I recently ran across a great article by the Burton Group that provides an indepth discussion on Cloud Computing along with definitions.
Quick… Give me a one sentence definition for the term “Cloud Computing”….
If you are like me you think you know what that is but the term is being used so commonly that now you wonder if you really do understand what it is…
In case you’ve not heard about them, the Burton Group provides in-depth, IT research and advisory services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations.
One of the values to this article is that it provides an ontology on cloud computing which helps define and improve the discussion.
They define Cloud Computing as:
The set of disciplines, technologies, and business models used to render IT capabilities as on-demand services.
They cover a lot of topics about Cloud Computing along with what they expect the futures to be.
For just a taste, here is a sample diagram, from the article, describing the tiered architecture that is used in Cloud Computing.
The download page will ask for information and then send you login information, so be aware. I opted out of newsletters so hopefully I won’t get spammed. You can get a fresh copy of the 50 page document on Cloud Computing by going here.
