Open Data Center Alliance

Welcome.

The Open Data Center Alliance^SM is working actively to shape the future of cloud computing — a future based on open, interoperable standards. Our membership includes more than 300 companies spanning multiple continents and industries. We welcome companies who share our vision of seamless, secure cloud computing.

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Our Vision.

We are developing a unified vision for cloud requirements – particularly focused on open, interoperable solutions for secure cloud federation, automation of cloud infrastructure, common management, and transparency of cloud service delivery.

The Alliance's membership includes companies, representing more than $100B in annual IT spend. Our Technical Workgroups are defining a new class of IT requirements for the transformation of data center computing. Whether you are an enterprise IT cloud customer or a cloud solution or service provider, Alliance membership can benefit your company.
We invite you to join us!

ODCA: Interoperability Is an Enterprise Cloud Requirement

HPC Wire discuss ODCA VM Interoperability Usage Model and explains how critical this guideline is to enterprise ready cloud implementation. Read the article.

BMW charts path to the cloud with Alliance's requirements and releases White Paper.

Mario Mueller, ODCA Chairman and BMW VP IT Infrastructure, presents on BMW's cloud strategy following the ODCA's guidelines.

Watch Video and Download White Paper.

The Alliance Releases new PoC that Identifies Priorities for Driving VM Interoperability in the Enterprise Cloud.

The Open Data Center Alliance announced a new POC (proof-of-concept) paper developed to determine where the virtual machine (VM) industry currently is in meeting interoperability requirements outlined in the ODCA VM interoperability usage model. The paper overviews procedures and results from recent ODCA VM interoperability testing and identifies priorities and gaps that hypervisor and VM solution providers need to address in order to move VM interoperability between public and private enterprise clouds forward. Download the Implementing the Open Data Center Alliance Virtual Machine Interoperability Usage Model, and visit our Library Page for a complete list of all ODCA publications.

Join us for Forecast 2013!

Happening in San Francisco June 17-18 adjacent to GigaOM's Structure event, Forecast is the Alliance's flagship engagement opportunity for global IT managers and providers to come together to discuss adoption of cloud services based on ODCA requirements.

Featuring Luminary Speaker Harper Reed, Obama Campaign CTO, Forecast will feature sessions focused on top of mind issues associated with cloud deployment as well as provide a unique opportunity for senior IT executives to engage, share insight, and learn from their peers.

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Welcome to our New Members.

A warm welcome to the new member companies that have recently joined the Alliance. We look forward to a rich collaboration with these new companies. To learn more about the benefits of becoming a member of the ODCA, please visit our Membership Page.

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FEEDS

FROM ODCA'S CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

ODCA is a customer-focused organization defining requirements to speed delivery of cloud computing benefits worldwide. Our work helps member companies set strategies to get maximum value from the transition to cloud, and effectively plan and procure next-generation data center technologies, cloud infrastructure, and cloud services. We are paving the way for providers to deliver relevant products for a broad cloud computing market based on standards developed by collaborative industry organizations. You're cordially invited to engage with other global IT leaders who are sharing knowledge and ideas – working together to create a cloud computing future that will benefit us all.
Mario Mueller
Chairman of the Board and Secretary, Open Data Center Alliance

FROM INTEL CORPORATION,ODCA TECHNICAL ADVISOR

The Alliance is playing a critical role in making cloud computing a viable reality for enterprise. Intel is excited to be part of this work. As Technical Advisor, we facilitate connections and collaboration among leading industry players – cloud customers, providers, and standards bodies – and contribute technical resources to support ODCA's mission. We look forward to working with you to accelerate development and delivery of standards based, best-practice solutions for cloud and next-generation data center infrastructure.
Jason Waxman Intel
General Manager,
High Density Computing, Data Center Group, Intel