1. ITU-T Focus Group on Cloud Computing
Document No:
GSC16-PLEN-45
Source:
ITU
Contact:
Olivier Colas
GSC Session:
PLENARY
Agenda Item:
6.11
ITU-T Focus Group on Cloud Computing
Olivier Colas,
ITU-T FGCC Vice-Chairman

2. Overview on FG Cloud activity
Objective: to collect and document information and concepts that would be helpful for developing ITU-T Recommendations to support cloud computing services/applications from a telecommunication/ICT perspective
Management team:
Chairman: Victor Kutukov Stack Soft (Russia)
Vice-Chairmen:
Jamil Chawki France Telecom Orange, (France)
Kangchan Lee ETRI, (Korea)
Mingdong Li ZTE, (China)
Monique Morrow Cisco Systems, (USA)
Koji Nakao KDDI, (Japan)
Olivier Colas Microsoft, (Canada)
The FGCC Started in June 2010.
Structure: 2 Working Groups
WG1: Cloud computing benefits & requirements
WG2: Gap Analysis & Roadmap on Cloud Standards development in ITU-T
7 meetings were held; around 50 attendees in each
400 contributions were submitted

3. FGCC deliverables and SDO’s liaisons
7 deliverables are planned to be finalized next December and presented the 9th of January 2012.
Overview of SDO
Cloud Ecosystem
Reference Architecture
Resource Management
Requirements and framework architecture of cloud infrastructure
Security
Benefit
Many liaisons were established with main SDO
GICTF (Global Inter-Cloud Technology Forum) , active contribution and participation
CSA participation to FG meeting
DMTF participation to FG meeting
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC38: a Joint meeting with was held last September
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC27

4. Cloud Ecosystem
Definition of Cloud Computing based on NIST work and enhanced via consideration of a telecommunication approach.
5 essential characteristics,
5 categories (CaaS, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and NaaS)
4 major models.
The global cloud ecosystem description
Use cases according to 3 categories:
from the Cloud Service Users and Cloud Service Providers perspective,
from the Inter Cloud perspective,
from the Service Partners perspective.
Functional requirements and Capabilities

5. Reference Functional Architecture
User Layer
Access
Layer
Resources & Network
Inter Cloud Function
Cross-Layer
Functions
Services
SaaS / CaaS
PaaS
IaaS
NaaS
Physical Resources
Pooling & Virtualization
Resource Orchestration VS VM
Intra Cloud Network
Storage
Computing VN
User Function
Partner Function
Administration Function
Service Orchestration
Management
Security & Privacy
Monitoring
& SLA
Cloud Availability Function
Core Transport Network
Inter cloud network
Virtual path and circuit
Software & platform assets
Cloud Operational Function
Endpoint Function
Cloud ICT architecture

6. Resource Management SDOs Overview Gap analysis Inter-cloud End to End
Security consideration

7. Requirements and framework architecture of cloud infrastructure
the general depiction for Cloud Networking
high level requirement of cloud infrastructure,
the requirement for computing capability,
the requirement for network capability,
the requirement and architecture for storage capability.

8. Security Overview of activities on SDOs for Cloud Security
Main technical components
Threats for Cloud Computing Security
Security Requirements for Cloud Computing Security
Study Subjects on Cloud Security
Mapping among threats, requirements and study subjects
Approaches for Practical Solutions

9. Benefit: candidate cloud study items
1 Cloud Ecosystem
2 Security, audit & privacy
3 Cloud functional reference Architecture:
4 Cloud Networking
5 Inter-Cloud
6 Desktop as a Services (DaaS)
7 Management and SLA
8 Accessibility / Eco-friendly Cloud Computing
9 Virtual application & multi-tenancy
Draft

10. Joint meeting with JTC1/SC38 Conclusion
It is needed to have common standards in area of Cloud Computing to avoid confusion for the industry.
It is necessary to collaborate in order to develop common understanding and baseline (fundamental) standards, including for definitions/terminology and reference architecture.
It is a little early to decide joint standard topics and it is needed to have deeper consideration including collaboration items and relevant methodology in each SDO first.
Both SDOs agreed to continue to seek the possible future collaboration items through the liaison officer for the time being.

11. GSC- 15 Resolution 32 on cloud Computing Reaffirmation
International standards can play a significant role in facilitating the success of Cloud Computing as a vehicle for global economic growth by establishing standards setting agendas directed at satisfying the following principles:
Global Inclusion
Interoperability
Security and Privacy
Data
Invite the GSC Members to collaborate amongst themselves and with other international organizations to advance standardization in the important subject of Cloud Computing.
FG Cloud work integrates the convergence between Telecommunication and IT. FG Cloud thinks that a major achievement and would like to invite the GSC Members to consider this approach for their work and collaboration.