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Focus Group on Cloud Computing (FG Cloud)

(Established in 2010-02; Concluded in 2011-12)

ITU-T Focus Group on Cloud Computing (FG 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, providing seven deliverables for consideration of its parent group.

The Terms of Reference of the Focus Group are available here.

FG Management
  • Chairman: Victor Kutukov (Russia)
  • Vice-Chairman: Jamil Chawki (France Telecom Orange, France)
  • Vice-Chairman: Kangchan Lee (ETRI, Korea)
  • Vice-Chairman: Mingdong Li (ZTE, China)
  • Vice-Chairman: Monique Morrow (Cisco Systems, USA)
  • Vice-Chairman: Koji Nakao (KDDI, Japan)
  • Vice-chairman: Olivier Colas (Microsoft, Canada)

ITU/TSB contact: tsbfgcloud@itu.int

FG Cloud structure and Working Groups working areas

WG1: Cloud computing benefits & requirements

WA 1-1 Cloud Definition, Ecosystem & Taxonomy
WA 1-2 Uses cases Requirements & Architecture
WA 1-3 Cloud security
WA 1-4 Infrastructure & Network enabled Cloud
WA 1-5 Cloud Services & Resource Management, Platforms and Middleware
WA 1-6 Cloud computing benefits & first Requirements from ICT perspectives

WG2: Gap Analysis and Roadmap on Cloud Computing Standards development in ITU-T

WA 2-1 Overview of cloud computing SDOs activities
WA 2-2 Gap analysis & Action plan for development of relevant ITU-T Cloud Standard

Useful Information
Deliverables (7)
  • Deliverable 1: Introduction to the cloud ecosystem: definitions, taxonomies, use cases and high level requirements
  • Deliverable 2: Functional Requirements and Reference Architecture
  • Deliverable 3: Requirements and framework architecture of Cloud Infrastructure
  • Deliverable 4: Cloud Resource Management Gap Analysis
  • Deliverable 5: Cloud security
  • Deliverable 6: Overview of SDOs involved in Cloud Computing
  • Deliverable 7: Benefits from telecommunication perspectives
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