Overview[]
The ITU-T Focus Group on Cloud Computing (FC Cloud) was established further to ITU-T TSAG agreement at its meeting in Geneva, 8-11 February 2010 followed by ITU-T study groups and membership consultation. It was successfully concluded in December 2011.
The Focus Group was established in accordance with Recommendation ITU-T A.7, and from the standardization view points and within the competences of ITU-T, contributed with the telecommunication aspects, i.e. the transport via telecommunications networks, security aspects of telecommunications, service requirements, etc., in order to support services/applications of "cloud computing" making use of telecommunication networks, specifically:
- identify potential impacts on standards development and priorities for standards needed to promote and facilitate telecommunication/ICT support for cloud computing
- investigate the need for future study items for fixed and mobile networks in the scope of ITU-T
- analyze which components would benefit most from interoperability and standardization
- familiarize ITU-T and standardization communities with emerging attributes and challenges of telecommunication/ICT support for cloud computing, and
- analyze the rate of change for cloud computing attributes, functions and features for the purpose of assessing the appropriate timing of standardization of telecommunication/ICT in support of cloud computing
Source[]
- Overview section: "Terms of Reference of ITU-T Focus Group on Cloud Computing" (full-text).