Microsoft IBM and other industry organizations to promote the spread of cloud computing

December 10 News, including Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard and other companies set up a "Corporate cloud buyer Council" to remove obstacles to the use of cloud computing services enterprises. According to foreign media reports, the company cloud Buyer's board of directors initially included the provision and use of cloud computing services companies, including Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, At&t, BT, EMC, Deutsche Bank, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, Crown, Nokia Siemens Communications, Italia Telecom and Australia Telecom.　　Industry organizations distributed management task groups and IT Service management forums are also members of the organization. Gari Brousse, chief researcher at BT, said an important task of the corporate cloud Buyer's board was to remove concerns about firm Lock-in.　　The corporate cloud Buyer's Council will develop standards-based solutions that include virtual, management, and control layers that enable businesses to easily migrate projects from one vendor's service to another. In addition, safety and reliability are concerns for businesses, Bruce said.　　Corporate Cloud Buyer's Council will study these issues and develop the best solutions.　　Corporate Cloud Buyer's board will also address issues related to cloud computing performance and latency. Amazon, the leader in cloud computing, did not participate in the corporate Cloud Buyer Council.　　Amazon has not commented. Amazon is also trying to remove the barriers that affect the popularity of cloud computing services. Amazon released a price comparison calculator yesterday that allows users to compare the cost of using Amazon EC2, hosting a project, or hosting a host by entering information about their data needs.　　Amazon has also published a white paper detailing the direct and indirect costs of operating data centers.　　BT is currently developing a cloud computing service called Koala. (Responsible editor: Liu Yanqing) Author: