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 ...

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 ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 document from the National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a definition of cloud computing, describes cloud benefits and issues, presents an overview of cloud tech and offers ...

This excerpt is from ‘The Economics of Cloud Computing: An Overview For Decision Makers,’ by Bill Williams. Coming in July from Cisco Press (ISBN: 1587143062). Broad network access On-demand ...

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 ...

To bring some order to the fuzzy world of cloud computing, the U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has created a standard definition and a Cloud Computing Reference ...