing Leadership Committee (ECLC)
"The release of the first cloud computing application model in the Open Data center can be seen as an important turning point in the cloud computing and end-user markets." The International Telecommunication Management Forum's Enterprise cloud Computing Leadership Committee and the Open Data Center Alliance both agree that it needs to be prioritized and that the cloud ecosystem is developed in the direction of optimal, resilient, and efficient management to deliver cloud services and deploy data centers. ”
--ECLC, chief information officer and chairman of Deutsche Bank platform services, Sean Kelley

Member of Open Data Center Alliance solution Provider

Dell

"The IT industry is at a critical turning point-Dell calls it the virtual age, which is being driven by new solutions and services that meet the higher demands of customers for mobility, virtualization, cloud computing and pervasive data access." In this era, the work of the Open Data Center Alliance provides a wider range of opportunities for end users to systematize and present their own needs, thus enabling the wide application of cloud resources in the enterprise. As the leader in cloud computing, Dell is looking forward to working with the leaders of the Open Data Center Alliance to provide feedback to the application model while aligning the solutions to end-user needs. ”

--Brian Payne, executive director of Dell's PowerEdge platform marketing department

EMC

"Partnering with an outstanding global end-user organization such as the Open Data Center Alliance is one of the key strategies for EMC to accelerate the user's approach to cloud computing, business agility and efficiency." EMC is pleased to work with other alliance solution providers to deploy flexible, hybrid cloud solutions to meet the needs of the first application models. ”

EMC Solution Department Vice President Doc D ' Errico

Parallels

"With the expertise that parallels provides support to 5,000 hosting partners worldwide, we look forward to advancing the Open Data Center Federated Services Directory Application model in the public cloud." These managed partners provide a wide range of infrastructure services (IaaS), Platform for Services (PaaS), and software as services (SaaS) for over 10 million of SMEs. Parallels enables cloud service providers to shorten the time to wait for profitability, increase the average revenue per user, and reduce customer disruption. Promoting open standards and interoperability in key elements of the cloud data center will help the parties optimize the benefits of the cloud-based application. ”

John Zanni, vice president, marketing and Cooperation department,--parallels service provider

Red Hat

"Red hat has long been committed to optimizing our technology from a customer perspective and is firmly committed to following open source and open standards." Joining the Open Data Center Alliance will help in this effort to help users build high-performance, scalable, and reliable IT infrastructures across entity, virtual, and cloud deployments. Taking advantage of our experience with important cloud projects and cloud technologies in community management, while maintaining a high level of concern for user needs, we look forward to working with other members of the Open Data Center Alliance to design an open, interoperable cloud environment. ”

--red Hat Cloud business Vice president and general manager Scott Crenshaw

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