What Open Alliance for Cloud Adoption does

The Open Alliance for Cloud Adoption (OACA) is a member-led, volunteer-driven consortium operating as a Linux Foundation project. Founded around 2018 and headquartered virtually (with the Linux Foundation's San Francisco base), OACA maintains 1-10 contributors focused on producing open frameworks and educational content for enterprise cloud adoption. Its core product is the Cloud Maturity Model (CMM), currently at Version 4.10, which is a free assessment framework spanning 31 maturity domains covering both technical and non-technical capability areas (e.g., governance, finance, portfolio management, infrastructure, AI Models). The CMM is delivered as an Excel questionnaire containing control question reference identifiers (Domain #, People/Process/Technology, ordinal), a PowerPoint-based interactive infographic tool focused on 52 curated control questions, and a PDF usage manual — all distributed under Linux Foundation-aligned CreativeCommons licensing.

OACA's business model is entirely non-commercial. The organization operates as a volunteer entity with nominal recurring costs covered by donations accepted through the Linux Foundation's LFX Crowdsourcing platform. No paid products, services, or subscription tiers exist; all content — including whitepapers, podcasts, and the CMM — is provided free of charge in exchange for user email registration for update notifications. GTM motion is community-led and content-driven, with no formal sales force, channel partners, or paid acquisition mechanisms. Marketing channels include the oaca-project.org website, podcast series, whitepaper publications, thought leadership articles, and Linux Foundation cross-promotion.

The organization serves enterprise IT organizations, IT service management teams, and cloud architecture/security teams seeking structured frameworks for cloud adoption assessment, hybrid IT integration, and AI governance benchmarking. Key contributors identified include William Dupley, Tom Scott, and Shamir Charania. Recent strategic activity has centered on iterative CMM version releases (4.9 in January 2025 adding the AI Models domain, 4.10 plus infographic in January 2026) and topical expansions into AI responsibility, SaaS adoption, and DevSecOps.

Name

Open Alliance for Cloud Adoption

Legal name

Open Alliance for Cloud Adoption

Website

https://oaca-project.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Open Alliance for Cloud Adoption (OACA) is a volunteer-driven, member-led Linux Foundation consortium that publishes the free Cloud Maturity Model (CMM) framework for enterprise cloud adoption assessment across 31 maturity domains, serving global IT organizations seeking cloud governance and AI readiness benchmarks.

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Product category

Cloud Computing Frameworks

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Courseware & Course Modules (OCW) (EDAGAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

OER Licensing, Rights & Open Policy Support (Creative Commons) (EDAGAJAO), Managed Application Platforms (App PaaS & Runtime Services) (HDABAAAD)

Keywords

• Cloud maturity assessment
• Cloud adoption framework
• Hybrid IT infrastructure
• Enterprise cloud computing
• Open source standards

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: OACA is a volunteer organization that incurs nominal recurring costs to release and maintain publications. Funding comes through donations accepted on the Linux Foundation's LFX Crowdsourcing platform. No commercial revenue streams.

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Core offering

Open Alliance for Cloud Adoption (OACA) is a member-led Linux Foundation consortium that publishes the Cloud Maturity Model (CMM), a free assessment framework enabling enterprises to evaluate their cloud adoption maturity across 31 domains covering both technical and non-technical capability areas. The core offering consists of the CMM questionnaire (Excel), the CMM usage manual (PDF), and the CMM infographic (PowerPoint), currently at Version 4.10. The organization distributes all materials as free downloads under CreativeCommons licensing.

Product overview

The Open Alliance for Cloud Adoption (OACA) is a member-led Linux Foundation consortium that publishes the Cloud Maturity Model (CMM), a free assessment framework for evaluating organizational cloud adoption maturity. The core offering consists of the CMM Questionnaire (Excel) and CMM Usage Manual (PDF), now at Version 4.10, covering 31 maturity domains organized into technical and non-technical capability areas. The suite also includes the CMM Infographic (PowerPoint), an interactive tool for quick gap identification across 52 curated control questions. OACA extends its framework through a publications program including whitepapers on DevSecOps, SIEM, hybrid IT responsibility, AI responsibility, and best practices, plus a podcast series addressing cloud adoption challenges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cloud Maturity Model (CMM): A framework to help assess an organization's ability to adopt cloud services, currently at version 4.10 with 31 maturity domains.
• OACA CMM Infographic

Products and services

• Cloud Maturity Model (CMM) A comprehensive framework and assessment questionnaire enabling enterprise IT organizations to evaluate cloud adoption maturity across 31 domains covering both technical and non-technical capability areas, including finance, governance, portfolio management, infrastructure, and AI. Distributed as Excel questionnaire, PDF usage manual, and PowerPoint infographic.
• CMM Analysis Questionnaire (Excel) Excel-based assessment tool containing control questions across all 31 maturity domains of the Cloud Maturity Model. Version 4.10 includes control question reference identifiers for cross-referencing and tracking across releases. Used by enterprise IT teams for cloud maturity self-assessment.
• OACA Cloud Maturity Infographic (PowerPoint) Interactive PowerPoint-based assessment and roadmapping tool focusing on 52 curated critical control questions across the 31 maturity domains. Designed for business and technology leaders to quickly identify gaps in cloud maturity and prioritize next steps.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations can achieve comprehensive cloud maturity assessment across 31 domains
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Linux FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023OACA is a member-led Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation provides organizational support, infrastructure, and governance framework. OACA aligns its licensing with Linux Foundation's CreativeCommons guidance and operates under the foundation's crowdsourcing platform for donations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Apache Software Foundation: Volunteer-driven open source foundation hosting numerous widely-used cloud and big data projects. Comparable as a non-profit foundation stewarding open, community-developed technology assets under vendor-neutral governance.
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF): A Linux Foundation project focused on cloud native computing, providing vendor-neutral frameworks, training, and certification (e.g., CKA, CKS). Most directly comparable peer—same parent foundation, similar community-led, non-commercial mission, and cloud/adoption focus.
• Eclipse Foundation: Non-profit foundation supporting open source collaboration on cloud, IoT, and enterprise tooling projects. Comparable in providing governance, infrastructure, and a vendor-neutral home for community-developed projects.
• ISACA: Global non-profit association that develops and publishes IT governance, risk, and cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., COBIT, CMMI). Comparable in producing governance/maturity frameworks used by enterprise IT and audit teams—OACA's AI governance work maps directly to ISACA's territory.
• Cloud Security Alliance (CSA): Non-profit organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices for cloud security. Comparable as a vendor-neutral, member-led consortium producing cloud-related frameworks and guidance (e.g., Cloud Controls Matrix, CCM).
• The Open Group: Vendor-neutral consortium that develops and publishes enterprise standards and frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Open FAIR). Directly comparable in publishing widely-referenced open frameworks for enterprise IT, including cloud and architecture domains.
• Open Infrastructure Foundation: Non-profit organization (formerly OpenStack Foundation) supporting open source cloud infrastructure projects. Comparable as a community-led, vendor-neutral foundation driving enterprise cloud adoption through open source collaboration.

Broad incumbents

• SANS Institute: Larger, established provider of cybersecurity training, certifications, and research widely used by enterprise IT teams. Comparable in producing security/cloud best practice content and serving enterprise IT practitioner audiences, though commercially operated.
• Linux Foundation: OACA's parent organization and a much broader nonprofit foundation supporting thousands of open source projects across cloud, networking, AI, and more. Comparable as the institutional host and source of OACA's credibility, brand, and governance framework.

Others

• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology): U.S. government agency that publishes widely-adopted frameworks (NIST CSF, SP 800-53) used by enterprises for cloud security and maturity assessment. Comparable as a source of authoritative, vendor-neutral cloud/IT frameworks that complement rather than compete with OACA's CMM.

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Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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