Cisco supports Open Cloud Manifesto, while the Rolling Stones remain holdouts

Cisco is supporting the Open Cloud Manifesto (whose ultimate goal is to make the cloud as open and valuable as possible), however, the Rolling Stones remain holdouts, still insisting that everyone get off their cloud.

View the 6 page manifesto:

Page 1. Introduction
Page 2. What is Cloud Computing and Why is it Important?
Page 3. Challenges and Barriers to Adoption
Page 4. The Goals of an Open Cloud
Page 5. Principles of an Open Cloud
Page 6. Conclusion

Interestingly, my attention was caught by the second principle of an open cloud:

2. Cloud providers must not use their market position to lock customers into their particular platforms and limit their choice of providers.

The reason I find the above "principle" so "interesting," is that just a mere 2 weeks ago, during the launch of its new Unified Computing System, Cisco stated to Network World:

"We're selling this as a system," said Rob Lloyd - senior vice president of Cisco Worldwide Operations. "It will be shipped and configured as a system.

"The innovations are all tied together. This is not a new blade server; it is a new architecture."

Adds Cisco marketing vice-president David Lawler, "Other vendors' solutions will not work because (UCS is) a single unified system.

"And we're not developing blades for other [vendors'] platforms."

The Rolling Stones remain holdouts who are still insisting that everyone get off their cloud.

What's your take, are the Rolling Stones the only ones telling it, like it really is?

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• Cisco
• Data Center
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• Cisco is supporting the Open Cloud Manifesto
• Cisco marketing vice-president David Lawler
• Cisco stated to Network World
• cloud computing
• Goals of an Open Cloud
• Principles of an Open Cloud
• Rob Lloyd - senior vice president of Cisco Worldwide Operations