tirsdag den 3. februar 2009

The Universal Cloud Interface: Applying the Semantic Web to Cloud Interoperability


Der er efterhånden mange mulige skyformationer at vælge imellem, men hvor let, hvis overhovedet muligt, er det at flytte fra en sky til den næste?
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By now there are several possible cloud solutions to choose from but how easy, if at all possible, is it to switch cloud?
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John Musser

One of the big debates these days when it comes to cloud computing center around portability and interoperability between providers. That is, if you build an application on Amazon’s EC2 or Google’s AppEngine or Force.com, or store your data on Box.net or Amazon’s S3, how hard is it to port your application or move your data to another cloud provider? If you develop on a given platform, how locked-in, or not, are you? And beyond that, could developers benefit from having standardized APIs to develop to without having to learn a new model and interface each time. As you’d expect, there’s no easy answer to this.

Given that open standards and processes can play a role here, just this past weekend,Enomoly’s Reuven Cohen, setup a web site as part of a new initiative on this front, a Universal Clound Interface. As he describes it: [...]


Read more: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/02/02/the-universal-cloud-interface-applying-the-semantic-web-to-cloud-interoperability/

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