NIST Cloud Computing Standards

The document discusses cloud computing standards and defines cloud computing. It notes that cloud computing converges many technologies and represents a leap in capabilities. Standards will be important to ensure interoperability between proprietary and standards-based clouds. The document proposes that the US government establish minimum standards and architecture to enable agencies to create interoperable cloud capabilities through a federal cloud infrastructure. This would promote standardization, security, and application portability across agency clouds without limiting innovation.