With apologies for the Word format, the following message forwarded from one sent below by Bob Marcus in a non-OGF context summarizes some work he has done with a Telecommunications-oriented group in developing responses to the current US NIST call for input on cloud standards roadmaps. There are several such related groups, as I summarized in a previous message to the GFSG and am now passing on to the OCCI-WG with the suggestion that its members consider joining one or more of the US NIST working group mailing lists to ensure that they are fully aware of its procedures and processes for input, and with the request that the OCCI-WG coordinate with me and the relevant OGF area director and, if needed, with any other OGF groups and interested people on a response. The registration page for the related mailing lists is http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/workinggroups.cfm At this page you can check the boxes for topics you are interested in, keeping in mind that these are intended to be working group e-mail lists and that progress on a short time scale is expected. Once you complete the form, you will be directed to a page summarizing the work of the NIST-related groups to date, including recent related workshops. If you are interested, please register for any and all lists as appropriate to keep track of activities. Since there are manyhigh-level organizations involved, we may be asked to coordinate our responses as an organization, but right now I only want to make you aware of the processes taking place and give you an opportunity to become more familiar with the work being done by NIST and make sure you have an opportunity to participate. A short form response to me to indicate where you see OGF documents and standards being applicable would be helpful and greatly appreciated. I have in mind in particular OCCI but others such as DFDL may also be applicable. This is a topic to which I think OGF should give a lot of attention. A related process is going on in the standards "adoption jumpstart" group (SAJACC) in NIST, and in the SIENA roadmap process taking place now in Europe. A coordinated response from OGF on these topics would be helpful to develop, and I am asking therefore for help and input. Alan Alan Sill VP of Standards Open Grid Forum ==================================================================== : Alan Sill, Texas Tech University Office: Admin 233, MS 4-1167 : : e-mail: Alan.Sill@ttu.edu ph. 806-742-4350 fax 806-742-4358 : ==================================================================== Begin forwarded message:

From: Bob Marcus <robert.marcus@et-strategies.com> Date: January 2, 2011 6:03:57 PM CST To: Bob Marcus <robert.marcus@gmail.com> Subject: Input to NIST CCSRWG (Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap WG)

To the Telecom Cloud Conference Speakers:

Happy New Year!

NIST's CCSRWG has a charter to produce a Standards Roadmap document by March 31. There will be an open weekly teleconference starting on January 6 and a face-to-face meeting on January 20. (Both 2 hours). See the first 3 attachments. The charter states that: "The NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap Working Group will survey the existing standards landscape for security, portability, and interoperability standards/models/studies/etc. relevant to cloud computing, determine standards gaps, and identify standardization priorities". Due to the short schedule and limited discussion times, it will be valuable to proactively supply NIST with reliable standards information. This can be done by individuals or representatives of SDOs through NIST's mailing list and/or Wiki available at http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/

Also attached is an incomplete rough draft of some possible input using the format listed below. Any feedback on the format and content would be valuable. Thanks.

Use Case: Benefits: Standardizations Needed: Possible Standards: Priority: Availability:

Bob Marcus 720-352-0784