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7. Impacts of the Cloud
Unlike traditional storage, where the players and products are well known, the cloud environment is under construction. On the supplier side, service offerings are still evolving. The implementation of a storage service to complement the storage already in use needs to be planned. While the potential benefits are attractive, resistance to this type of change can be significant. Before implementing this type of solution, it is crucial to provide information on the possibilities and limits of the Cloud, to find sponsors in management and to train stakeholders. Finally, it's important to explain what the Cloud can bring, and to reassure employees of its impact.
7.1 How to get started
Every company, large or small, has its own particular conception of data and storage...
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Impacts of the Cloud
The current state of standardization
Bibliography
- (1) - Forecast : External controller-based disk storage. - Worldwide, 2011-2015, 1Q11 Update, Gartner, 15 mars 2011.
- (2) - - http://aws.amazon.com/fr/ec2/188-5068371-6766308/...
Software tools
The status of the Cloud Data Management Interface Reference Implementation standard is still incomplete. However, a code and the corresponding interface status documents are available at http://cdmi.sniacloud.com/http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/CDMI_RI_0c.zip
...Websites
Amazon S3 – Service agreement http://aws.amazon.com/fr/s3-sla/
Up-to-date information and status of problems encountered http://status.aws.amazon.com/
Cleversafe http://www.cleversafe.com/
...Events
Online events proposal: webcast http://www.brighttalk.com
Gartner Symposium http://Gartner.com/eu/symposium
CNIT Cloud computing event October 2011 http://www.mobility-for-business.com
...Standards and norms
- http://www.securite-informatique.gouv.fr/gp_article85.html - ISO 27001 -
- http://sas70.com/ - SAS 70 -
Regulations
European Data Protection Directive http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/information_society/data_ protection/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive
Patriot Act...
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Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Dell Equalogic http://www.equallogic.com/http://www.dell.com
Seanodes http://www.seanodes.com/
Isilon...
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