Cloud computing has come a long way in the past decade. Organizations that are moving their workloads to a cloud computing environment have several choices to make. Perhaps the most important is what kind of cloud best fits their needs. One of these considerations is whether to use a closed and proprietary cloud or a cloud that is open and based on industry standards.

This whitepaper will examine several factors that should be considered when investigating what an open based cloud computing environment looks like and how costs can be reduced.