The Alliance published eight Open Data Center Usage Models in June 2011 and since this time has delivered enhancements to existing usage models as well as published new usage models addressing additional customer requirements for the cloud. These member-defined requirements document the most pressing challenges and needed solutions for cloud deployment in four categories: Secure Federation, Automation, Common Management & Policy, and Transparency. They will help shape Alliance members' planning and purchasing, and highlight requests for providers to deliver solutions based on the requirements.

We anticipate quick industry response to the requirements, initial POCs of solutions beginning in 2012. This could accelerate over $50 billion in cloud service investments and is expected to save $25 billion through IT operational efficiency due to cloud adoption.

RFP Verbiage Integration

In March, 2012, the Alliance published updates to the majority of usage models to include standard RFP verbiage to help facilitate and accelerate member adoption of open cloud resources. Check for the PEAT logo below for usage models featuring RFP verbiage integration.

SECURE FEDERATION | AUTOMATION | COMMON MANAGEMENT AND POLICY | TRANSPARENCY

SECURE FEDERATION
Security Provider Assurance Rev. 1.1 Industry standard security levels across all providers Security Monitoring Rev. 1.1 Users can confirm compliance any time, any cloud Identity Management Interoperability Guide Rev. 1.0 Cloud Based Identity Governance and Auditing Rev. 1.0 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Privileged UserAccess Rev. 1.0 Cloud Based Identity Provisioning Rev. 1.0 Single Sign On Authentication Rev. 1.0		English (View in "Low Res.")		Chinese (View in "Low Res.")
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AUTOMATION
IO Control Rev. 1.1 Extend QoS guarantees from system to network VM Interoperability Rev. 1.1 VM deployment and management across any virtual Long Distance Workload Migration Rev. 1.0		English (View in "Low Res.")		Chinese (View in "Low Res." )
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COMMON MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
Regulatory Framework Guide industry in requirements and compliance management best practices		English (View in "Low Res.")		Chinese (View in "Low Res.")
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TRANSPARENCY
Carbon Footprint Rev. 1.1 Cloud services become "CO2 aware" Service Catalog Enable users to compare cloud service features and price across clouds Standard Units of Measurement for IaaS Enable users to measure cloud services based on industry standard models		English (View in "Low Res.")		Chinese (View in "Low Res.")
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