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IBMs open cloud architectureAngel Diaz (aldiazusibmcom)Vice President Software Standards and CloudLabsIBM
Skill Level Intermediate
Date 27 Apr 2013(Updated 29 Apr 2013)
By changing how business and society run cloud computing is opening up hugeavenues of innovation Developers are now combining systems of record withsystems of engagement and a new style of cloud-based application is emergingsystems of interaction For these applications to be sustainable cloud computingneeds to be built on open source and open standards This article lays thegroundwork
IntroductionCloud computing is changing the way we think about technology and itrsquos no passingfad Consumers are using the cloud to store music Startups are turning to cloud toget up and running without huge investments Big businesses and governments arerelying on clouds to make more data more accessible Cloud computing is changinghow business and society run and its opening up huge avenues of innovation Weare looking at how developers are now combining systems of record with systems ofengagement and we see a new style of cloud-based application emerging Theseare systems of interaction
For these applications to be sustainable cloud computing needs to be built on opensource and standards Wide adoption of open source software and open standardsshould be everyones goal It means customers wonrsquot have to fear vendor lock-in andorganizations can participate in a growing market that welcomes a wide variety ofcloud technology and service providers
Weve learned through our experience that open source and standards allowdevelopers to share information more quickly and easily and at lower costs Thisleads to greater innovation We are at an inflection point Were focusing theindustry on important standards for interoperability and their open source referenceimplementations will
bull Ensure that end users have a strong voice in establishing and adopting cloudcomputing paradigms
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bull Reduce barriers of entry into cloud computing such as development skills andfreedom of choice
bull Increase the long-term viability of todayrsquos cloud investmentsbull Prevent unnecessary architectural complexity and fragmentation
IBMs open cloud architectureAt IBM Pulse in March 2013 IBM announced its open cloud architecture and ourplans to base all of our cloud offerings on OpenStack starting with IBM Smart CloudOrchestrator This announcement was the culmination of over a years worth ofinvestment in product integration with OpenStack as well as significant contributionsto the OpenStack community to help improve the ability of OpenStack to meetenterprise and cloud service provider requirements Looking at adoption results wesee that our efforts as well as those of the vibrant OpenStack community as a wholehave been successful
Evolution of OpenStackTo get a sense of just how far OpenStack has come and how it is beingleveraged in the enterprise visit the OpenStack Slideshare and YouTubechannels
Today with over 189 organizations and over 9100 individuals participatingOpenStack is the largest active open source cloud project community in the worldThis massive global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists isworking to produce a ubiquitous Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) open source cloudcomputing platform for public and private clouds
IBM is proud to be a highly active member of the OpenStack community and proud ofthe many community achievements reflected in the latest release Grizzly OpenStackis well poised to deliver massive portability and interoperability for IaaS applications
Moving up the stackWe havenrsquot been exclusively focused on OpenStack however Our open cloudarchitecture extends all the way up the stack from IaaS through PaaS and SaaSIn addition to all of our efforts relating to OpenStack IBM has been hard at workexploring a wide variety of technologies relating to our open cloud architectureparticularly as it extends into the PaaS and SaaS layers weaving together systemsof engagement systems of record and the Internet of things enabling what we callsystems of interaction We collectively call these explorations Project ET Irsquoll havemore to say on Project ET in a bit But first Irsquod like to share some more insight intoour open cloud architecture
Today there is significant pressure on lines of business to create new business valuebased on mobile social big data and analytics capabilities These new applicationsare fueled by the emergence of new highly iterative development models that useservice composition open architectures open source components and polyglotprogramming models to rapidly deliver solutions Two additional trends are key
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enablers for this new style of applications notably DevOps and Cloud-based PaaSofferings such as Heroku Cloud Foundry and OpenShift DevOps enables clients todeliver business outcomes in an agile iterative and incremental fashion applicationsare delivered in days or weeks rather than the typical months or years Finally toachieve such development efficiencies PaaS technologies are evolving that enabledevelopers to quickly assemble substantial middleware components hosted in theCloud extremely quickly (in seconds)
Multi-tenant elastic (ldquocloud nativerdquo) software services are the fuel of this style ofdevelopment We have observed the evolution and maturation of the API economyover the past decade exemplified by over 10000 services available to the cloud-based developer from sites such as programmableweb Given IBMrsquos depth andbreadth of software-based services specifically in the area of mobile social andanalytics it is imperative that we provide implementations accessible to developers atthe click of a button
While there are certainly lots of proprietary offerings that attempt to cover variousaspects of this new style of development and operations we have observed that theopen offerings deliver real value to the customer and are more likely to be embracedby developers
What do we mean by open
So what do we mean by open Open can take on a number of meanings
One meaning of open is open source software (OSS) such as OpenStack orone of the many projects hosted by the Linux Apache or Eclipse foundations orsimply hosted on Github Of course not all OSS is created equal It is importantthat the OSS component have an appropriately open license such as ApacheEclipse or MIT etc and also that it have an open governance model that welcomescontributions and innovation from anyone anywhere without prejudice Further itmeans that the OSS component can be easily extended and easily consumed andintegrated by means of relatively stable well-documented APIs or that it offers apluggable architecture that allows for a wide variety of plugins or drivers
Another meaning of open is the implementation of open interoperability standardssuch as those emerging from the W3C IETF OASIS or OMG to name a fewOf course another form of standard is the de facto standard which is typicallyestablished by virtue of the market embracing a particular solution regardless ofwhether its proprietary or open Ideally to be open we should avoid proprietary defacto standards under the control of (and which tend to benefit) a single party
Increasingly a symbiotic relationship is emerging between open source and openstandards For instance proponents of emerging open standards often turn to opensource to implement the standards as a means of providing a reference as well asproviding a vehicle to drive adoption As another example communities developing
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an open source project formally document their projectrsquos APIs andor protocols whenthey feel that things are stable
IBMs open cloud architectureSo back to IBMrsquos open cloud architecture What do we mean by this phrase At ahigh level it means that our cloud architecture is based solidly on a composition ofopen source components and where possible implements open standard formatsAPIs and protocols that deliver both interoperability and value to the customerThis open architecture has a number of benefits both to IBM as well as to ourcustomers For IBM we benefit from the unparalleled innovation we find in opensource communities such as OpenStack Additionally we benefit from the vibrantecosystem of ISV partners that grow from these open source and open standardsinitiatives Our customers benefit from the ability to leverage the open source andopen standards APIs and to extend themmdasheither through third-party capability(leveraging the vibrant open source ecosystems we have chosen) or throughinnovation and extension of their own
By using the same open cloud architecture and technologies across our cloudportfolio addressing private public and hybrid cloud solutions we also benefit frominteroperability and portability not only of workloads but of capability between andacross these various offerings which benefits our clients
In fact customers who choose open standards-based cloud computing are on theright course to take advantage of new opportunities Specifically they will be ableto harness their interconnected data with high-value business analytics acrosstraditional and mobile devices
IBMs commitment to open cloud architectureTo help make this happen IBM is applying its experience in supporting and validatingopen standards From Linux Eclipse and Apache to cloud computing IBM continuesto work closely with the open source community To make an open cloud architecturea reality IBM worked to
bull Create a 400-member Cloud Standards Customer Council that grew from about50 members at launch
bull Drive related cloud standards such as Open Service for Lifecycle CollaborationLinked Data in the W3C and TOSCA in OASIS to enhance cloud applicationportability
bull Dedicate more than 500 developers on open cloud projectsbull Partner closely with the OpenStack Foundation along with its over 9100
members from 87 countries and 189 corporate sponsors
Lets get technicalFigure 1 highlights much of open source and open standards-based technologiesthat comprise our open cloud architecture today Of course because it is open it will
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evolve and be extended over time by IBM by the open communities that drive theopen source and open standards initiatives by customers and by our partners
Figure 1 Open tools and technologies in the emerging open cloud architecture
OpenStackAs we announced at IBM Pulse the foundation of our open cloud architectureis based on OpenStack which supports a wide variety of virtualization platforms(KVM XEN VMware Hyper-V PowerVM ZVM etc) as well as bare metal andwhich itself runs on most Linux distributions We chose OpenStack not only forits architecture (which we found compelling) but even more importantly for itsdevelopment community open governance and vibrant and growing ecosystem ofproviders plugins and add-ons
Deployment automationFor deployment automation our offerings will typically support Chef cookbooks andrecipes However we also support Puppet and Juju so that clients can leverage theautomation tools they prefer or already use This is another key characteristic of ouropen cloud architecture it enables customer choice Chef Puppet and Juju are eachopen source initiatives of their own and each has a growing ecosystem of recipesmanifests and charms which are often themselves open source The openness ofthese tools and the vibrancy of their respective ecosystems benefit both IBM andour clients
Portable workload definition and orchestrationFor portable workload template definition our open cloud architecture incorporatesthe OASIS TOSCA standard TOSCA is a collaborative open standard being
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developed by IBM SAP HP Rackspace and many others What is really exciting isthat many of these same companies are also collaborating on implementing supportfor OASIS TOSCA template descriptions in the OpenStack Heat project Initially wehave enabled our IBM pattern deployment capability to import and export the OASISTOSCA template format Over time we will likely see the IBM capability transition toOpenStack Heat
Linked Data and OSLCFinally bridging the foundation software-defined environment layer with thecompositional layer above it (often referred to as PaaS) we use an emerging openstandard which is based on the W3Crsquos Linked Data called Open Services forLifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)
OSLC is an open community that is working to make software lifecycle toolsinteroperable by enabling them to share data with one another This effort coversa wide range of development operations and management disciplines and anequally diverse set of tools The goal is to enable tools to be combined in a waythat connects and streamlines workflows to reduce the effort frustration and costthroughout the cradle-to-grave lifecycle of an application
OSLC was inspired by the way data is shared on the web and is based on W3CrsquosLinked Data Linked Data is essentially a methodology for publishing structureddata on the Internet so that it can be interlinked with similar data improving itsaccessibility and usefulness The idea for Linked Data was first articulated by TimBerners-Lee and rests on four basic principles
1 Use URIs as names for things2 Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names3 When someone looks up a URI provide useful information using the standards
(RDF SPARQL)4 Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things
PaaS fabricContinuing up the stack we are exploring a number of open alternatives for the PaaSfabric including OpenShift and Cloud Foundry Each offers similar characteristicswhen it comes to support for a wide variety of runtime environments (including JavaJavaScript Python Ruby etc) popular frameworks (such as Nodejs Tomcat andRuby on Rails etc) and a rich variety of services (NoSQL databases queuingmessaging caching analytics social media big data etc) and which offer an openarchitecture for the incorporation of additional runtime environments frameworksand services
SocialActivity Streams is an emerging standard that provides developers with a commonvocabulary to describe business events enabling apps that socialize data and
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knowledge with people in real time Implementation with both existing and future ITarchitecture helps to simplify informational and line of business visibility across usersand supports an organizationrsquos ability to share comment and collaborate
OpenSocial is a standards-based component model for cloud-based social appsThis model provides a consistent method to integrate existing applications withthe ability to add third-party applications in a single view This simplifies the userexperience and enables users to work in the manner that best suits them at thatmoment Information can be integrated across email content systems and richmediamdashall within a given context and across platforms The project deliverscross-industry alignment through the Apache Shindig project an open referenceimplementation of OpenSocial and through support of leading standards likeActivityStreams and OAuth20
Activity Streams and OpenSocial both have the potential to help to liberate data fromtraditional information silos through real-time information sharing
Internet of things
Addressing the Internet of things the MQ Telemetry Transport is a lightweightpublishsubscribe protocol with predictable bi-directional message delivery Itsideal for applications where a small code footprint is required or when networkbandwidth is limited An Internet of thingsmdashsensors network-connected appliancesand devices smart buildings and networked-automobilesmdashcould all benefit from theefficiency of this protocol
The MQTT community is currently working to standardize the specification underOASIS Additionally there are multiple open source implementations of the MQTTprotocol including the Eclipse Paho project and the Mosquitto project
Business applications and the SaaS layer
At the SaaS layer our open cloud architecture addresses security and federatedidentity (TLSSSL OpenID OASIS SAML and the IETFrsquos OAuth20) payments(Google Wallet and Applersquos Passport) and user interface (W3Crsquos HTML5 the IETFrsquosJSON Apache Cordova and Eclipse)
HTML5 is the common language for building rich Internet applications acrossplatforms while still supporting native mobile functions without plugins It ismanaged by the W3C and represents the evolution of HTML4 XHTML HTML5 alsoincorporates standards such as SVG and CSS
HTML5 greatly simplifies application development as it brings native support formultimedia across a wide range of desktop and mobile platforms Additionallyit brings native support for advanced technologies such as offline storage andapplications device access geolocation and semantic data
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Apache Cordova is the open source project that makes write once and runanywhere hybrid applications using platform services feasible Cordova focuseson providing device-specific code that acts as a shim to enable hybrid applicationaccess to native mobile functions across a wide range of devices The communityis focused on continual maintenance and enhancements to the code that enablesupport for additional devices Since the projects creation in 2010 IBM has beena significant contributor adding new capabilities and improving focus on releasemanagement Together HTML5 and Apache Cordova are critical to the continueddevelopment of rich mobile applications
SecurityOAuth is an open protocol to allow secure authorization in a simple and standardmethod from cloud web mobile and desktop applications Specifically it enablesauthorization and access to REST API endpoints defined within an application orinfrastructure OAuth has become a key security technology for the integration ofREST APIs into the enterprise as it can provide access to services both inside oroutside the firewall
Technology previewsAttendees of IBM IMPACT 2013 may have seen or heard about previews of thisemerging capability reflected in our open cloud architecture that I described above
Project IcapOne of these technology previews is Project Icap Project Icap combines anIntegrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides development tools forthe rapid highly iterative development that is common to cloud-centric and mobileapplications The IDE provides support for Java (WebSphere Liberty Profile) withdevelopment templates for JAX-RS Servlet 30 and Spring MVC Additionally theIcap IDE supports JavaScript (Nodejs) and mobile application development (IBMWorklight) Project ICAP is available for download as an Eclipse plugin
Another feature of ICAP is its cloud explorer that can be used to discover and shareservices
Project ICAP also provides a developer sandbox that can be run locally The sandboxincludes a number of foundational services that can be used to create applicationssuch as a relational database service based on Derby an elastic caching service(ECaaS) based on WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) a simple social service thatallows you to connect to social networks and social media properties such as Twitteror Sina Weibo and sample location services that developers can integrate into theirapplications to provide location awareness for mobile apps
Project ETAnother technology preview is Project ET which is an emerging public cloudenvironment modeled after our successful jStart program This public cloud
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environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
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Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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bull Reduce barriers of entry into cloud computing such as development skills andfreedom of choice
bull Increase the long-term viability of todayrsquos cloud investmentsbull Prevent unnecessary architectural complexity and fragmentation
IBMs open cloud architectureAt IBM Pulse in March 2013 IBM announced its open cloud architecture and ourplans to base all of our cloud offerings on OpenStack starting with IBM Smart CloudOrchestrator This announcement was the culmination of over a years worth ofinvestment in product integration with OpenStack as well as significant contributionsto the OpenStack community to help improve the ability of OpenStack to meetenterprise and cloud service provider requirements Looking at adoption results wesee that our efforts as well as those of the vibrant OpenStack community as a wholehave been successful
Evolution of OpenStackTo get a sense of just how far OpenStack has come and how it is beingleveraged in the enterprise visit the OpenStack Slideshare and YouTubechannels
Today with over 189 organizations and over 9100 individuals participatingOpenStack is the largest active open source cloud project community in the worldThis massive global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists isworking to produce a ubiquitous Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) open source cloudcomputing platform for public and private clouds
IBM is proud to be a highly active member of the OpenStack community and proud ofthe many community achievements reflected in the latest release Grizzly OpenStackis well poised to deliver massive portability and interoperability for IaaS applications
Moving up the stackWe havenrsquot been exclusively focused on OpenStack however Our open cloudarchitecture extends all the way up the stack from IaaS through PaaS and SaaSIn addition to all of our efforts relating to OpenStack IBM has been hard at workexploring a wide variety of technologies relating to our open cloud architectureparticularly as it extends into the PaaS and SaaS layers weaving together systemsof engagement systems of record and the Internet of things enabling what we callsystems of interaction We collectively call these explorations Project ET Irsquoll havemore to say on Project ET in a bit But first Irsquod like to share some more insight intoour open cloud architecture
Today there is significant pressure on lines of business to create new business valuebased on mobile social big data and analytics capabilities These new applicationsare fueled by the emergence of new highly iterative development models that useservice composition open architectures open source components and polyglotprogramming models to rapidly deliver solutions Two additional trends are key
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enablers for this new style of applications notably DevOps and Cloud-based PaaSofferings such as Heroku Cloud Foundry and OpenShift DevOps enables clients todeliver business outcomes in an agile iterative and incremental fashion applicationsare delivered in days or weeks rather than the typical months or years Finally toachieve such development efficiencies PaaS technologies are evolving that enabledevelopers to quickly assemble substantial middleware components hosted in theCloud extremely quickly (in seconds)
Multi-tenant elastic (ldquocloud nativerdquo) software services are the fuel of this style ofdevelopment We have observed the evolution and maturation of the API economyover the past decade exemplified by over 10000 services available to the cloud-based developer from sites such as programmableweb Given IBMrsquos depth andbreadth of software-based services specifically in the area of mobile social andanalytics it is imperative that we provide implementations accessible to developers atthe click of a button
While there are certainly lots of proprietary offerings that attempt to cover variousaspects of this new style of development and operations we have observed that theopen offerings deliver real value to the customer and are more likely to be embracedby developers
What do we mean by open
So what do we mean by open Open can take on a number of meanings
One meaning of open is open source software (OSS) such as OpenStack orone of the many projects hosted by the Linux Apache or Eclipse foundations orsimply hosted on Github Of course not all OSS is created equal It is importantthat the OSS component have an appropriately open license such as ApacheEclipse or MIT etc and also that it have an open governance model that welcomescontributions and innovation from anyone anywhere without prejudice Further itmeans that the OSS component can be easily extended and easily consumed andintegrated by means of relatively stable well-documented APIs or that it offers apluggable architecture that allows for a wide variety of plugins or drivers
Another meaning of open is the implementation of open interoperability standardssuch as those emerging from the W3C IETF OASIS or OMG to name a fewOf course another form of standard is the de facto standard which is typicallyestablished by virtue of the market embracing a particular solution regardless ofwhether its proprietary or open Ideally to be open we should avoid proprietary defacto standards under the control of (and which tend to benefit) a single party
Increasingly a symbiotic relationship is emerging between open source and openstandards For instance proponents of emerging open standards often turn to opensource to implement the standards as a means of providing a reference as well asproviding a vehicle to drive adoption As another example communities developing
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an open source project formally document their projectrsquos APIs andor protocols whenthey feel that things are stable
IBMs open cloud architectureSo back to IBMrsquos open cloud architecture What do we mean by this phrase At ahigh level it means that our cloud architecture is based solidly on a composition ofopen source components and where possible implements open standard formatsAPIs and protocols that deliver both interoperability and value to the customerThis open architecture has a number of benefits both to IBM as well as to ourcustomers For IBM we benefit from the unparalleled innovation we find in opensource communities such as OpenStack Additionally we benefit from the vibrantecosystem of ISV partners that grow from these open source and open standardsinitiatives Our customers benefit from the ability to leverage the open source andopen standards APIs and to extend themmdasheither through third-party capability(leveraging the vibrant open source ecosystems we have chosen) or throughinnovation and extension of their own
By using the same open cloud architecture and technologies across our cloudportfolio addressing private public and hybrid cloud solutions we also benefit frominteroperability and portability not only of workloads but of capability between andacross these various offerings which benefits our clients
In fact customers who choose open standards-based cloud computing are on theright course to take advantage of new opportunities Specifically they will be ableto harness their interconnected data with high-value business analytics acrosstraditional and mobile devices
IBMs commitment to open cloud architectureTo help make this happen IBM is applying its experience in supporting and validatingopen standards From Linux Eclipse and Apache to cloud computing IBM continuesto work closely with the open source community To make an open cloud architecturea reality IBM worked to
bull Create a 400-member Cloud Standards Customer Council that grew from about50 members at launch
bull Drive related cloud standards such as Open Service for Lifecycle CollaborationLinked Data in the W3C and TOSCA in OASIS to enhance cloud applicationportability
bull Dedicate more than 500 developers on open cloud projectsbull Partner closely with the OpenStack Foundation along with its over 9100
members from 87 countries and 189 corporate sponsors
Lets get technicalFigure 1 highlights much of open source and open standards-based technologiesthat comprise our open cloud architecture today Of course because it is open it will
ibmcomdeveloperWorks developerWorksreg
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evolve and be extended over time by IBM by the open communities that drive theopen source and open standards initiatives by customers and by our partners
Figure 1 Open tools and technologies in the emerging open cloud architecture
OpenStackAs we announced at IBM Pulse the foundation of our open cloud architectureis based on OpenStack which supports a wide variety of virtualization platforms(KVM XEN VMware Hyper-V PowerVM ZVM etc) as well as bare metal andwhich itself runs on most Linux distributions We chose OpenStack not only forits architecture (which we found compelling) but even more importantly for itsdevelopment community open governance and vibrant and growing ecosystem ofproviders plugins and add-ons
Deployment automationFor deployment automation our offerings will typically support Chef cookbooks andrecipes However we also support Puppet and Juju so that clients can leverage theautomation tools they prefer or already use This is another key characteristic of ouropen cloud architecture it enables customer choice Chef Puppet and Juju are eachopen source initiatives of their own and each has a growing ecosystem of recipesmanifests and charms which are often themselves open source The openness ofthese tools and the vibrancy of their respective ecosystems benefit both IBM andour clients
Portable workload definition and orchestrationFor portable workload template definition our open cloud architecture incorporatesthe OASIS TOSCA standard TOSCA is a collaborative open standard being
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developed by IBM SAP HP Rackspace and many others What is really exciting isthat many of these same companies are also collaborating on implementing supportfor OASIS TOSCA template descriptions in the OpenStack Heat project Initially wehave enabled our IBM pattern deployment capability to import and export the OASISTOSCA template format Over time we will likely see the IBM capability transition toOpenStack Heat
Linked Data and OSLCFinally bridging the foundation software-defined environment layer with thecompositional layer above it (often referred to as PaaS) we use an emerging openstandard which is based on the W3Crsquos Linked Data called Open Services forLifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)
OSLC is an open community that is working to make software lifecycle toolsinteroperable by enabling them to share data with one another This effort coversa wide range of development operations and management disciplines and anequally diverse set of tools The goal is to enable tools to be combined in a waythat connects and streamlines workflows to reduce the effort frustration and costthroughout the cradle-to-grave lifecycle of an application
OSLC was inspired by the way data is shared on the web and is based on W3CrsquosLinked Data Linked Data is essentially a methodology for publishing structureddata on the Internet so that it can be interlinked with similar data improving itsaccessibility and usefulness The idea for Linked Data was first articulated by TimBerners-Lee and rests on four basic principles
1 Use URIs as names for things2 Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names3 When someone looks up a URI provide useful information using the standards
(RDF SPARQL)4 Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things
PaaS fabricContinuing up the stack we are exploring a number of open alternatives for the PaaSfabric including OpenShift and Cloud Foundry Each offers similar characteristicswhen it comes to support for a wide variety of runtime environments (including JavaJavaScript Python Ruby etc) popular frameworks (such as Nodejs Tomcat andRuby on Rails etc) and a rich variety of services (NoSQL databases queuingmessaging caching analytics social media big data etc) and which offer an openarchitecture for the incorporation of additional runtime environments frameworksand services
SocialActivity Streams is an emerging standard that provides developers with a commonvocabulary to describe business events enabling apps that socialize data and
ibmcomdeveloperWorks developerWorksreg
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knowledge with people in real time Implementation with both existing and future ITarchitecture helps to simplify informational and line of business visibility across usersand supports an organizationrsquos ability to share comment and collaborate
OpenSocial is a standards-based component model for cloud-based social appsThis model provides a consistent method to integrate existing applications withthe ability to add third-party applications in a single view This simplifies the userexperience and enables users to work in the manner that best suits them at thatmoment Information can be integrated across email content systems and richmediamdashall within a given context and across platforms The project deliverscross-industry alignment through the Apache Shindig project an open referenceimplementation of OpenSocial and through support of leading standards likeActivityStreams and OAuth20
Activity Streams and OpenSocial both have the potential to help to liberate data fromtraditional information silos through real-time information sharing
Internet of things
Addressing the Internet of things the MQ Telemetry Transport is a lightweightpublishsubscribe protocol with predictable bi-directional message delivery Itsideal for applications where a small code footprint is required or when networkbandwidth is limited An Internet of thingsmdashsensors network-connected appliancesand devices smart buildings and networked-automobilesmdashcould all benefit from theefficiency of this protocol
The MQTT community is currently working to standardize the specification underOASIS Additionally there are multiple open source implementations of the MQTTprotocol including the Eclipse Paho project and the Mosquitto project
Business applications and the SaaS layer
At the SaaS layer our open cloud architecture addresses security and federatedidentity (TLSSSL OpenID OASIS SAML and the IETFrsquos OAuth20) payments(Google Wallet and Applersquos Passport) and user interface (W3Crsquos HTML5 the IETFrsquosJSON Apache Cordova and Eclipse)
HTML5 is the common language for building rich Internet applications acrossplatforms while still supporting native mobile functions without plugins It ismanaged by the W3C and represents the evolution of HTML4 XHTML HTML5 alsoincorporates standards such as SVG and CSS
HTML5 greatly simplifies application development as it brings native support formultimedia across a wide range of desktop and mobile platforms Additionallyit brings native support for advanced technologies such as offline storage andapplications device access geolocation and semantic data
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Apache Cordova is the open source project that makes write once and runanywhere hybrid applications using platform services feasible Cordova focuseson providing device-specific code that acts as a shim to enable hybrid applicationaccess to native mobile functions across a wide range of devices The communityis focused on continual maintenance and enhancements to the code that enablesupport for additional devices Since the projects creation in 2010 IBM has beena significant contributor adding new capabilities and improving focus on releasemanagement Together HTML5 and Apache Cordova are critical to the continueddevelopment of rich mobile applications
SecurityOAuth is an open protocol to allow secure authorization in a simple and standardmethod from cloud web mobile and desktop applications Specifically it enablesauthorization and access to REST API endpoints defined within an application orinfrastructure OAuth has become a key security technology for the integration ofREST APIs into the enterprise as it can provide access to services both inside oroutside the firewall
Technology previewsAttendees of IBM IMPACT 2013 may have seen or heard about previews of thisemerging capability reflected in our open cloud architecture that I described above
Project IcapOne of these technology previews is Project Icap Project Icap combines anIntegrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides development tools forthe rapid highly iterative development that is common to cloud-centric and mobileapplications The IDE provides support for Java (WebSphere Liberty Profile) withdevelopment templates for JAX-RS Servlet 30 and Spring MVC Additionally theIcap IDE supports JavaScript (Nodejs) and mobile application development (IBMWorklight) Project ICAP is available for download as an Eclipse plugin
Another feature of ICAP is its cloud explorer that can be used to discover and shareservices
Project ICAP also provides a developer sandbox that can be run locally The sandboxincludes a number of foundational services that can be used to create applicationssuch as a relational database service based on Derby an elastic caching service(ECaaS) based on WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) a simple social service thatallows you to connect to social networks and social media properties such as Twitteror Sina Weibo and sample location services that developers can integrate into theirapplications to provide location awareness for mobile apps
Project ETAnother technology preview is Project ET which is an emerging public cloudenvironment modeled after our successful jStart program This public cloud
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environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
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Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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enablers for this new style of applications notably DevOps and Cloud-based PaaSofferings such as Heroku Cloud Foundry and OpenShift DevOps enables clients todeliver business outcomes in an agile iterative and incremental fashion applicationsare delivered in days or weeks rather than the typical months or years Finally toachieve such development efficiencies PaaS technologies are evolving that enabledevelopers to quickly assemble substantial middleware components hosted in theCloud extremely quickly (in seconds)
Multi-tenant elastic (ldquocloud nativerdquo) software services are the fuel of this style ofdevelopment We have observed the evolution and maturation of the API economyover the past decade exemplified by over 10000 services available to the cloud-based developer from sites such as programmableweb Given IBMrsquos depth andbreadth of software-based services specifically in the area of mobile social andanalytics it is imperative that we provide implementations accessible to developers atthe click of a button
While there are certainly lots of proprietary offerings that attempt to cover variousaspects of this new style of development and operations we have observed that theopen offerings deliver real value to the customer and are more likely to be embracedby developers
What do we mean by open
So what do we mean by open Open can take on a number of meanings
One meaning of open is open source software (OSS) such as OpenStack orone of the many projects hosted by the Linux Apache or Eclipse foundations orsimply hosted on Github Of course not all OSS is created equal It is importantthat the OSS component have an appropriately open license such as ApacheEclipse or MIT etc and also that it have an open governance model that welcomescontributions and innovation from anyone anywhere without prejudice Further itmeans that the OSS component can be easily extended and easily consumed andintegrated by means of relatively stable well-documented APIs or that it offers apluggable architecture that allows for a wide variety of plugins or drivers
Another meaning of open is the implementation of open interoperability standardssuch as those emerging from the W3C IETF OASIS or OMG to name a fewOf course another form of standard is the de facto standard which is typicallyestablished by virtue of the market embracing a particular solution regardless ofwhether its proprietary or open Ideally to be open we should avoid proprietary defacto standards under the control of (and which tend to benefit) a single party
Increasingly a symbiotic relationship is emerging between open source and openstandards For instance proponents of emerging open standards often turn to opensource to implement the standards as a means of providing a reference as well asproviding a vehicle to drive adoption As another example communities developing
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an open source project formally document their projectrsquos APIs andor protocols whenthey feel that things are stable
IBMs open cloud architectureSo back to IBMrsquos open cloud architecture What do we mean by this phrase At ahigh level it means that our cloud architecture is based solidly on a composition ofopen source components and where possible implements open standard formatsAPIs and protocols that deliver both interoperability and value to the customerThis open architecture has a number of benefits both to IBM as well as to ourcustomers For IBM we benefit from the unparalleled innovation we find in opensource communities such as OpenStack Additionally we benefit from the vibrantecosystem of ISV partners that grow from these open source and open standardsinitiatives Our customers benefit from the ability to leverage the open source andopen standards APIs and to extend themmdasheither through third-party capability(leveraging the vibrant open source ecosystems we have chosen) or throughinnovation and extension of their own
By using the same open cloud architecture and technologies across our cloudportfolio addressing private public and hybrid cloud solutions we also benefit frominteroperability and portability not only of workloads but of capability between andacross these various offerings which benefits our clients
In fact customers who choose open standards-based cloud computing are on theright course to take advantage of new opportunities Specifically they will be ableto harness their interconnected data with high-value business analytics acrosstraditional and mobile devices
IBMs commitment to open cloud architectureTo help make this happen IBM is applying its experience in supporting and validatingopen standards From Linux Eclipse and Apache to cloud computing IBM continuesto work closely with the open source community To make an open cloud architecturea reality IBM worked to
bull Create a 400-member Cloud Standards Customer Council that grew from about50 members at launch
bull Drive related cloud standards such as Open Service for Lifecycle CollaborationLinked Data in the W3C and TOSCA in OASIS to enhance cloud applicationportability
bull Dedicate more than 500 developers on open cloud projectsbull Partner closely with the OpenStack Foundation along with its over 9100
members from 87 countries and 189 corporate sponsors
Lets get technicalFigure 1 highlights much of open source and open standards-based technologiesthat comprise our open cloud architecture today Of course because it is open it will
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evolve and be extended over time by IBM by the open communities that drive theopen source and open standards initiatives by customers and by our partners
Figure 1 Open tools and technologies in the emerging open cloud architecture
OpenStackAs we announced at IBM Pulse the foundation of our open cloud architectureis based on OpenStack which supports a wide variety of virtualization platforms(KVM XEN VMware Hyper-V PowerVM ZVM etc) as well as bare metal andwhich itself runs on most Linux distributions We chose OpenStack not only forits architecture (which we found compelling) but even more importantly for itsdevelopment community open governance and vibrant and growing ecosystem ofproviders plugins and add-ons
Deployment automationFor deployment automation our offerings will typically support Chef cookbooks andrecipes However we also support Puppet and Juju so that clients can leverage theautomation tools they prefer or already use This is another key characteristic of ouropen cloud architecture it enables customer choice Chef Puppet and Juju are eachopen source initiatives of their own and each has a growing ecosystem of recipesmanifests and charms which are often themselves open source The openness ofthese tools and the vibrancy of their respective ecosystems benefit both IBM andour clients
Portable workload definition and orchestrationFor portable workload template definition our open cloud architecture incorporatesthe OASIS TOSCA standard TOSCA is a collaborative open standard being
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developed by IBM SAP HP Rackspace and many others What is really exciting isthat many of these same companies are also collaborating on implementing supportfor OASIS TOSCA template descriptions in the OpenStack Heat project Initially wehave enabled our IBM pattern deployment capability to import and export the OASISTOSCA template format Over time we will likely see the IBM capability transition toOpenStack Heat
Linked Data and OSLCFinally bridging the foundation software-defined environment layer with thecompositional layer above it (often referred to as PaaS) we use an emerging openstandard which is based on the W3Crsquos Linked Data called Open Services forLifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)
OSLC is an open community that is working to make software lifecycle toolsinteroperable by enabling them to share data with one another This effort coversa wide range of development operations and management disciplines and anequally diverse set of tools The goal is to enable tools to be combined in a waythat connects and streamlines workflows to reduce the effort frustration and costthroughout the cradle-to-grave lifecycle of an application
OSLC was inspired by the way data is shared on the web and is based on W3CrsquosLinked Data Linked Data is essentially a methodology for publishing structureddata on the Internet so that it can be interlinked with similar data improving itsaccessibility and usefulness The idea for Linked Data was first articulated by TimBerners-Lee and rests on four basic principles
1 Use URIs as names for things2 Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names3 When someone looks up a URI provide useful information using the standards
(RDF SPARQL)4 Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things
PaaS fabricContinuing up the stack we are exploring a number of open alternatives for the PaaSfabric including OpenShift and Cloud Foundry Each offers similar characteristicswhen it comes to support for a wide variety of runtime environments (including JavaJavaScript Python Ruby etc) popular frameworks (such as Nodejs Tomcat andRuby on Rails etc) and a rich variety of services (NoSQL databases queuingmessaging caching analytics social media big data etc) and which offer an openarchitecture for the incorporation of additional runtime environments frameworksand services
SocialActivity Streams is an emerging standard that provides developers with a commonvocabulary to describe business events enabling apps that socialize data and
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knowledge with people in real time Implementation with both existing and future ITarchitecture helps to simplify informational and line of business visibility across usersand supports an organizationrsquos ability to share comment and collaborate
OpenSocial is a standards-based component model for cloud-based social appsThis model provides a consistent method to integrate existing applications withthe ability to add third-party applications in a single view This simplifies the userexperience and enables users to work in the manner that best suits them at thatmoment Information can be integrated across email content systems and richmediamdashall within a given context and across platforms The project deliverscross-industry alignment through the Apache Shindig project an open referenceimplementation of OpenSocial and through support of leading standards likeActivityStreams and OAuth20
Activity Streams and OpenSocial both have the potential to help to liberate data fromtraditional information silos through real-time information sharing
Internet of things
Addressing the Internet of things the MQ Telemetry Transport is a lightweightpublishsubscribe protocol with predictable bi-directional message delivery Itsideal for applications where a small code footprint is required or when networkbandwidth is limited An Internet of thingsmdashsensors network-connected appliancesand devices smart buildings and networked-automobilesmdashcould all benefit from theefficiency of this protocol
The MQTT community is currently working to standardize the specification underOASIS Additionally there are multiple open source implementations of the MQTTprotocol including the Eclipse Paho project and the Mosquitto project
Business applications and the SaaS layer
At the SaaS layer our open cloud architecture addresses security and federatedidentity (TLSSSL OpenID OASIS SAML and the IETFrsquos OAuth20) payments(Google Wallet and Applersquos Passport) and user interface (W3Crsquos HTML5 the IETFrsquosJSON Apache Cordova and Eclipse)
HTML5 is the common language for building rich Internet applications acrossplatforms while still supporting native mobile functions without plugins It ismanaged by the W3C and represents the evolution of HTML4 XHTML HTML5 alsoincorporates standards such as SVG and CSS
HTML5 greatly simplifies application development as it brings native support formultimedia across a wide range of desktop and mobile platforms Additionallyit brings native support for advanced technologies such as offline storage andapplications device access geolocation and semantic data
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Apache Cordova is the open source project that makes write once and runanywhere hybrid applications using platform services feasible Cordova focuseson providing device-specific code that acts as a shim to enable hybrid applicationaccess to native mobile functions across a wide range of devices The communityis focused on continual maintenance and enhancements to the code that enablesupport for additional devices Since the projects creation in 2010 IBM has beena significant contributor adding new capabilities and improving focus on releasemanagement Together HTML5 and Apache Cordova are critical to the continueddevelopment of rich mobile applications
SecurityOAuth is an open protocol to allow secure authorization in a simple and standardmethod from cloud web mobile and desktop applications Specifically it enablesauthorization and access to REST API endpoints defined within an application orinfrastructure OAuth has become a key security technology for the integration ofREST APIs into the enterprise as it can provide access to services both inside oroutside the firewall
Technology previewsAttendees of IBM IMPACT 2013 may have seen or heard about previews of thisemerging capability reflected in our open cloud architecture that I described above
Project IcapOne of these technology previews is Project Icap Project Icap combines anIntegrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides development tools forthe rapid highly iterative development that is common to cloud-centric and mobileapplications The IDE provides support for Java (WebSphere Liberty Profile) withdevelopment templates for JAX-RS Servlet 30 and Spring MVC Additionally theIcap IDE supports JavaScript (Nodejs) and mobile application development (IBMWorklight) Project ICAP is available for download as an Eclipse plugin
Another feature of ICAP is its cloud explorer that can be used to discover and shareservices
Project ICAP also provides a developer sandbox that can be run locally The sandboxincludes a number of foundational services that can be used to create applicationssuch as a relational database service based on Derby an elastic caching service(ECaaS) based on WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) a simple social service thatallows you to connect to social networks and social media properties such as Twitteror Sina Weibo and sample location services that developers can integrate into theirapplications to provide location awareness for mobile apps
Project ETAnother technology preview is Project ET which is an emerging public cloudenvironment modeled after our successful jStart program This public cloud
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environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
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IBMs open cloud architecture Page 10 of 12
Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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an open source project formally document their projectrsquos APIs andor protocols whenthey feel that things are stable
IBMs open cloud architectureSo back to IBMrsquos open cloud architecture What do we mean by this phrase At ahigh level it means that our cloud architecture is based solidly on a composition ofopen source components and where possible implements open standard formatsAPIs and protocols that deliver both interoperability and value to the customerThis open architecture has a number of benefits both to IBM as well as to ourcustomers For IBM we benefit from the unparalleled innovation we find in opensource communities such as OpenStack Additionally we benefit from the vibrantecosystem of ISV partners that grow from these open source and open standardsinitiatives Our customers benefit from the ability to leverage the open source andopen standards APIs and to extend themmdasheither through third-party capability(leveraging the vibrant open source ecosystems we have chosen) or throughinnovation and extension of their own
By using the same open cloud architecture and technologies across our cloudportfolio addressing private public and hybrid cloud solutions we also benefit frominteroperability and portability not only of workloads but of capability between andacross these various offerings which benefits our clients
In fact customers who choose open standards-based cloud computing are on theright course to take advantage of new opportunities Specifically they will be ableto harness their interconnected data with high-value business analytics acrosstraditional and mobile devices
IBMs commitment to open cloud architectureTo help make this happen IBM is applying its experience in supporting and validatingopen standards From Linux Eclipse and Apache to cloud computing IBM continuesto work closely with the open source community To make an open cloud architecturea reality IBM worked to
bull Create a 400-member Cloud Standards Customer Council that grew from about50 members at launch
bull Drive related cloud standards such as Open Service for Lifecycle CollaborationLinked Data in the W3C and TOSCA in OASIS to enhance cloud applicationportability
bull Dedicate more than 500 developers on open cloud projectsbull Partner closely with the OpenStack Foundation along with its over 9100
members from 87 countries and 189 corporate sponsors
Lets get technicalFigure 1 highlights much of open source and open standards-based technologiesthat comprise our open cloud architecture today Of course because it is open it will
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evolve and be extended over time by IBM by the open communities that drive theopen source and open standards initiatives by customers and by our partners
Figure 1 Open tools and technologies in the emerging open cloud architecture
OpenStackAs we announced at IBM Pulse the foundation of our open cloud architectureis based on OpenStack which supports a wide variety of virtualization platforms(KVM XEN VMware Hyper-V PowerVM ZVM etc) as well as bare metal andwhich itself runs on most Linux distributions We chose OpenStack not only forits architecture (which we found compelling) but even more importantly for itsdevelopment community open governance and vibrant and growing ecosystem ofproviders plugins and add-ons
Deployment automationFor deployment automation our offerings will typically support Chef cookbooks andrecipes However we also support Puppet and Juju so that clients can leverage theautomation tools they prefer or already use This is another key characteristic of ouropen cloud architecture it enables customer choice Chef Puppet and Juju are eachopen source initiatives of their own and each has a growing ecosystem of recipesmanifests and charms which are often themselves open source The openness ofthese tools and the vibrancy of their respective ecosystems benefit both IBM andour clients
Portable workload definition and orchestrationFor portable workload template definition our open cloud architecture incorporatesthe OASIS TOSCA standard TOSCA is a collaborative open standard being
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developed by IBM SAP HP Rackspace and many others What is really exciting isthat many of these same companies are also collaborating on implementing supportfor OASIS TOSCA template descriptions in the OpenStack Heat project Initially wehave enabled our IBM pattern deployment capability to import and export the OASISTOSCA template format Over time we will likely see the IBM capability transition toOpenStack Heat
Linked Data and OSLCFinally bridging the foundation software-defined environment layer with thecompositional layer above it (often referred to as PaaS) we use an emerging openstandard which is based on the W3Crsquos Linked Data called Open Services forLifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)
OSLC is an open community that is working to make software lifecycle toolsinteroperable by enabling them to share data with one another This effort coversa wide range of development operations and management disciplines and anequally diverse set of tools The goal is to enable tools to be combined in a waythat connects and streamlines workflows to reduce the effort frustration and costthroughout the cradle-to-grave lifecycle of an application
OSLC was inspired by the way data is shared on the web and is based on W3CrsquosLinked Data Linked Data is essentially a methodology for publishing structureddata on the Internet so that it can be interlinked with similar data improving itsaccessibility and usefulness The idea for Linked Data was first articulated by TimBerners-Lee and rests on four basic principles
1 Use URIs as names for things2 Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names3 When someone looks up a URI provide useful information using the standards
(RDF SPARQL)4 Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things
PaaS fabricContinuing up the stack we are exploring a number of open alternatives for the PaaSfabric including OpenShift and Cloud Foundry Each offers similar characteristicswhen it comes to support for a wide variety of runtime environments (including JavaJavaScript Python Ruby etc) popular frameworks (such as Nodejs Tomcat andRuby on Rails etc) and a rich variety of services (NoSQL databases queuingmessaging caching analytics social media big data etc) and which offer an openarchitecture for the incorporation of additional runtime environments frameworksand services
SocialActivity Streams is an emerging standard that provides developers with a commonvocabulary to describe business events enabling apps that socialize data and
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knowledge with people in real time Implementation with both existing and future ITarchitecture helps to simplify informational and line of business visibility across usersand supports an organizationrsquos ability to share comment and collaborate
OpenSocial is a standards-based component model for cloud-based social appsThis model provides a consistent method to integrate existing applications withthe ability to add third-party applications in a single view This simplifies the userexperience and enables users to work in the manner that best suits them at thatmoment Information can be integrated across email content systems and richmediamdashall within a given context and across platforms The project deliverscross-industry alignment through the Apache Shindig project an open referenceimplementation of OpenSocial and through support of leading standards likeActivityStreams and OAuth20
Activity Streams and OpenSocial both have the potential to help to liberate data fromtraditional information silos through real-time information sharing
Internet of things
Addressing the Internet of things the MQ Telemetry Transport is a lightweightpublishsubscribe protocol with predictable bi-directional message delivery Itsideal for applications where a small code footprint is required or when networkbandwidth is limited An Internet of thingsmdashsensors network-connected appliancesand devices smart buildings and networked-automobilesmdashcould all benefit from theefficiency of this protocol
The MQTT community is currently working to standardize the specification underOASIS Additionally there are multiple open source implementations of the MQTTprotocol including the Eclipse Paho project and the Mosquitto project
Business applications and the SaaS layer
At the SaaS layer our open cloud architecture addresses security and federatedidentity (TLSSSL OpenID OASIS SAML and the IETFrsquos OAuth20) payments(Google Wallet and Applersquos Passport) and user interface (W3Crsquos HTML5 the IETFrsquosJSON Apache Cordova and Eclipse)
HTML5 is the common language for building rich Internet applications acrossplatforms while still supporting native mobile functions without plugins It ismanaged by the W3C and represents the evolution of HTML4 XHTML HTML5 alsoincorporates standards such as SVG and CSS
HTML5 greatly simplifies application development as it brings native support formultimedia across a wide range of desktop and mobile platforms Additionallyit brings native support for advanced technologies such as offline storage andapplications device access geolocation and semantic data
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Apache Cordova is the open source project that makes write once and runanywhere hybrid applications using platform services feasible Cordova focuseson providing device-specific code that acts as a shim to enable hybrid applicationaccess to native mobile functions across a wide range of devices The communityis focused on continual maintenance and enhancements to the code that enablesupport for additional devices Since the projects creation in 2010 IBM has beena significant contributor adding new capabilities and improving focus on releasemanagement Together HTML5 and Apache Cordova are critical to the continueddevelopment of rich mobile applications
SecurityOAuth is an open protocol to allow secure authorization in a simple and standardmethod from cloud web mobile and desktop applications Specifically it enablesauthorization and access to REST API endpoints defined within an application orinfrastructure OAuth has become a key security technology for the integration ofREST APIs into the enterprise as it can provide access to services both inside oroutside the firewall
Technology previewsAttendees of IBM IMPACT 2013 may have seen or heard about previews of thisemerging capability reflected in our open cloud architecture that I described above
Project IcapOne of these technology previews is Project Icap Project Icap combines anIntegrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides development tools forthe rapid highly iterative development that is common to cloud-centric and mobileapplications The IDE provides support for Java (WebSphere Liberty Profile) withdevelopment templates for JAX-RS Servlet 30 and Spring MVC Additionally theIcap IDE supports JavaScript (Nodejs) and mobile application development (IBMWorklight) Project ICAP is available for download as an Eclipse plugin
Another feature of ICAP is its cloud explorer that can be used to discover and shareservices
Project ICAP also provides a developer sandbox that can be run locally The sandboxincludes a number of foundational services that can be used to create applicationssuch as a relational database service based on Derby an elastic caching service(ECaaS) based on WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) a simple social service thatallows you to connect to social networks and social media properties such as Twitteror Sina Weibo and sample location services that developers can integrate into theirapplications to provide location awareness for mobile apps
Project ETAnother technology preview is Project ET which is an emerging public cloudenvironment modeled after our successful jStart program This public cloud
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IBMs open cloud architecture Page 9 of 12
environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
developerWorksreg ibmcomdeveloperWorks
IBMs open cloud architecture Page 10 of 12
Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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evolve and be extended over time by IBM by the open communities that drive theopen source and open standards initiatives by customers and by our partners
Figure 1 Open tools and technologies in the emerging open cloud architecture
OpenStackAs we announced at IBM Pulse the foundation of our open cloud architectureis based on OpenStack which supports a wide variety of virtualization platforms(KVM XEN VMware Hyper-V PowerVM ZVM etc) as well as bare metal andwhich itself runs on most Linux distributions We chose OpenStack not only forits architecture (which we found compelling) but even more importantly for itsdevelopment community open governance and vibrant and growing ecosystem ofproviders plugins and add-ons
Deployment automationFor deployment automation our offerings will typically support Chef cookbooks andrecipes However we also support Puppet and Juju so that clients can leverage theautomation tools they prefer or already use This is another key characteristic of ouropen cloud architecture it enables customer choice Chef Puppet and Juju are eachopen source initiatives of their own and each has a growing ecosystem of recipesmanifests and charms which are often themselves open source The openness ofthese tools and the vibrancy of their respective ecosystems benefit both IBM andour clients
Portable workload definition and orchestrationFor portable workload template definition our open cloud architecture incorporatesthe OASIS TOSCA standard TOSCA is a collaborative open standard being
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developed by IBM SAP HP Rackspace and many others What is really exciting isthat many of these same companies are also collaborating on implementing supportfor OASIS TOSCA template descriptions in the OpenStack Heat project Initially wehave enabled our IBM pattern deployment capability to import and export the OASISTOSCA template format Over time we will likely see the IBM capability transition toOpenStack Heat
Linked Data and OSLCFinally bridging the foundation software-defined environment layer with thecompositional layer above it (often referred to as PaaS) we use an emerging openstandard which is based on the W3Crsquos Linked Data called Open Services forLifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)
OSLC is an open community that is working to make software lifecycle toolsinteroperable by enabling them to share data with one another This effort coversa wide range of development operations and management disciplines and anequally diverse set of tools The goal is to enable tools to be combined in a waythat connects and streamlines workflows to reduce the effort frustration and costthroughout the cradle-to-grave lifecycle of an application
OSLC was inspired by the way data is shared on the web and is based on W3CrsquosLinked Data Linked Data is essentially a methodology for publishing structureddata on the Internet so that it can be interlinked with similar data improving itsaccessibility and usefulness The idea for Linked Data was first articulated by TimBerners-Lee and rests on four basic principles
1 Use URIs as names for things2 Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names3 When someone looks up a URI provide useful information using the standards
(RDF SPARQL)4 Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things
PaaS fabricContinuing up the stack we are exploring a number of open alternatives for the PaaSfabric including OpenShift and Cloud Foundry Each offers similar characteristicswhen it comes to support for a wide variety of runtime environments (including JavaJavaScript Python Ruby etc) popular frameworks (such as Nodejs Tomcat andRuby on Rails etc) and a rich variety of services (NoSQL databases queuingmessaging caching analytics social media big data etc) and which offer an openarchitecture for the incorporation of additional runtime environments frameworksand services
SocialActivity Streams is an emerging standard that provides developers with a commonvocabulary to describe business events enabling apps that socialize data and
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knowledge with people in real time Implementation with both existing and future ITarchitecture helps to simplify informational and line of business visibility across usersand supports an organizationrsquos ability to share comment and collaborate
OpenSocial is a standards-based component model for cloud-based social appsThis model provides a consistent method to integrate existing applications withthe ability to add third-party applications in a single view This simplifies the userexperience and enables users to work in the manner that best suits them at thatmoment Information can be integrated across email content systems and richmediamdashall within a given context and across platforms The project deliverscross-industry alignment through the Apache Shindig project an open referenceimplementation of OpenSocial and through support of leading standards likeActivityStreams and OAuth20
Activity Streams and OpenSocial both have the potential to help to liberate data fromtraditional information silos through real-time information sharing
Internet of things
Addressing the Internet of things the MQ Telemetry Transport is a lightweightpublishsubscribe protocol with predictable bi-directional message delivery Itsideal for applications where a small code footprint is required or when networkbandwidth is limited An Internet of thingsmdashsensors network-connected appliancesand devices smart buildings and networked-automobilesmdashcould all benefit from theefficiency of this protocol
The MQTT community is currently working to standardize the specification underOASIS Additionally there are multiple open source implementations of the MQTTprotocol including the Eclipse Paho project and the Mosquitto project
Business applications and the SaaS layer
At the SaaS layer our open cloud architecture addresses security and federatedidentity (TLSSSL OpenID OASIS SAML and the IETFrsquos OAuth20) payments(Google Wallet and Applersquos Passport) and user interface (W3Crsquos HTML5 the IETFrsquosJSON Apache Cordova and Eclipse)
HTML5 is the common language for building rich Internet applications acrossplatforms while still supporting native mobile functions without plugins It ismanaged by the W3C and represents the evolution of HTML4 XHTML HTML5 alsoincorporates standards such as SVG and CSS
HTML5 greatly simplifies application development as it brings native support formultimedia across a wide range of desktop and mobile platforms Additionallyit brings native support for advanced technologies such as offline storage andapplications device access geolocation and semantic data
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Apache Cordova is the open source project that makes write once and runanywhere hybrid applications using platform services feasible Cordova focuseson providing device-specific code that acts as a shim to enable hybrid applicationaccess to native mobile functions across a wide range of devices The communityis focused on continual maintenance and enhancements to the code that enablesupport for additional devices Since the projects creation in 2010 IBM has beena significant contributor adding new capabilities and improving focus on releasemanagement Together HTML5 and Apache Cordova are critical to the continueddevelopment of rich mobile applications
SecurityOAuth is an open protocol to allow secure authorization in a simple and standardmethod from cloud web mobile and desktop applications Specifically it enablesauthorization and access to REST API endpoints defined within an application orinfrastructure OAuth has become a key security technology for the integration ofREST APIs into the enterprise as it can provide access to services both inside oroutside the firewall
Technology previewsAttendees of IBM IMPACT 2013 may have seen or heard about previews of thisemerging capability reflected in our open cloud architecture that I described above
Project IcapOne of these technology previews is Project Icap Project Icap combines anIntegrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides development tools forthe rapid highly iterative development that is common to cloud-centric and mobileapplications The IDE provides support for Java (WebSphere Liberty Profile) withdevelopment templates for JAX-RS Servlet 30 and Spring MVC Additionally theIcap IDE supports JavaScript (Nodejs) and mobile application development (IBMWorklight) Project ICAP is available for download as an Eclipse plugin
Another feature of ICAP is its cloud explorer that can be used to discover and shareservices
Project ICAP also provides a developer sandbox that can be run locally The sandboxincludes a number of foundational services that can be used to create applicationssuch as a relational database service based on Derby an elastic caching service(ECaaS) based on WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) a simple social service thatallows you to connect to social networks and social media properties such as Twitteror Sina Weibo and sample location services that developers can integrate into theirapplications to provide location awareness for mobile apps
Project ETAnother technology preview is Project ET which is an emerging public cloudenvironment modeled after our successful jStart program This public cloud
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environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
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Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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developed by IBM SAP HP Rackspace and many others What is really exciting isthat many of these same companies are also collaborating on implementing supportfor OASIS TOSCA template descriptions in the OpenStack Heat project Initially wehave enabled our IBM pattern deployment capability to import and export the OASISTOSCA template format Over time we will likely see the IBM capability transition toOpenStack Heat
Linked Data and OSLCFinally bridging the foundation software-defined environment layer with thecompositional layer above it (often referred to as PaaS) we use an emerging openstandard which is based on the W3Crsquos Linked Data called Open Services forLifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)
OSLC is an open community that is working to make software lifecycle toolsinteroperable by enabling them to share data with one another This effort coversa wide range of development operations and management disciplines and anequally diverse set of tools The goal is to enable tools to be combined in a waythat connects and streamlines workflows to reduce the effort frustration and costthroughout the cradle-to-grave lifecycle of an application
OSLC was inspired by the way data is shared on the web and is based on W3CrsquosLinked Data Linked Data is essentially a methodology for publishing structureddata on the Internet so that it can be interlinked with similar data improving itsaccessibility and usefulness The idea for Linked Data was first articulated by TimBerners-Lee and rests on four basic principles
1 Use URIs as names for things2 Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names3 When someone looks up a URI provide useful information using the standards
(RDF SPARQL)4 Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things
PaaS fabricContinuing up the stack we are exploring a number of open alternatives for the PaaSfabric including OpenShift and Cloud Foundry Each offers similar characteristicswhen it comes to support for a wide variety of runtime environments (including JavaJavaScript Python Ruby etc) popular frameworks (such as Nodejs Tomcat andRuby on Rails etc) and a rich variety of services (NoSQL databases queuingmessaging caching analytics social media big data etc) and which offer an openarchitecture for the incorporation of additional runtime environments frameworksand services
SocialActivity Streams is an emerging standard that provides developers with a commonvocabulary to describe business events enabling apps that socialize data and
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knowledge with people in real time Implementation with both existing and future ITarchitecture helps to simplify informational and line of business visibility across usersand supports an organizationrsquos ability to share comment and collaborate
OpenSocial is a standards-based component model for cloud-based social appsThis model provides a consistent method to integrate existing applications withthe ability to add third-party applications in a single view This simplifies the userexperience and enables users to work in the manner that best suits them at thatmoment Information can be integrated across email content systems and richmediamdashall within a given context and across platforms The project deliverscross-industry alignment through the Apache Shindig project an open referenceimplementation of OpenSocial and through support of leading standards likeActivityStreams and OAuth20
Activity Streams and OpenSocial both have the potential to help to liberate data fromtraditional information silos through real-time information sharing
Internet of things
Addressing the Internet of things the MQ Telemetry Transport is a lightweightpublishsubscribe protocol with predictable bi-directional message delivery Itsideal for applications where a small code footprint is required or when networkbandwidth is limited An Internet of thingsmdashsensors network-connected appliancesand devices smart buildings and networked-automobilesmdashcould all benefit from theefficiency of this protocol
The MQTT community is currently working to standardize the specification underOASIS Additionally there are multiple open source implementations of the MQTTprotocol including the Eclipse Paho project and the Mosquitto project
Business applications and the SaaS layer
At the SaaS layer our open cloud architecture addresses security and federatedidentity (TLSSSL OpenID OASIS SAML and the IETFrsquos OAuth20) payments(Google Wallet and Applersquos Passport) and user interface (W3Crsquos HTML5 the IETFrsquosJSON Apache Cordova and Eclipse)
HTML5 is the common language for building rich Internet applications acrossplatforms while still supporting native mobile functions without plugins It ismanaged by the W3C and represents the evolution of HTML4 XHTML HTML5 alsoincorporates standards such as SVG and CSS
HTML5 greatly simplifies application development as it brings native support formultimedia across a wide range of desktop and mobile platforms Additionallyit brings native support for advanced technologies such as offline storage andapplications device access geolocation and semantic data
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Apache Cordova is the open source project that makes write once and runanywhere hybrid applications using platform services feasible Cordova focuseson providing device-specific code that acts as a shim to enable hybrid applicationaccess to native mobile functions across a wide range of devices The communityis focused on continual maintenance and enhancements to the code that enablesupport for additional devices Since the projects creation in 2010 IBM has beena significant contributor adding new capabilities and improving focus on releasemanagement Together HTML5 and Apache Cordova are critical to the continueddevelopment of rich mobile applications
SecurityOAuth is an open protocol to allow secure authorization in a simple and standardmethod from cloud web mobile and desktop applications Specifically it enablesauthorization and access to REST API endpoints defined within an application orinfrastructure OAuth has become a key security technology for the integration ofREST APIs into the enterprise as it can provide access to services both inside oroutside the firewall
Technology previewsAttendees of IBM IMPACT 2013 may have seen or heard about previews of thisemerging capability reflected in our open cloud architecture that I described above
Project IcapOne of these technology previews is Project Icap Project Icap combines anIntegrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides development tools forthe rapid highly iterative development that is common to cloud-centric and mobileapplications The IDE provides support for Java (WebSphere Liberty Profile) withdevelopment templates for JAX-RS Servlet 30 and Spring MVC Additionally theIcap IDE supports JavaScript (Nodejs) and mobile application development (IBMWorklight) Project ICAP is available for download as an Eclipse plugin
Another feature of ICAP is its cloud explorer that can be used to discover and shareservices
Project ICAP also provides a developer sandbox that can be run locally The sandboxincludes a number of foundational services that can be used to create applicationssuch as a relational database service based on Derby an elastic caching service(ECaaS) based on WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) a simple social service thatallows you to connect to social networks and social media properties such as Twitteror Sina Weibo and sample location services that developers can integrate into theirapplications to provide location awareness for mobile apps
Project ETAnother technology preview is Project ET which is an emerging public cloudenvironment modeled after our successful jStart program This public cloud
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environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
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Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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knowledge with people in real time Implementation with both existing and future ITarchitecture helps to simplify informational and line of business visibility across usersand supports an organizationrsquos ability to share comment and collaborate
OpenSocial is a standards-based component model for cloud-based social appsThis model provides a consistent method to integrate existing applications withthe ability to add third-party applications in a single view This simplifies the userexperience and enables users to work in the manner that best suits them at thatmoment Information can be integrated across email content systems and richmediamdashall within a given context and across platforms The project deliverscross-industry alignment through the Apache Shindig project an open referenceimplementation of OpenSocial and through support of leading standards likeActivityStreams and OAuth20
Activity Streams and OpenSocial both have the potential to help to liberate data fromtraditional information silos through real-time information sharing
Internet of things
Addressing the Internet of things the MQ Telemetry Transport is a lightweightpublishsubscribe protocol with predictable bi-directional message delivery Itsideal for applications where a small code footprint is required or when networkbandwidth is limited An Internet of thingsmdashsensors network-connected appliancesand devices smart buildings and networked-automobilesmdashcould all benefit from theefficiency of this protocol
The MQTT community is currently working to standardize the specification underOASIS Additionally there are multiple open source implementations of the MQTTprotocol including the Eclipse Paho project and the Mosquitto project
Business applications and the SaaS layer
At the SaaS layer our open cloud architecture addresses security and federatedidentity (TLSSSL OpenID OASIS SAML and the IETFrsquos OAuth20) payments(Google Wallet and Applersquos Passport) and user interface (W3Crsquos HTML5 the IETFrsquosJSON Apache Cordova and Eclipse)
HTML5 is the common language for building rich Internet applications acrossplatforms while still supporting native mobile functions without plugins It ismanaged by the W3C and represents the evolution of HTML4 XHTML HTML5 alsoincorporates standards such as SVG and CSS
HTML5 greatly simplifies application development as it brings native support formultimedia across a wide range of desktop and mobile platforms Additionallyit brings native support for advanced technologies such as offline storage andapplications device access geolocation and semantic data
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Apache Cordova is the open source project that makes write once and runanywhere hybrid applications using platform services feasible Cordova focuseson providing device-specific code that acts as a shim to enable hybrid applicationaccess to native mobile functions across a wide range of devices The communityis focused on continual maintenance and enhancements to the code that enablesupport for additional devices Since the projects creation in 2010 IBM has beena significant contributor adding new capabilities and improving focus on releasemanagement Together HTML5 and Apache Cordova are critical to the continueddevelopment of rich mobile applications
SecurityOAuth is an open protocol to allow secure authorization in a simple and standardmethod from cloud web mobile and desktop applications Specifically it enablesauthorization and access to REST API endpoints defined within an application orinfrastructure OAuth has become a key security technology for the integration ofREST APIs into the enterprise as it can provide access to services both inside oroutside the firewall
Technology previewsAttendees of IBM IMPACT 2013 may have seen or heard about previews of thisemerging capability reflected in our open cloud architecture that I described above
Project IcapOne of these technology previews is Project Icap Project Icap combines anIntegrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides development tools forthe rapid highly iterative development that is common to cloud-centric and mobileapplications The IDE provides support for Java (WebSphere Liberty Profile) withdevelopment templates for JAX-RS Servlet 30 and Spring MVC Additionally theIcap IDE supports JavaScript (Nodejs) and mobile application development (IBMWorklight) Project ICAP is available for download as an Eclipse plugin
Another feature of ICAP is its cloud explorer that can be used to discover and shareservices
Project ICAP also provides a developer sandbox that can be run locally The sandboxincludes a number of foundational services that can be used to create applicationssuch as a relational database service based on Derby an elastic caching service(ECaaS) based on WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) a simple social service thatallows you to connect to social networks and social media properties such as Twitteror Sina Weibo and sample location services that developers can integrate into theirapplications to provide location awareness for mobile apps
Project ETAnother technology preview is Project ET which is an emerging public cloudenvironment modeled after our successful jStart program This public cloud
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environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
developerWorksreg ibmcomdeveloperWorks
IBMs open cloud architecture Page 10 of 12
Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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Apache Cordova is the open source project that makes write once and runanywhere hybrid applications using platform services feasible Cordova focuseson providing device-specific code that acts as a shim to enable hybrid applicationaccess to native mobile functions across a wide range of devices The communityis focused on continual maintenance and enhancements to the code that enablesupport for additional devices Since the projects creation in 2010 IBM has beena significant contributor adding new capabilities and improving focus on releasemanagement Together HTML5 and Apache Cordova are critical to the continueddevelopment of rich mobile applications
SecurityOAuth is an open protocol to allow secure authorization in a simple and standardmethod from cloud web mobile and desktop applications Specifically it enablesauthorization and access to REST API endpoints defined within an application orinfrastructure OAuth has become a key security technology for the integration ofREST APIs into the enterprise as it can provide access to services both inside oroutside the firewall
Technology previewsAttendees of IBM IMPACT 2013 may have seen or heard about previews of thisemerging capability reflected in our open cloud architecture that I described above
Project IcapOne of these technology previews is Project Icap Project Icap combines anIntegrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides development tools forthe rapid highly iterative development that is common to cloud-centric and mobileapplications The IDE provides support for Java (WebSphere Liberty Profile) withdevelopment templates for JAX-RS Servlet 30 and Spring MVC Additionally theIcap IDE supports JavaScript (Nodejs) and mobile application development (IBMWorklight) Project ICAP is available for download as an Eclipse plugin
Another feature of ICAP is its cloud explorer that can be used to discover and shareservices
Project ICAP also provides a developer sandbox that can be run locally The sandboxincludes a number of foundational services that can be used to create applicationssuch as a relational database service based on Derby an elastic caching service(ECaaS) based on WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) a simple social service thatallows you to connect to social networks and social media properties such as Twitteror Sina Weibo and sample location services that developers can integrate into theirapplications to provide location awareness for mobile apps
Project ETAnother technology preview is Project ET which is an emerging public cloudenvironment modeled after our successful jStart program This public cloud
ibmcomdeveloperWorks developerWorksreg
IBMs open cloud architecture Page 9 of 12
environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
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Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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environment offers many of the same services that are available through ProjectIcaprsquos sandbox running on an OpenStack cloud Presently we are running onOpenStack Folsom but we intend to migrate to the recent release of OpenStackGrizzly very soon
In this environment we are hosting one of the emerging open source PaaS platformswhere you can develop cloud-centric applications leveraging a set of hosted servicesincluding PostgreSQL MySQL Redis blob storage elastic caching (ECaaS)sample location services an SMS service simple social service RabbitMQ andMongoDB We intend to deliver additional services online over time from IBM opensource sources and from IBM partners in a continuous delivery mode of operationsWe will be especially interested in your feedback as to what services you would liketo see
The Project ET team will be working closely with customers exploring these twopreview offerings to gather feedback to understand what software services areimportant to them as well as how to manage the various aspects of developingdelivering managing and hosting these new systems of interaction
Conclusion
Wersquore always interested in your feedback so feel free let us know what you think ofour open cloud architecture
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Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
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IBMs open cloud architecture Page 11 of 12
About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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Resourcesbull Learn more about the Cloud Standards Customer Councilbull Learn more about the OpenStack Foundationbull Learn more about Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)bull Learn more about MQ Telemetry Transportbull Learn more about HTML5bull Learn more about Apache Cordovabull Learn more about Activity Streamsbull Learn more about OpenSocialbull Learn more about OAuth
ibmcomdeveloperWorks developerWorksreg
IBMs open cloud architecture Page 11 of 12
About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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IBMs open cloud architecture Page 11 of 12
About the author
Angel Diaz
Dr Angel Luis Diaz is Vice President for IBMrsquos Software Standards andCloud Labs Since 2009 Dr Diaz has led his team in transforming howwork is done by software driving new value through interoperabilityand portability based on standards and open source In 2013 IBMrsquosCloud Labs joined Dr Diazrsquos organization Under his direction the labscontinue to bring direct value to customers by optimizing their cloudenvironments and by providing expert solutions that address their mostcomplex challenges When not innovating in customer environments theCloud Labs are working to extend IBMrsquos capabilities across the breadthof its cloud offerings using technologies that bring interoperability andefficiency to the cloud
Prior to this role Dr Diaz was Vice President of WebSphere BusinessProcess Management and Connectivity where he expanded IBMrsquosmiddleware footprint by cultivating consistent growth of the businesssegment In previous leadership roles Dr Diaz was the Director forWebSphere Business Process development and the Web ServicesProduct Manager where he was responsible for a range of IBMSoftware product offerings
Before joining the IBM Software Group Dr Diaz was a member ofIBMs Research staff and Senior Manager where he led a range ofprojects that included technologies such as XML and web services In1998 Dr Diaz was co-chair and co-author of the first XML standard theWorld Wide Web Consortiumrsquos (W3C) Mathematical Markup Language(MathML) Dr Diaz subsequently served on a variety of other W3Cactivities In 2002 Dr Diaz collaborated with the Organization for theAdvancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) to initiatethe first two web services standards the Web Services For RemotePortals (WSRP) and OASIS Web Services For Interactive Applications(WSIA) As a result Dr Diaz was nominated to the OASIS TechnicalAdvisory Board which set the technical direction for future OASIS work
Dr Diaz received his PhD in Computer Science (distributed computingprogramming languages and computer algebra) from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute You can contact Angel at aldiaz at usibmcom
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