Cloud computing
hideCloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure in the "cloud" that supports them.
The concept generally incorporates combinations of the following:
The term cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on how the Internet is depicted in computer network diagrams and is an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it conceals.
The first academic use of this term appears to be by Prof. Ramnath K. Chellappa (currently at Goizueta Business School, Emory University) who originally defined it as a computing paradigm where the boundaries of computing will be determined by economic rationale rather than technical limits.
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Tech investing will be a tougher play in 2010
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(AP) -- Mutual funds that bet exclusively on technology stocks are the star performers of 2009.
Future bright for Microsoft cloud computing, server president says
Nov 19, 2009 |
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All this week at the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft has talked about cloud computing, what many consider the next frontier. Bob Muglia, president of the company's Server and Tools business, sat down to talk ...
Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system. Now, the company is fighting to keep those programmers ...
IBM makes Big Blue cloud
Nov 16, 2009 |
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IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs.
Many computer users hesitate to ride the Wave
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Google's latest brainchild, Google Wave, is all the rage among bleeding-edge technology enthusiasts. But corporate information technology executives say that while they're intrigued by Wave -- a replacement ...
'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.
Microsoft raises cloud computing concerns
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Packaged software powerhouse Microsoft on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."
Google wooing Microsoft business customers
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Google on Monday ramped up a campaign to convert businesses worldwide into users of email, calendar, document and other software programs it offers online as services on the Internet.
DOE to explore scientific cloud computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Cloud computing is gaining traction in the commercial world, but can such an approach also meet the computing and data storage demands of the nation's scientific community? A new program funded by the American Recovery and ...
Cloud computing gathers steam with mobile devices
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The outlook for the wireless industry is getting cloudier. Consumers have tapped into cloud computing technology for years: sending messages via Hotmail, uploading photos to Facebook or editing a spreadsheet on Google Docs ...
US government takes leap into the Internet 'cloud'
Sep 15, 2009 |
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The US government took a leap into a cloud computing future on Tuesday, opening up an online storefront where agencies can purchase the Internet-based services.
Mitsubishi, Hitachi eye disc for cloud computing era
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into ...
Microsoft cloud computing gets down to earth
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For the last year, the tech world has buzzed with talk of the next big thing: cloud computing. Hailed as a breakthrough that will allow companies to compute without much hardware, the technology has pushed companies such ...
A nimbus rises in the world of cloud computing
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May 08, 2009 |
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Cloud computing is a hot topic in the technology world these days. Even if you're not a tech-phile, chances are if you've watched a lot of television or skimmed a business magazine, you've heard someone talking ...
A genomic CluE for cloud computing
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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