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1 Framework and requirements for cloud computing

1 Scope
This Supplement provides a summary of cloud-computing-related deliverables in ITU-T study groups (SGs)
and other standards development organisations (SDOs). Also, this supplement provides a common matrix for
mapping these deliverables to different cloud-related categories. With the common matrix, this supplement
provides analysis for cloud-computing-related deliverables in ITU-T SGs and other SDOs.

2 References
[ITU-T Y.3500] Recommendation ITU-T Y.3500 (2014), Cloud computing – Overview and vocabulary.

[ITU-T Y.3501] Recommendation ITU-T Y.3501 (2016), Cloud computing – Framework and high-level
requirements.
[ITU-T Y.3502] Recommendation ITU-T Y.3502 (2014), Information technology – Cloud computing –
Reference architecture.

3 Definitions

3.1 Terms defined elsewhere
This Supplement uses the following terms defined elsewhere:

3.1.1 cloud computing [ITU-T Y.3500]: Paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool
of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand.

3.1.2 cloud service [ITU-T Y.3500]: One or more capabilities offered via cloud computing invoked using a
defined interface.

3.1.3 cloud service category [ITU-T Y.3500]: Group of cloud services that possess some common set of
qualities.
3.1.4 cloud service customer [ITU-T Y.3500]: Party which is engaged in support of, or auxiliary to, activities
of either the cloud service provider, or the cloud service customer, or both.
3.1.5 cloud service provider [ITU-T Y.3500]: Party which makes cloud services available.

3.2 Terms defined in this Supplement

None.

4 Abbreviations and acronyms
This Supplement uses the following abbreviations and acronyms:
AC Alternating Current

API Application Programming Interface
ATIS Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solution

BBF Broadband Forum
C&I Conformance and Interoperability

CADF Cloud Auditing Data Federation
CCF Cloud Computing Fundamentals

CCRA Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
CDN Content Distribution Network
CIM Cloud Infrastructure Management

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