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Overview of Cloud Standards

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Cloud computing is slowly transforming itself from a hype to reality. However, its maturity and further adoption depends on its ability to address concerns such as security, interoperability, portability and governance at the earliest opportunity. This can be accelerated by compliance to guidelines and standards defined in consensus by the cloud providers. Without addressing these concerns, users would be wary to tread this path in spite of its powerful economic model for business computing. This chapter will explore the readiness of various standards of interoperability, security, portability and governance for the cloud computing model. The market adoption of these standards will also be explored and gaps or opportunities for improvement will be discussed.

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  1. Retail Banking Business Unit - UK EME RBS Technology Services India Tower A, India Land Tech Park, Plot No.14, 3rd Main Street, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Ambattur, Chennai, 600058, India

    Anand Govindarajan (Technical/Data Architect)

  2. Education & Research, Infosys Technologies Limited, Electronic City, Bangalore, 560 100, India

    Lakshmanan (Lead Principal, (IT Architecture Educator and Mentor)

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    Nick Antonopoulos

  2. Dept. Computing, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom

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Govindarajan, A., Lakshmanan (2010). Overview of Cloud Standards. In: Antonopoulos, N., Gillam, L. (eds) Cloud Computing. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-241-4_5

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