Cloud Computing - Cloudscape Workshop, 14-15 January 2009, Brussels

 Cloudscape 

A Workshop Exploring Cloud Computing and its Impact on Enterprise IT
 
Date: Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 January 2009
Brussels, Belgium
 
"This truly international event brought together experts from various industries, government organizations and academic institutions, which resulted in an exchange of ideas and perspectives on Cloud computing that proved very insightful for speakers and attendees alike.  I look forward to participating in the next one."
Stefan Van Overtveldt, BT
 
Speaker Presentations now on-line - click on title or speaker name in the Agenda to access

Watch the Cloudscape Rolling Presentation

 

The Cloudscape workshop drew over 100 participants from Europe and the US to discuss the benefits of the adoption of Cloud Computing for business and the challenges that this may bring.

Challenges

Open Standards - Market and end-users are the forefront of the Cloud computing market and indeed it is  "users that may drive interoperability standards among cloud service providers" - Martin Antony Walker, Independent consultant

Interoperability - There are two categories of interoperability that need to be addressed: interoperability between clouds  and the interoperability between grids and clouds - Francesco Giacomini, INFN

Scalability - Issues surrounding how industry can move  existing software packages from the internal centre into a cloud industry need to be addressed.

Management, Policies & legal issues – Quantifying costs & potential benefits of cloud computing will be a challenge although it was argued that data centre management could be one of the highest costs.

The Advantages of clouds encompass massive scalability  bringing flexible storage requirements and reliability, as well as potential for further developments.  Services accessible via a cloud may be run on grids and, in the case of infrastructure clouds, grids could be the hosted services. Furthermore, Cloud may offer temporary or partial outsourcing of infrastructure and services with Grids being embedded into clouds.

A full Cloudscape post event report will be available shortly.

Download the Cloudscape Position Papers

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