The working definition of cloud computing described by NIST is "a pay-per-use model for enabling available, convenient and on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing ...

Cloud computing is a nebulous concept. It means one thing to one person and something else to another. A team of computer scientists at the National Association of Standards and Technology (NIST) has ...

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 ...

The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (NIST Special Publication 800-145) describes cloud computing as “a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of ...

Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations (Special Publication 800-146), NIST’s general guide to cloud computing, explains systems in plain language and provides recommendations for information ...

But cloud computing, argues the National Institute of Science and Technology's (NIST) cloud computing lead Peter Mell, can also be described with an analogy to another industry, and one with a ...

Here are the requirements that need to be part of a cloud computing initiative, outlined by NIST: Requirement 1: Interoperability, performance, portability, and security standards: ...

The government should establish common cloud computing products and services standards so agencies can easily shift their business to a new provider if their current vendor isn't meeting their ...

The presentation, Effectively and Securely Using the Cloud Computing Paradigm, is not intended to provide official NIST guidance or policy but is presented to engage government IT managers in a ...

Two major new technologies come together for the Cloud Computing and Big Data Workshop, hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at its Gaithersburg, Md., campus Jan. 15 ...

The NIST cloud computing research team is studying cloud architectures, ... The term "cloud computing" comes from the field's standard use of drawing the Internet as a cloud in diagrams.