Two new publications provide a cloud computing standards roadmap and reference architecture Date: September 14, 2011 Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ...

Meanwhile, the agency also unveiled the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture, a 35-page guide to vendor-neutral cloud design which agencies can use to determine their route to the cloud.

NIST has published the final version of the US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and II. The roadmap focuses on strategic and tactical objectives to support the federal ...

NIST has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference architecture and taxonomy. Together, the documents ...

The second volume outlines a conceptual model, the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Taxonomy, and presents use cases. Editorial standards. Show Comments ...

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This second white paper in a series on Cloud Computing Reference Architecture focuses on the activities, processes, and requirements that cloud players need to follow in order to ensure a ...

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment a draft "roadmap" that is designed to foster federal agencies' adoption of ...

Recently updated research from NIST helps CIOs cut through the fear, uncertainty, and doubt of vendor hype about cloud computing.

This document presents the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (RA) and Taxonomy (Tax) that will accurately communicate the components and offerings of cloud computing. The guiding principles ...

NIST has made two components of the cloud computing technology roadmap, the reference architecture and standards roadmap, available on its cloud computing public web site. NIST also previously ...