Cloud Computing
[Date]
In the simplest terms, cloud computing
means storing and accessing data and
programs over the Internet instead of your
computer's hard drive. The cloud is just a
metaphor for the Internet. It goes back to the
days of flowcharts and...
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Cloud Computing
[Date]
In the simplest terms, cloud computing
means storing and accessing data and
programs over the Internet instead of your
computer's hard drive. The cloud is just a
metaphor for the Internet. It goes back to the
days of flowcharts and presentations that
would represent the gigantic server-farm
infrastructure of the Internet as nothing but a
puffy, white cumulonimbus cloud, accepting
connections and doling out information as it
floats.
Cloud computing?
Cloud computing is all the rage. "It's
become the phrase du jour," says Gartner
senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of
his peers. The problem is that (as with Web
2.0) everyone seems to have a different
definition.
As a metaphor for the Internet, "the cloud"
is a familiar cliché, but when combined with
"computing," the meaning gets bigger and
fuzzier. Some analysts and vendors define
cloud computing narrowly as an updated
version of utility computing: basically
virtual servers available over the Internet.
Others go
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