OGF Announces the Publication of its Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) Specification Documents
OGF Publishes OCCI Specification, an Important Standard for Interoperable Cloud Computing
MUNCIE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Open Grid Forum (OGF, http://www.ogf.org) announced that its Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) Core and Infrastructure specification documents have been published as Proposed Recommendations and are now available for downloading on the OGF web site (http://www.ogf.org/documents).
OCCI is an extensible set of specifications for cloud services management that initially targets the fundamental layer of the cloud stack (IaaS) and can be easily applied to higher levels in the stack (PaaS, SaaS). The specification documents are based upon previously gathered requirements and focus on the important capabilities required to support modern service offerings that are vendor-independent, platform-neutral and can be extended to solve a broad variety of problems in cloud computing.
There are already well over a dozen implementations of OCCI in working software, with other major projects planning to adopt OCCI in the near future. Links to these are available at http://occi-wg.org/community/implementations.
OGF collaborates extensively with other industry associations, and is in advanced conversations with DMTF, SNIA and the Cloud Security Alliance to work on refinements of these and related specifications.
"We are very proud of OCCI and think that it provides an important and timely set of contributions to cloud computing technology that is already gathering rapid adoption," said OGF's Vice President for Standards, Alan Sill.
OCCI was developed by the OCCI Working Group (http://occi-wg.org), a chartered group within OGF.
OGF is the premier world-wide community for the development and adoption of best practices and standards for grid, cloud, and other applied distributed computing technologies. OGF's open forum and process enable communities of users, infrastructure providers, and software developers from around the globe in research, business and government to work together to address key issues, develop open standards, and promote interoperable solutions.
CONTACT:
Open Grid Forum (OGF)
Joel Replogle, 765-228-9068
OGF Executive Director
replogle@ogf.org
http://www.ogf.org
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