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Strong interest in new global cloud standard

Digital services Innovation

Standardization of cloud services is a topic of great interest, as we found out at the fully booked launch seminar we hosted earlier this week.

During the seminar, the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) launched its new standard for cloud computing services, which aims to both drive the development of the cloud forward and facilitate the use of new services to reduce uncertainty and confusion in the market. For example, it will make it easier to switch services and move from one provider to another. Being able to point to standards will help companies and Swedish authorities in the procurement and consumption of cloud services to reduce the risk of problems with, among other things, security, legal issues, confinement and interoperability.

Anders Kingstedt, chairman of the SIS committee that worked on developing the new cloud standard, started the seminar by pointing out that a national standard for the cloud is highly relevant for both the private and public sectors.

- "Clear definitions make it easier for both suppliers and buyers," he said.

Magnus Arildsson, Cloud Service Leader at IBM Nordic, emphasized in his presentation the importance of not locking yourself to a cloud but using an entire cloud infrastructure. He exemplified this by showing a couple of customer cases where IBM has used its cloud infrastructure to cost-effectively optimize its services in Asia and elsewhere. Arildsson believes that the Nordic region, in relation to Asia and North America in particular, is lagging far behind in its cloud use - probably because of the Swedish Data Protection Authority's rejection of certain services. Something he believes is a concern for the industry and not good for our competitiveness.

Daniel Akenine, CTO at Microsoft Sweden, spoke in his presentation during the seminar about the importance of common standards to ensure a continued innovative IT industry. Akenine believes that the timing of the introduction of standards is directly crucial to the power of innovation, and that Big Data is now the next big area in need of standardization.

Read more about the cloud computing standard here

SIS, the Swedish Standards Institute, is a membership-based, non-profit organization that specializes in national and international standards. SIS drives standardization in a variety of areas, for example, they have about 15 committees for standardization in the IT field alone.