5 Questions For Open Data Centers
When people hear the term “Open API” they tend to have different thoughts on what that means. Techopedia defines an open API as one that is publicly available for use and while the technical idea of an open API is this, the reality can be quite different. A lot of professionals in IT tend to swap around the terms “open” and “standards-based” as if they were interchangeable, but one does not necessarily mean the other. When something is defined as open, it only lets you know half the story. In order for us to find out the other half of the story, we have to delve a little deeper and ask the right questions. in the case of open data centers, there are a few things we need to know.
Is There Multi-Vendor Service Support?
For a data center to be truly “open” as we consider it, the data center should be able to be used by multiple different vendors. Vendor lock-in is a serious problem in the IT field since it limits the ability of certain software to interface with existing hardware of a different manufacturer type. Open data centers are more than just networking hubs and true openness in a data center must come with the ability of the user to choose any vendor. Only in such a case can the data center be described as open.
Is the Data Center Extensible?
The underlying information we’re trying to unearth here is whether the data center deals just with networking or whether it can also incorporate services from security or application delivery controllers. Extensibility of this level means that the data center becomes more than just a networking space but forges beyond that and offers users access to technology that would be useful for anyone utilizing the data center. (Read more...)
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from The Ethical Hacker Network authored by jameshog. Read the original post at: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eh-net/~3/5ZQh9ceASEg/
