Cloud computing is helping IT Pros in learning

Recently, a collaborative community and website for IT professionals, helped CA technologies in figuring out how to best use cloud computing naming Cloud Commons has been unveiled by CA Technologies. The website is globally accepted measure for calculating the benefits and risks of cloud-computing services and is helping to develop a set of business-centric measures, mixing quantitative and qualitative data, that will provide chief information officers with a standardised method for comparing cloud services from internal or external providers.

The researchers are seeking industry involvement via a consortium being formed with researchers from other educational institutions, end user organisations and technology providers, who have expertise in measuring and managing IT-enabled services. This initiative will develop a Service Measurement Index, SMI, which will be available for use by members of the Cloud Commons. Demand for cloud services holds significant potential for the technology and communications industries, but many barriers still exist to widespread adoption at an enterprise level.

The site will have key components like a marketplace of cloud computing service offerings which will include vendor service ratings to enable participants to compare service options, Area allowing participants to provide feedback on their experience with third-party cloud services, Peer collaboration and networking, commentary on content posted on the site, and the sharing of cloud best practices and articles from industry analysts and subject matter experts, blog feeds from industry leaders, as well as white papers and stories on experiences from IT professionals.

Actually, these days no comprehensive, unbiased source soliciting and aggregating most current and relevant knowledge about cloud computing and accumulated, actual experiences of organisations having with the cloud is there. Cloud Commons will address this need — providing IT professionals with situational awareness and visibility into what is possible with the cloud.