The Five Pillars of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is getting tons of press these days. Everyone has a different perspective and understanding of the technology, and there are myriad variations on the definition of the cloud- William Fellows and John Barr at the 451 Group define cloud computing as the intersection of grid, virtualization, SaaS, and utility computing models. James Staten [...]

Federal Government Up in the Air About Cloud Computing, Survey Finds

A hot topic in the private sector, cloud computing was being discussed everywhere at FOSE 2009 – in vendor booths and announcements, in conference sessions and in the CloudCamp Federal unconference. While about 42% of survey respondents said cloud computing was important, 19% said it wasn’t and an additional 40% of respondents simply did not [...]