New formal definition of cloud computing

[Geoff Nathan]

On the other hand, in my 'second life' (alluded to in my signature) I'm serving on an EDUCAUSE committee that's attempting to come up with a list of dangers associated with 'cloud computing' that university IT departments need to think about before investing in the model.  The NIST definition is a useful additional resource--it's rare that the two halves of my life converge quite so neatly.

Geoff

Geoffrey S. Nathan
Faculty Liaison, C&IT
and Associate Professor, Linguistics Program
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----- "Mark Mandel" <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Victor <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > ...
> > Definition of Cloud Computing:
> > Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand
> network
> > access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g.,
> > networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be
> > rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or
> > service provider interaction. This cloud model promotes availability
> and
> > is composed of five essential characteristics, three delivery
> models,
> > and four deployment models.
> >
> > [The document goes on for more than a whole page, defining the
> essential
> > characteristics.]
>
>
> (don prescriptive hat) I'm glad they didn't say *"comprised of"!
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