Comments on: Add virtualization licensing to list of cloud security risks http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/add-virtualization-licensing-to-list-of-cloud-security-risks/ A SearchCIO.com blog Sat, 11 May 2013 17:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: JeanneMorain http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/add-virtualization-licensing-to-list-of-cloud-security-risks/#comment-735 JeanneMorain Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:03:22 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/?p=1902#comment-735 During my research for my book – Visible Ops Private Cloud – http://tinyurl.com/3q8mfzz – we quickly discovered that there were many gaps preventing Enterprise IT from leveraging Public Clouds. Of those the license implications of Cloud Bursting (sending workloads from an on premise to an off premise cloud) are one of the biggest hurdles cited by the 30+ companies interviewed.

Flexera has been posting a series of articles on the topic and working closely with industry leaders to expand capabilities in this area. There have been recent changes by some industry leaders such as Microsoft to add more mobility capabilities for a limited number of their products. There is still quite a bit more that is needed for a standardized approach. The Distributed Management Task Force – http://www.dmtf.org has an initiative to address standards in this area currently underway. If you are interested in learning more about implications read our blog – http://tinyurl.com/42almzy

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