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Intel's Cloud 2015 and the Open Data Center Alliance

By Lisa Hoover (19 posts) on November 30, 2010 at 10:19 am

As this year winds to a close (already?), many of us are thinking about what 2011 holds. The strategists at Intel, however, are a few years ahead of us and already considering what 2015 will look like, especially its vision of cloud computing.

Given how quickly the technology is evolving, expect to see three elements of cloud computing evolve within the next four to five years:

• Federated  - clouds that allow enterprise users to share data across internal and external clouds

• Automated - A way for users to securely move software applications and resources over a network for better data center energy efficiency and workload balancing to better utilize resources

• Client-aware - PC and device-savvy clouds optimize the users online experience by automatically identifying what processes should happen in the cloud in addition to a laptop, smartphone or other device

Watch for new software in the coming months to support these goals, as well as new capabilities built into Intel's Xeon processors.

Open Data Center Alliance

Of course, with emerging cloud computing technology comes the need for industry standards and best practices. Dozens of big-name companies including Lockheed Martin, BMW, and Marriot, form the newly-launched Open Data Center Alliance. Its goal is to develop a roadmap of hardware and software requirements "that lead to more open and interoperable cloud and data center solutions." Intel's role will be primarly in an advisory capacity.

ZDnet's Larry Dignan says, "This Open Data Center Alliance includes 70 companies that represent $50 billion in annual IT spending... That buying power is why this open data center push is interesting. Given the buying clout, vendors will have to play the cloud interoperability game. While it’s unclear how successful this alliance will be it is at least shedding the spotlight on cloud interoperability, a big emerging issue."

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