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National Institute of Standards and Technology Releases USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap
Today the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), released the USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap in support of the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy. NIST has a central role in defining and advancing standards, and collaborating with Agency CIOs, private sector experts, and international bodies to identify and reach consensus on cloud computing technology & standardization priorities.
The USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap is a mechanism to define, communicate, and recommend:
- Prioritized strategic and tactical requirements that must be met for agencies to further cloud adoption;
- Interoperability, portability and security standards, guidelines, and technology that need to be in place to satisfy these requirements; and,
- Candidate Priority Action Plans (PAPs) which are recommended for voluntary self-tasking by the cloud computing stakeholder community to support standards, guidelines, and technology development.
Recognizing the significance and breadth of the emerging cloud computing trend, NIST designed its program to support accelerated US government adoption, as well as leverage the strengths and resources of government, industry, academia, and standards organization stakeholders to support cloud computing technology innovation
The roadmap will be discussed at NIST’s Computing Forum & Workshop IV on November 2, 3 and 4, 2011. This workshop will also provide an updated status on NIST efforts to help develop open standards in interoperability, portability and security in cloud computing.
