The term cloud computing, by the way, comes from the field's standard use of drawing the Internet as a cloud in diagrams, according to NIST. The working draft definition also describes five key ...

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Cloud computing has become the backbone of many modern technologies, supporting everything from web applications and mobile apps to large-scale AI training and data processing tasks.

As most of my regular readers know, I work as a technology strategy advisor for several different government agencies; in that role I get to spend quality time with folks from NIST (the National ...

Define cloud computing. Go ahead. Do it.<br><br>Now turn to the person next to you. Ask them to define it. That definition is a lot different than yours, isn't it?<br><br>One problem solution ...

In 10 years, pervasive cloud services will be the standard for assembling business solutions. We will leverage core services that either exist within our enterprise or from public cloud providers ...

When it comes to data storage, processing and collaboration, many businesses choose the flexibility and convenience of cloud computing over traditional local hosting and on-premise software. With ...

Is there even a clear definition? According to Wikipedia "Platform as a service (PaaS) is a category of cloud computing services that provide a computing platform and a solution stack as a service.

This week I’m at Cloud Expo, where I suspect I’ll see and hear the world “open” a lot. This is not only a cloud issue — in much of the software world, “open” is becoming almost a ...