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 ...

As the shift from the traditional world of monolithic enterprise applications accelerates, a host of new problems are arriving. And one of them could be hiding serious issues for anyone considering ...

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 ...

Cloud computing allows scaling of services from a single server to a global network, aiding business growth. Investors should consider companies that use cloud computing to optimize operations and ...

After years in the works and 15 drafts, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) working definition of cloud computing, the 16th and final definition has been published as The NIST ...

IBM announced today that it was updating its Quantum Experience cloud with a new API that it hopes will increase the abilities of researchers and other interested parties to build more sophisticated ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Almost everybody engages in "cloud computing," but a recent survey revealed that most people ...

(1) The hardware and operating environment of a server in an Internet-based datacenter. The system software components (OS, virtual machine monitor, etc.) are called the "cloud stack." See cloud ...

Hardware and software services from a provider on the Internet (the "cloud"). Cloud providers replace in-house operations and are invaluable for companies, no matter their size or type of applications ...