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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News tagged with cloud computing
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 ...
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.
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.
Microsoft cloud computing gets down to earth
Jul 16, 2009 |
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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 ...
RingCentral lets people work in a virtual office
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Andrea Chavez works for a law firm with nearly 40 other attorneys. But she rarely sees her colleagues, because Virtual Law Partners isn't based anywhere -- it's everywhere.
Cloud computing: a new horizon
Apr 16, 2009 |
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The outlook is bleak for laptops, hard drives and desktops - clouds are on the horizon and could change the way we use computers forever. For some, the ‘cloud’ is just the latest technological craze, but for ...
The sky is the limit for cloud computing
Apr 15, 2009 |
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The prospects for "cloud computing" now seem a little less ... cloudy. Once a term confined to the personal-speak of high-minded tech geeks and derided by critics as a bogus marketing ploy, cloud computing today is arguably ...
Sun Microsystems to offer 'public cloud' service
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Taking a cue from Amazon.com, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to launch its own "public cloud" service, which will let everyone from big-time corporations to dorm-room entrepreneurs run their businesses on Sun's computers ...
Data Travels Six Times Faster in the Clouds
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Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Center for Data Mining (NCDM) at the University of Chicago at Illinois established a cloud computing system that can quickly compile data from widely geographically distributed ...
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 ...
'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."
