Will Standardization Help?

I recently came across a new organization dedicated to defining standards for consumer cloud usage: The Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC).

From their charter,

The council will separate the hype from the reality on how to leverage what customers have today and how to use open, standards-based cloud computing to extend their organizations.

The Cloud Standards Customer Council is an end user advocacy group dedicated to accelerating cloud’s successful adoption, and drilling down into the stand...