Open Data Center Alliance | January 17, 2011 | Press Release
Alliance Announces 32 Contributor Members as IT Leaders Continue to Join Organization
BEAVERTON, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Open Data Center Alliance, an independent consortium of global IT leaders aimed at providing a unified vision for long term data center requirements, today announced Capgemini and China Unicom Group have joined the Steering Committee of the organization. Steering Committee members share a common vision for the requirements shaping evolving data centers today, and are responsible for charting the course of the Open Data Center Alliance. Capgemini and China Unicom Group join existing Steering Committee members—BMW; China Life; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan Chase; Lockheed Martin; Marriott International, Inc.; National Australia Bank; Shell Global Solutions, Inc.; Terremark; and UBS—with a collective two-year commitment including active participation in the Alliance Technical Workgroups and financial support of the Alliance.
The Steering Committee also announced its selection of 32 global companies as Contributor Members of the Open Data Center Alliance. Contributors are chartered by the Steering Committee to help develop the Usage Model Roadmap through participation in Alliance Technical Workgroups. The vendor-agnostic Roadmap defines Usage Model requirements to resolve key IT challenges and fulfill cloud infrastructure needs into the future. It serves as the foundation for member planning of future data center deployments.
The newly-selected Alliance Contributor Members are:
- Africa: Dimension Data.
- Americas: AT&T eBay; HCA (Hospital Corporation of America); Motorola Mobility Inc.; Switch; and Verizon Data Services Inc.
- Asia Pacific: Baidu Online Network and Technology (Beijing) Co.; Bombay Stock Exchange; China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec); Chunghwa Telecom; KT; Shanda Online International; ShenzhenTencent Computer System Co.; and Sify Technologies Limited.
- Europe & Middle East: Atos Origin; Bank Leumi; BBVA; CERN; Clalit; Deutsche Telekom AG; DHL; ING Group; Nokia Corporation; Online Computer Library Center Inc.; Repsol YPF; Savvis, Inc.; Swisscomm; and Telecom Italia Group.
- Latin America: Banorte; Locaweb; and Vivo.
“Capgemini joined the Steering Committee because we believe in using the collective voice of IT managers to drive interoperable data center solutions of the future,” said Paul Soutter, VP, Global Data Centre, Capgemini. “We look forward to working with other Alliance members in delivery of the 1.0 Usage Model Roadmap and continued definition of data center requirements moving forward.”
Contributor members are being integrated into Technical Workgroups based on each company’s focus and each Workgroup’s technical requirements. The five Technical Workgroups chartered by the Steering Committee are infrastructure, management, regulation & ecosystem, security, and services.
“Open, industry-standard, multi-vendor usage models are vital for data center and cloud infrastructure innovation, and China Unicom Group is honored to join the Alliance leadership,” said Mr. Boliang Liu, General Manager of IT Department, China Unicom Group. “We look forward to working with the Steering Committee and new Contributor members to drive the Usage Model Roadmap to completion.”
The organization has been undergoing strong growth with the addition of IT leaders at both Adopter and Contributor membership levels. Due to this outstanding interest in the organization, the Alliance will be implementing membership dues in April 2011 for new Adopter and Contributor members. Adopter membership dues will be $1,000 per year, and Contributor membership dues will be $5,000 per year. Companies who apply for membership before April 1, 2011 will first be charged dues at the second anniversary of their membership. Adopter members can be considered for Contributor membership on the password-protected “members” area of the Alliance website. The Alliance is also expected to finalize the scope of vendor participation in the coming weeks to ensure open dialog with the cloud computing industry as it moves forward to delivery of its 1.0 Roadmap.
“With more than 100 members and growing, the Alliance is quickly becoming a leading voice for the IT community,” said Johan Krebbers, Vice President of Architecture and Group IT Architect, Shell Global Solutions, Inc. “Introducing dues for 2011 allows us to ensure that we can offer our membership the collaboration and communication opportunities that they are seeking through their membership in the organization.”
A full listing of Alliance members is available at www.opendatacenteralliance.org/membership.
About the Open Data Center Alliance
The Open Data Center Alliance is an independent IT consortium led by global IT organizations – BMW; Capgemini; China Life; China Unicom Group; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan Chase; Lockheed Martin; Marriott International, Inc.; National Australia Bank; Shell Global Solutions, Inc.; Terremark; and UBS – who have come together to provide a unified vision for long term data center and cloud infrastructure requirements through the development of a vendor-agnostic Usage Model Roadmap. Intel Corporation serves as Technical Advisor to the Alliance at the direction of the Steering Committee. Open Data Center Alliance members have committed to the Open Data Center Alliance Usage Model Roadmap to help guide their data center planning and purchasing decisions.
Any company building cloud or data center infrastructure who is unencumbered by vendor interests is encouraged to apply for membership. For more information or to join, visit www.opendatacenteralliance.org.
