Open Data Center Alliance Membership Forecasts A Tripling Of Cloud Computing Deployments
Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) members will triple cloud deployment in the next two years according to a report published by the organization. This adoption is 5X faster than Q2’2011 IDC market forecasts for the >$90B expected invested in cloud operations worldwide in the next two years and reflects growing member confidence in delivery of industry standard cloud solutions that align with top customer requirements outlined by the organization earlier this year.
The member forecast was delivered as the organization’s leadership outlined its next major advancements in addressing the top obstacles to cloud adoption including publication of best practices for cloud application development and resiliency as well as collaborations on potential standards with the leading industry organizations for cloud security and management, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). The announcements are the latest details to emerge from the organization as it moves towards its goal of accelerating over $50B in cloud investment over the next three years.
"The ODCA membership comprises some of the largest adopters of cloud computing across the globe. Today's news illustrates how rapidly our membership is implementing cloud in internal environments and with service providers," said ODCA Board of Directors Chairperson Marvin Wheeler. "We're delighted by the rapid progress to set standards for cloud security and management, and collaboration with data center industry leaders to deliver open, interoperable cloud solutions."
Solving Critical Cloud Challenges through Industry Standards and Best Practices
Collaborations with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) reflect the latest advancements by the organization to ensure industry standard delivery of open cloud solutions and reflect the group’s prioritization of work addressing the top challenges facing broad adoption of cloud computing. Details of the collaborations include:
• Alignment of the ODCA’s Cloud Security Assurance and Monitoring usage models with CSA’s Cloud Audit specification and STAR (Security, Trust, and Registry) program. First standards are expected to be delivered in H1’ 2012 and will drive standard definition of security for cloud services