Cloud computing is becoming the new IT paradigm. After 50 years of development, the original idea of McCarthy to … accepted definition of what cloud computing really is. But tha's not all. Cloud offerings mushroom these days: from big global …

Cloud Computing is a form of globalising IT&C services and represents one of the main solutions to the current issues … analysed aspects related to concepts such as Cloud Computing, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Virtualisation. Moreover …, the essential features, the models associated to the cloud computing concept are highlighted as well as the advantages of …

Cloud computing is defined to be Internet based computing technology, where the term 'cloud' simply means Internet … - and cloud computing refers to services that are accessed directly over the Internet. There are essentially three … categories of cloud computing. (i) Iaas (Infrastructure as a Service) - number crunching, data storage and management services …

We contend that cloud computing is historically unique by simultaneously being an innovation ecosystem, production … platform, and global marketplace. In the 1st Part we define cloud computing as a 'dynamic' utility, listing key characteristics …

The emergence of cloud computing is promising enormous benefits for small businesses, due to the dramatic reduction in … desirable outcomes for end users. Work in the direction of the inter-cloud architecture and a European partnership for cloud … computing should thus be oriented towards an open, competitive environment, compatible with different levels of quality of …