This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. What is "Cloud Computing"? Cloud computing is a model of computing that allows users to access, store, and manage data and applications ...

Define cloud computing. Go ahead. Do it. Now turn to the person next to you. Ask them to define it. That definition is a lot different than yours, isn’t it? One problem solution providers face as they ...

Cloud computing means more than simply saving on IT implementation costs. Cloud offers enormous opportunity for new innovation, and even disruption of entire industries. There's no question that most ...

The NIST definition hasn’t changed noticeably since its early definitions of cloud computing, which, according to NIST, cloud computing must consist of the following elements: on-demand self-service, ...

Yesterday I asked a simple question on twitter. "If your "PaaS" (Platform as a platform) requires the deployment of Virtual machines, is it really PaaS?" The point of my question is the line between ...

In December, the Defense Department inspector general released an audit suggesting the Pentagon is unable to determine whether cloud computing actually saves the agency any money because it doesn’t ...

As technology evolves at a breakneck pace, states and taxpayers are struggling to apply old laws to new innovations. In no area of state taxation is this challenge more apparent than in the taxation ...

To bring some order to the fuzzy world of cloud computing, the U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has created a standard definition and a Cloud Computing Reference ...

Ask people what cloud computing is, and you’re likely to get a dozen different explanations, which probably doesn’t help you understand any better. The truth is, cloud computing has so many different ...

Hardware and software services from a provider on the Internet (the "cloud"). Cloud providers replace in-house operations and are invaluable for companies, no matter their size or type of applications ...