Cloud openness, and what "open" means exactly in the context of cloud computing -- whether on-premise or in a public cloud--are hot topics at the CloudOpen conference, which is being held by the Linux Foundation in San Diego this week. CloudOpen is a new event being run in parallel with LinuxCon.
That those on stage and in the audience at this event favor openness is hardly news. Nor is the fact that an open cloud is a challenge that goes beyond open source. During a panel moderated by Red Hat's John Mark Walker, Greg DeKoenigsberg of Eucalyptus Systems described the situation as "fighting to maintain openness in a space that strongly mitigates against it at every opportunity." At the same time, several panelists acknowledged that many users will, by default, take the easiest path, whether it's open or otherwise. For this reason, Joe Brockmeier of Citrix opined that it is "up to users to demand certain rights." He added that you "cannot count on a mandate that the cloud provider do the right thing."
(Credit: Linux Foundation)
New data from market researcher IDC offers insight into what users, as opposed to vendors, think of this debate. The Linux Foundation has published data derived from an IDC survey conducted in July and August:
- When it comes to businesses, 72 percent say that the use of open-so... [Read more]
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