Session Abstract: “Cloud computing has dramatically lowered the barriers to entry for new web entrepreneurs wanting to start innovative businesses. However, the lack of interoperability, consistency and security concerns across services keeps many businesses from adopting. There have been several calls for standards to help make services from different cloud providers interoperable and ultimately more useful and secure to enterprises.
Uncertainty abounds, with questions such as "Are standards really needed?" "Who should be involved?" “Can the cloud ever be secure?” and "What are potential consequences of working in the cloud?"
