Cloud computing

Cloud computing metaphor: the group o networked elements providing services need nae be individually addressed or managed bi uisers; insteid, the entire provider-managed suite o hardware an software can be thought o as an amorphous cloud.

Cloud computing is an information technology (IT) paradigm that enables ubiquitous access tae shared pools o configurable system resources an higher-level services that can be rapidly provisioned wi minimal management effort, often iver the Internet. Cloud computing relies on sharing o resoorces tae achieve coherence an economies o scale, similar tae a public utility.

Further reading

• Mell, P. (2011, September 31). The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing. Retrieved November 1, 2015, from National Institute of Standards and Technology website: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf