Reports

The State of Cloud Platform Standards, Q4 2016

Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals rely on the cloud to enable flexibility and scalability. Without standardisation, applications, products, and entire businesses are vulnerable to vendor lock-in.

Standards development organisations (SDOs), market leaders, and open source developer communities together influence emerging cloud standards. This report examines the current state as well as future projections. This report provides information to help Infrastructure and operations teams make informed cloud strategy decisions. Key takeaways include:

Which vendors and platforms are the current de facto standards
Up and coming platforms that hold promise to increase competition
The state of current SDO standards and a look towards the future