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.