Cloud Computing

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. Like any next big trend and buzzword it sounds nebulous, and means many things to different people. It became possible through large companies like Amazon, Google, Sun, IBM, and Microsoft who offer a part of their large computational capacity, storage and virtual servers as a service.

Links

• Wikipedia entry for Cloud Computing

• InfoWorld article What cloud computing really means