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 ...

At the same time that some purists argue that the phrase is an oxymoron, other IT professionals are coming up with new meanings for the phrase. Read on to find out what we think about all of this as ...

We are in the middle of a resurgence of interest in private cloud because the concept remains the best answer to solving today's growing IT cost, complexity, and compliance challenges. This interest ...

In this article, the author explores how organizations can strategically plan their on-premises cloud infrastructure for ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. What is "Cloud Computing"? Cloud computing is a model of computing that allows users to access, store, and manage data and applications ...

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 ...

While we still stand by that definition, all kinds of issues are mixed up in this fluffy hairball of a trend. David Linthicum has examined many of them this year in his outstanding Cloud Computing ...

The definition of “private cloud” tends to vary from source to source, but at First American Corp. in Santa Ana, Calif., which is building a private cloud, the benefits are crystal clear: the project ...

I’ve heard it all about private clouds over the last few years. “Private clouds are not true clouds,” say the public cloud computing purists. “Private clouds are the best way to move toward cloud ...

Virtualization is understood as one of the key building blocks for private clouds. As a dynamic technology that enables IT organizations to reinvent how they think about management, it has the ...

Public cloud vendors are trying to make the private cloud look bad; here's where you need to ignore their claims Earlier this week, I described three bogus myths about the private cloud perpetuated by ...