Define cloud computing. Go ahead. Do it. Now turn to the person next to you. Ask them to define it. That definition is a lot different than yours, isn’t it? One problem solution providers face as they ...

The International Standards Organization (ISO) has released two new standards for cloud computing in an attempt to put some order around the loose terminology in cloud computing. If you think you’ve ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. What is "Cloud Computing"? Cloud computing is a model of computing that allows users to access, store, and manage data and applications ...

Cloud computing is a nebulous concept. It means one thing to one person and something else to another. A team of computer scientists at the National Association of Standards and Technology (NIST) has ...

Back in August, I declared the term “cloud computing” officially meaningless because of its extensive overuse and misuse. No matter what a vendor sold, it was somehow “cloud computing.” These days, ...

In our last newsletter we pointed out how some industry purists believe that the phrase private cloud computing is an oxymoron – that cloud computing by definition implies the use of services provided ...

There are many terms thrown around cloud computing, such as cloud-based, cloud-first, cloud-agnostic, and most recently cloud-native. Unfortunately, different companies are using the terms differently ...

The cloud has changed everything. It's dramatically changed how IT professionals go about provisioning computing infrastructure—more often these days by typing in a credit card for immediate access to ...

The key issue unfolding at that time was the transfer of risk that resulted from moving to a cloud environment and the obstacles to security, performance and licensing that would need to evolve. But ...

In its second decade, cloud computing has become a mature and reliable technology, but we still have only scratched the surface of the cloud’s full potential as an enabler of digital business ...

An organization that offers datacenter facilities in a cloud computing environment. Amazon's EC2 and Google App Engine are examples. See cloud computing and cloud management system. THIS DEFINITION IS ...