[LINK] RFC: Cloud Computing Architecture

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Roger,

who do you define as the "users" of the cloud. I see at least two groups:

1. those who are responsible for infrastructure services and choose to 
use a cloud environment

2. those who use the systems executing in a cloud. Of which there are at 
least two subgroups
 2a developers who use systems in a cloud to develop other systems, that 
may or may not use a cloud
 2b the great unwashed masses

Roger Clarke wrote:
> I've flung together a paper that tries to nudge computer scientists 
> out of their cocoons, and adopt a broad enough conception of cloud 
> computing.  The intended venue is a Workshop in Melbourne.
>
> It's phrased in the clipped fashion used in engineering conferences, 
> in the hope that it might survive the likely mauling it will get from 
> reviewers.
>
> Constructively negative feedback gratefully received!
>
>
>             User Requirements for Cloud Computing Architecture
>                http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/CCSA-0911.html
>
> To date, the literature on software architecture for cloud computing 
> is focussed almost entirely on the service-provider. It accordingly 
> fails to reflect the fact that cloud computing is a form of 
> client-server relationship, and hence architectures must encompass 
> the software and devices that users utilise in order to invoke 
> functions in the cloud. Yet worse, analyses to date commonly fail to 
> adequately reflect the risks that users are subject to when they use 
> cloud services. This paper proposes a comprehensive model that 
> reflects user needs, and identifies implications of the model for 
> computer scientists working in the area.
>
>
> The International Workshop of Software Architecture Principles for and
> with Cloud Computing (ArchiteCloud 2010)
> http://www.nicta.com.au/people/tosicv/architecloud2010
>
>
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brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
brd at iimetro.com.au