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Since cloud computing is still an evolving market, the short term reality is that there will be many different providers with different APIs and interfaces. Cloud consumers may turn to cloud service brokers to abstract these incompatible APIs and provide proxies in advance of the arrival of open standards. However, there are already some standardization efforts underway.

Open Cloud Computing Interface Working Group

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Amazon EC2 API

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VMware’s vCloud API

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Sun’s Open Cloud API

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Rackspace API

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GoGrid’s API

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DMTF’s Open Virtualization Format

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IEEE P2302, Draft Standard for Intercloud Interoperability and Federation

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DMTF’s Open Cloud Standards Incubator

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Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI)

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See http://www.snia.org/cdmi

Open Grid Forum’s Open Cloud Computing Interface

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Open Cloud Consortium
Storage Networking Industry Association
Open Group
TM Forum’s Cloud Services Initiative