It seems that everyone is a cloud provider these days. Much like the early Internet period of the ’90s or the early PC period of the ’80s, there is a lot of promise but also some peril. Standards are still being solidified, implementations vary even at the same service provider, and cloud deployments are hard to migrate. This last point is particularly problematic should the service provider choice be unfortunate.
In his Opening Keynote at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Rich Place, Lead Partner – Cloud Services at SHI, will discuss the following trends:
Needs-based vs. capability-based provisioning
Cloud service portability
Cloud service aggregation by meta-providers