The Open Cloud Consortium (OCC) is a member driven organization that:
- Supports the development of standards for cloud computing and frameworks for interoperating between clouds;
- develops benchmarks for cloud computing;
- supports reference implementations for cloud computing, preferably open source reference implementations;
- manages testbeds for cloud computing, including the Open Cloud Testbed and the Intercloud Testbed;
- manages cloud computing infrastructure to support scientific research, such as the Open Science Data Cloud.
The Open Cloud Consortium is organized into different working groups.
If you are interested in joining the Open Cloud Consortium, you can find membership related materials here. If you have any questions about membership, please send email to info at opencloudconsortium.org.
The Open Cloud Consortium is a consortium managed by the Center for Computational Science Research, Inc. (CCSR), which is an Illinois 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.