IEEE Computer Society Cloud Computing Future Technologies Sub-Strategy

1. IEEE Computer SocietyCloud ComputingFuture Technologies Sub-Strategy • Irena Bojanova • Chair, Cloud Computing STCFuture Technologies Sub-Strategy, IEEE CS

2. Agenda – November 19, 2012 • Introductions • Updates • Next Steps • Status by Group http://techsol.tnlexperts.com/2012/02/05/cloud-computing/

3. Introductions • Name • Location • Group(s) involved with

4. Updates • Don Shafer – appointed as IEEE CS VP for Professional Activities • New Leader for Education Group TBD • Additional meetings/calls this last week: • Irena met separately with Jia, San, and Chuck to discuss focus on first activities for Conferences, Publishing, and BoKgroups • Chuck and Jennifer discussed Wiki options for BoK • Don and Jennifer discussed use of videos from IEEE Metro Area Workshops. • Irena discussed with CS STCs Chair, Martin Arlitt, methods to grow STC membership • STC logo files in different formatswill be uploaded on computer.org/cc .

5. STC Charter, Goals, and Objectives Charter • Provide Information Technology and Enterprise Management with comprehensive, vendor-neutral information that will demystify major cloud-related concerns • (such as ensuring adequate security, framing service level agreements, impacts on staffing, and enabling rapid scaling up and down). Objectives Goals • Branding, marketing, communication • 1. Develop and disseminate CC knowledge • Develop CC educational products • Record and publish CC video products • Develop and promote CS CC standards • Design a CC newsletter • Develop a CC BoK • Coordinate provision of free CC resources • 2. Facilitate CC information exchange • Provide TCS to CC conferences • Establish online presence (for members); social online presence (broader audience) • Collaborate with CC publications, and CC involved CS TCs and STCs, partnering societies, industry and academia • 3. Enable efficient access to CC information • Maintain CC content on STC working area • Contribute content to IEEE CCI Web portal • Contribute CC content to Computing Now • Properly tag all CS CC publications • Request development/reuse of an efficient search engine • Respond to outside requests for guidance • Collaborate with industry fora • Develop guidelines and suggestions on CC government policies and regulations • Create best practices based on CC standards • Create a consultants' clearing house • Create metrics and impact studies of growth of CC in various verticals • 4. Provide CC technical guidance

6. Next steps • Decided to use main tab only for consistency (+ easier to maintain) https://docs.google.com/a/umuc.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0As_t0EYncf20dGdsS09UaDMxVnBmZW9VUzdOWFpacVE&authkey=CIDBgtYD&authkey=CIDBgtYD#gid=6 • Important for Volunteers to complete next week • [Repeated as computer.org was not accessible]: Each group discuss use of group area on computer.org/cc • Determine volunteer to maintain group Assets/Content & Documents– by default for now this is the Group Leader • Decide on need of polls, blogs, etc. • Discuss goals for advertising STC for 2013 • Discuss need of FaceBook and LinkedIn accounts in addition to computer.org/cc- Will these help us grow membership?. • Discuss immediate need of CS CC STC blog.

7. Conferences Leaders Liang-Jie Zhang Jia Zhang Volunteers PavanBalajiGabor KecskemetiJogeshMuppalaCalton PuMooney ShermanDimitriosTsoumakos Staff Experts Carrie Walsh Carmen Saliba • Identify top CC conferences • CC STC Technical Sponsorship requirements • MOU • Design an instrument • Group has created a shared document for discussions • Criteria to select top CC conferences • relevance to CC • acceptance rate • mature and fair review process • reputation of pc members • coverage of academia and industry • … 17 items now • Action Items • Group internal brain storming • Will submit the instrument to CC STC for broader discussion asap

8. Education Leader TBD Volunteers Dennis FraileySan MurugesanLeandro Navarro Don Shafer Staff Expert Dorian McClenahan • Work on finding a new leader – Shafer moving to VP PAB • IEEE/CS Courses – Practitioner Focused 2012 hosted on IEEExplore • Cloud Overview Webinar • Cloud in the Business Environment • Cloud Economics, Metrics and Migration • Cloud Governance • Security issues in Cloud • Completed Items • Action Items • Determine which courses/webinars will need use of testbed – Dennis and Don • Review of the MAW Presentation by Irena’s Network • Capture the lessons learned from the 20 October MAW and update the IEEE/CS Courses • Adjust SMEs database model for CS CC STC volunteers database – Dennis and Don • Focus is on the MAW for IEEE • This is a great opportunity for us to showcase our Cloud Computing initiative • Demonstrate the Testbed: http://cloudcomputing.ieee.org/innovations/testbed • Familiarize the community with our future IEEE P2302 Standard for Intercloud Interoperability cloud-to-cloud (Intercloud) protocols • Discuss future courses and materials available • IEEE Metro Area Workshops (MAW) – 20 October 2012 – Shafer delivered full day • The Cloud in the Business Environment - a Manager's Overview • Security Issues in the Cloud – Security and Governance

9. Newsletter Volunteers Wes Chou (Lead) Christine Miyachi MadhukarVarshneyPhanindraMankaleCalton PuEltijaniOsman Staff Experts TBD ?Margo McCall • Synchronize Operational Format with overall IEEE • CS STC Strategy • Research other IEEE CS STC newsletter formats to ensure • frequency, audience, content, etc. is in sync with overall strategy • Content – Identify assets in CC STC that would make initial content • Layout • Research other IEEE newsletter layouts • Design pending further discussions of operational format • Action Items • Formalize a documented strategy for the Newsletter, to ensure strategy maps to overall strategy for IEEE CS

10. Questions • It is the High-Tech Wild, Wild West out there. • Although the CC marketplace is still chaotic, it is: • Exciting • Fast-growing • Full of opportunities