A fundamental reference point, based on the NIST definition of cloud computing, is needed to describe an overall framework that can be used government-wide. This document presents the NIST Cloud ...

Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, ... The guiding principles used to create the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (NIST SP 500-292) ...

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

The second volume, Useful Information for Cloud Adopters, introduces a conceptual model, the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Taxonomy and presents U.S. government cloud target ...

To bring some order to the fuzzy world of cloud computing, the U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has created a standard definition and a Cloud Computing Reference ...

Cloud computing technologies are ubiquitous. While not exactly new technologies, the speed with which they’re transforming business models and efficiencies seem to have accelerated over the past ...

The Top Threats Deep Dive 2025 report examines eight real-life case studies through the lens of last year's Top Threats to Cloud Computing report.

Cloud computing is one of the main technologies driving the way we work and play. ... The pay-as-you-go model provides businesses with the ability to be agile.

When it comes to computing, the "cloud" may rain efficiency benefits. ... The CLEER Model starts to chip away at this problem, aggregating available models of how data moves through the Internet.

And, driven by the rapid increase in use of cloud apps, data center traffic is growing fast, expected to reach 19.5 zettabytes (ZB) per year by 2021, up from a mere 6.0ZB per year in 2016 ...