“The Open Cloud Consortium (OCC): supports the development of standards for cloud computing and…”

“The Open Cloud Consortium (OCC): supports the development of standards for cloud computing and frameworks for interoperating between clouds;
supports the development of benchmarks for cloud computing;
supports open source software for cloud computing;
manages a testbed for cloud computing called the Open Cloud Testbed;
sponsors workshops and other events related to cloud computing.”

– Open Cloud Consortium

“The Open Cloud Consortium (OCC): supports the development of standards for cloud computing and frameworks for interoperating between clouds;
supports the development of benchmarks for cloud computing;
supports open source software for cloud computing;
manages a testbed for cloud computing called the Open Cloud Testbed;
sponsors workshops and other events related to cloud computing.”

– Open Cloud Consortium
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