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Working definition of cloud computing established

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Working definition of cloud computing established

While cloud computing may seem vague and confusing, the National Institute of Standards and Technologies recently completed a working definition for the term after years of work and 15 drafts.

According to the official NIST definition, “cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.”

• On-demand self-service

• Broad network access

• Resource pooling

• Rapid elasticity or expansion

• Measured service

• Software-as-a-service: A remotely hosted, on-demand version of software. Examples include the popular customer relationship management offering from Salesforce.com.

• Platform-as-a-service: Provides enterprises with the hardware and software to run applications. Prominent examples include Microsoft Azure and Google Apps Engine.

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