Securing the Cloud, Preventing Lock-in - Are Open Cloud Standards the Answer?
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Securing the Cloud, Preventing Lock-in - Are Open Cloud Standards the Answer?

Combined Session
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 14:00—15:00
Location: Alpsee

Securing the Cloud, Preventing Lock-in - Are Open Cloud Standards the Answer?


Securing the Cloud, Preventing Lock-in - Are Open Cloud Standards the Answer?
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Securing the Cloud, Preventing Lock-in - Are Open Cloud Standards the Answer?
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Mike Small
Mike Small
KuppingerCole
Mike Small is the retired director of security management strategy of CA, where he was responsible for the technical strategy for CA's security management software product line within Europe,...

Cloud Standardization: From Open Systems to Closed Clouds?

Vendors are making massive investments into cloud computing, but beware... they are doing so for a reason. In many cases the reason is they see an opportunity to take a leading position which leads to larger lock-in and higher pricing power. Will the cloud lead us back to the time where powerful mega-vendors offered complete closed stacks - from hardware to applications? Or will it be an open competitive market with low switching cost as intended by Adam Smith. In this session we examine some risks that will play in the cloud and how current standardization efforts will improve competition.

Marcus Lasance
Marcus Lasance
Verizon Business
Gregor Petri
Gregor Petri
CA Technologies
Gregor Petri is Advisor Lean IT and Cloud Computing at CA Technologies and currently rolling out The Cloud Academy, an initiative he started in Europe. He is a regular speaker at industry events...
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
CLOUD, Inc.
Gary Thompson is the Co-founder and CEO of CLOUD, Inc. (www.cloudinc.org), a non-profit technology standard consortia founded in March 2009 and based in Austin, Texas. CLOUD has been featured as a...
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