Open Group Cloud Work Group

The Open Group Cloud Work Group

The Open Group Cloud Work Group exists to create a common understanding among buyers and suppliers of how enterprises of all sizes and scales of operation can include Cloud Computing technology in a safe and secure way in their architectures to realize its significant cost, scalability and agility benefits. It includes some of the industry's leading cloud providers and end-user organizations, collaborating on standard models and frameworks aimed at eliminating vendor lock-in for enterprises looking to benefit from cloud products and services.

We are committed to work with other groups with similar aims. At the outset, it is our intent to work with:

We are open to working with other relevant organizations.

The direction of the group is determined by Open Group members, but you don't have to be a member to participate - everyone interested in cloud computing can join the discussions.

To get involved, just subscribe to the cloudsters mailing list. You will be sent a password so that you can log in.

If your company is already a Member of The Open Group, please send mail to the administrator to request to be added to the Work Group.

For more information on The Open Group Cloud Work Group, please visit www.opengroup.org/cloudcomputing/ or visit the Open Group Cloud Work Group Overview. PDF

Resources

Paper: Building Return on Investment from Cloud Computing - April 2010
Prepared by the Cloud Business Artifacts (CBA) project of The Open Group Cloud Computing Work Group.
This White Paper presents the initial conclusions from The Open Group on how to build and measure Return on Investment (ROI) from Cloud Computing. It Introduces the main factors affecting ROI from Cloud Computing, and compares the business development of Cloud Computing with that of other innovative technologies. It also describes the main approaches to building ROI by taking advantage of the benefits that Cloud Computing provides and describes approaches to measure this ROI, absolutely and in comparison with traditional approaches to IT, by giving an overview of Cloud Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics.

The result is an analysis of how to build and measure ROI that will help businesses to reap the benefits of Cloud Computing, and take advantage of its potential for incremental improvement and disruptive transformation of business processes.