1. Cloud Computing Standards W3C Advisory Committee Meeting, 21-23 March 2010, Cambridge MA Chris Dagdigian Chris Dagdigian

2. 7 Slides; 5 Minutes Who I am Who I am Why I’m here Why I’m here What I’ve seen What I’ve seen What I think What I think

3. Who I Am Part of the BioTeam Part of the BioTeam Bioinformatics  Research IT & HPC Nerd Bioinformatics  Research IT & HPC Nerd Bridging the gap between life science informatics and high performance research IT Bridging the gap between life science informatics and high performance research IT

4. Why I’m Here Doing science on “the cloud” since 2007 Doing science on “the cloud” since 2007 Deep experience with Amazon AWS Deep experience with Amazon AWS Representing the IAAS user/consumer faction Representing the IAAS user/consumer faction Absolutely mercenary in outlook & operation: Absolutely mercenary in outlook & operation: AWS today is best IAAS provider for my needs AWS today is best IAAS provider for my needs If that changes, will switch without hesitation If that changes, will switch without hesitation

5. What I’ve Seen Lack of specifications and/or standards has had zero impact on our work Lack of specifications and/or standards has had zero impact on our work Core problems are technical & political Core problems are technical & political Core motivation is economics & agility Core motivation is economics & agility Current specs work fine for our needs: Current specs work fine for our needs: REST, SOAP & HTTP/HTML REST, SOAP & HTTP/HTML

6. What I think Cloud providers with < 500K cores under management simply don’t interest me Cloud providers with < 500K cores under management simply don’t interest me IAAS will be dominated by very few players IAAS will be dominated by very few players Amazon is years ahead of the competition Amazon is years ahead of the competition If I design my apps right I don’t even care about the cloud provider If I design my apps right I don’t even care about the cloud provider Yes, this even includes VM portability – a non-issue with good configuration management systems Yes, this even includes VM portability – a non-issue with good configuration management systems

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