[occi-wg] [ogf-board] OCCI is explicitly mentioned in this document!

[Gary Mazz]

Let me quote

    /At present Amazon's EC2 and S3 API has become something of a
    de-facto standard, where considerable development effort is being
    expended. The EC2 API allows for maintenance of virtual machine (VM)
    images and for VMs to be provisioned and de-provisioned, whilst the
    S3 APIs (one based on REST, the other on SOAP) allow for simple data
    object storage, retrieval and management. Other functioning examples
    are Rackspace?s Mosso API and Sun?s Cloud API./

    /These APIs are very simple and do not include all the functionality
    that might be envisaged or covered in this document (e.g. specifying
    the full range of VM instance characteristics), but could still be
    used as a common starting point. However, the vendor-backed APIs are
    not patent unencumbered, thus should probably not be used as a
    long-term solution./

    */The recommended long-term solution is the OCCi, however at the
    time of writing the interface specification only loosely defines a
    protocol and does not contain a full API. Having spoken to the
    steering group of the OCCi it is clear that their intent is to
    create a fully open, patent unencumbered API for general use, which
    would be ideal for G-Cloud purposes. Further, there is an
    opportunity for the G-Cloud programme to influence the direction of
    development of the OCCi, which should be exploited./
    *
    cheers
    gary

On 2/10/2011 12:52 PM, Craig Lee wrote:
> Quite gratifying!  Interesting, though, that OVF is mentioned in the
> same subsection, but CDMI is not.
>
> --Craig
>
> On 2/10/11 11:23 AM, Alan Sill wrote:
>> From: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/g-cloud-programme-phase-2
>>
>> G-Cloud Programme - Phase 2
>>
>> In October 2009, following approval from the CIO Council, a team led by the Cabinet Office set out to define how the public sector could utilise the Cloud Computing approach to ICT delivery and explore what benefits and challenges this approach would create. This became known as Phase 2 of the G-Cloud Programme.
>>
>> Phase 2 (October 2009 to April 2010) was led by the Cabinet Office and included representatives from over 10 Government departments who headed up work packages involving some 100 volunteers from a broad spectrum of ICT suppliers.
>>
>> Following peer review during February/March 2010 the following documents were finalised:
>>
>> 	• G-Cloud Vision
>> 	• G-Cloud Commercial Strategy
>> 	• G-Cloud Strategic Outline Business Case
>> 	• G-Cloud Implementation Strategy
>> 	• G-Cloud Information Assurance Report
>> 	• G-Cloud Service Management, Organisational Structure and Governance
>> 	• G-Cloud Service Specification
>> 	• G-Cloud Technical Architecture
>> 	• G-Cloud Founding Principles
>> These reports are published here and reflect the conclusions of G-Cloud Phase 2 Programme. Report 5, Information Assurance is not being published and some additional security related information located in other documents has also been removed.
>>
>> Phase 2 reports were developed as key deliverables under work strands of the ICT strategy published on 27th January 2010. They provide a well informed baseline of public sector Cloud thinking from 2009 to early 2010.
>>
>> Further development of plans for adoption of the Cloud Computing approach to ICT and the delivery of cloud based services to the public sector is on-going and will reflect the objectives of the Coalition Government. Cloud Computing principles are evolving rapidly and these will be incorporated into this work.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> G-Cloud Technical Architecture
>>
>>
>> http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/08-G-CLOUD-TechnicalArchitectureWorkstrand-Report.pdf
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