# “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…
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“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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