Your IT steering committee has, at a high level, approved your project to begin using cloud services. However, the committee is concerned with getting locked into a single cloud provider and has flagged the ability to easily move between cloud providers as a top priority. It also wants to save costs by reusing components.
Which cross-cutting aspect of cloud computing would be your primary focus as your project plan continues to develop and you begin to evaluate cloud providers?
When a primary focus is on the ability to easily move between cloud providers to avoid vendor lock-in, the key aspect to consider is portability. Portability is the capability to transfer data, applications, and services seamlessly from one cloud environment to another. This ensures that there is minimal dependency on any single cloud provider, thereby allowing flexibility and preventing vendor lock-in. Reusing components and saving costs also align with portability, as it allows the repurposing of existing resources in a new cloud environment efficiently.
It is A. Interoperability. I was leaning towards portability as well but this requirement - "save costs by reusing components" - is provided by interoperability, so that seems to be the correct answer.
"The committee is concerned with getting locked into a single cloud provider and has flagged the ability to easily move between cloud providers as a top priority" - Shouldn't it be portability?!
In this particular question both concepts are mixed up, typical modern certification test that aims to confuse people to be more exclusive.
Interoperability = Ability to share data between tools and cloud environment /on-prem environment. Portability = Movement to and from cloud as well as between CSPs Question concerns about moving between CSPs and not about co-existing with another CSP or On-prem. Main focus of question is being able to move to different CSP. You will need to address portability for this. Based on these definitions from CBK reference , the answer is Portability (D) Interoperability is luxury where as Portability is the necessity for moving between csps (the way I see)
Top priority is ability to move to different cloud , so answer is Portability.
Given answer is correct! The question isn't about priority. It's about if the existing data, application or services will be compatible with the provider (reuse components).
Seems more that Portability is what will save you from Lock in.
Considering the top priority is the ability to move, I would still select portability.
It is a very easy question, no need to struggle with (A)
There's two sentences in the stem. The first describes portability, the second interoperability. Pick your poison.
"easily move between cloud providers as a top priority" Portability for me
It's D, due to this statement "easily move between cloud providers as a top priority"
Correct answer is D, Portability folks. Interoperability is the ability of a system or application to reuse components. This allows organizations to avoid particular ties to vendors or other systems for the components or functions of their own systems and applications. This can also be related to the use of standardized data structures and formats to avoid vendor lock-in. Source: CCSP - All In One Exam Guide, 2nd Edition, page 426.
"It also wants to save costs by reusing components." This is the only part of the question I think would relate to Interoperability, the rest of the concern and the biggest is not being locked in.
also, answer from another question: Portability is the ability for a service or system to easily move among different cloud providers. This is essential for using a cloud solution for BCDR because vendor lock-in would inhibit easily moving and setting up services in the event of a disaster, or it would necessitate a large number of configuration or component changes to implement. Interoperability, or the ability to reuse components for other services or systems, would not be an important factor for BCDR.
D: Portability
D: Portability. Data portability allows users to move data from one company to another, helping to reduce switching costs and providing rival firms with access to valuable customer data. Interoperability allows two or more technical systems to exchange data interactively.
Interoperability all the way. It says reuse.