A group of companies and organizations have published a document that they call the Open Cloud Manifesto. It aims to provide an outline of core principles that are intended to boost interoperability among various cloud computing technologies. The manifesto, which is strongly supported by IBM, has faced criticism for the secrecy and lack of inclusiveness that characterized its creation.
Cloud computing is an amorphous buzzword that encompasses several broad categories of network-based computing, ranging from hosted software to scalable grid services, where applications or units of computing resources are sold on an as-needed basis. There are a wide range of open and proprietary technologies that are used to provision computing resources, deploy and manage software in a cloud environment, and move data among various cloud services and networks.
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