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* InfoWorld article [http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/07/15FE-cloud-computing-reality_1.html What cloud computing really means] | * InfoWorld article [http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/07/15FE-cloud-computing-reality_1.html What cloud computing really means] | ||
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19397/?a=f Computer in the Cloud] | * Technology Review article [http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19397/?a=f Computer in the Cloud] | ||
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Revision as of 16:22, 15 December 2008
Cloud Computing a style of computing where IT-related capabilities are provided "as a service", allowing users to access technology-enabled services "in the cloud" without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them. The idea of Web-based applications old, Sun proposed "the Network is the Computer" many years before cloud computing became popular. The idea of computing as a commodity or utility can also be found in Grid Computing visions. Cloud computing became ultimately possible through large companies like Amazon, Google, Sun, IBM, and Microsoft who offer a part of their huge computational capacity, storage and virtual servers as a service. Like any next big trend and buzzword it sounds nebulous, and means many things to different people.
Links
- Wikipedia entry for Cloud Computing
- InfoWorld article What cloud computing really means
- Technology Review article Computer in the Cloud
