Presentation at SOA Symposium: Scalable SOA in Your Own Open Source Cloud

"Cloud computing is primarily about three things: on-demand scaling for peak load management, multi-tenant sharing, and parallel execution. On-demand scaling refers to the ability of the cloud to allow an application to consume more resources as the demand on the application increases and for this to happen without over participation from the developer. Multi-tenancy relates to how a single application can be shared and used securely (and independently) by different consumers. Finally, parallel execution enables an application to request additional hardware and to execute in the entire set of nodes as a parallel computer. The most challenging part of the puzzle is providing a single programming model for application developers."

"Proprietary clouds such as Amazon EC2, Google AppEngine and Microsoft Azure do offer many of these capabilities. However, signing up to a proprietary cloud is like checking into the proverbial Hotel California: “You can check out but you can never leave!” During this presentation we will look at how a collection of open source components can be combined to form an open source cloud that addresses all aspects of cloud computing but that also leverages open standards to establish a model whereby applications running on open source clouds can fully interoperate with other cloud platforms as well."

The SOA Symposium brings together SOA experts and practitioners to cover the most important topics pertaining to the wide-spread adoption of SOA in both government and industry sectors. This event is sponsored out of the US Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD has embarked on a path to implementation of SOA as a primary means to deliver increased capability by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of business operations.