Analyst firm Gartner has revised the way it defines cloud computing to help prevent organisations from being hoodwinked by providers and to reflect emerging usage of the technology. In an announcement ...

A recent draft of a government standard definition of cloud computing from the NIST is surprisingly workable. Could it be that the feds beat the commercial sector to the punch on this one? James ...

Debates about private cloud computing stem from differences in cloud definitions rather than the reality of what is being implemented in the enterprise. James Urquhart is a field technologist with ...

In a keynote presentation Monday at the Cloud Channel Summit in Mountain View, Calif., Amy Anderson, IBM Cloud Computing Partner Program manager, took the cloud definition-bending one step further and ...

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 ...

Hybrid cloud seems to be the flavour of the day, but most people fail to realise that it is really all about integration, says Lori MacVittie. Some people continue to spout about the inexorable ...

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 ...

Belle Wong is a freelance writer specializing in small business, personal finance, banking, and tech/SAAS. She spends her spare moments testing out the latest productivity apps and plotting her latest ...