Trends Report

The State Of Cloud Platform Standards, Q4 2016

Standards Bodies And Open Source Foundations Learn To Play Nice

October 14th, 2016
Lauren Nelson, VP, Research Director
Lauren Nelson VP, Research Director
With contributors:
Glenn O'Donnell , Michael Caputo , Diane Lynch

Summary

Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals look to cloud computing services to enable flexibility and scalability for agile applications, but many fear vendor lock-in. Without standardization, applications, products, and entire businesses are vulnerable to the success and decisions of a single vendor. Standards development organizations (SDOs), market leaders, and open source solutions are creating de facto standards that together influence overall cloud standards. This report examines the current state of cloud standards as well as future projections so I&O pros can make informed cloud strategy decisions.

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