After years in the works and 15 drafts, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) working definition of cloud computing, the 16th and final definition has been published as The ...

A working definition for cloud computing—a new computer technique with potential for achieving significant cost savings and information technology agility—has been released by a team of ...

And NIST just delivered. The agency published two new draft documents on cloud computing. The first document, NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-145) defines ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST ... form a general or mission-specific federated community cloud." Requirement 6: Updated organization policy that reflects the cloud ...

But cloud computing, argues the National Institute of Science and Technology's (NIST) cloud computing lead ... So the cloud vendor wouldn't pay for the full cost of those outages to the customer.

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 ...

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 explained that full virtualization provides a complete simulation of underlying computer hardware, enabling software to run without any modification. For cloud computing systems, full ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting public comments on its most complete cloud computing guide to date. The guide, NIST Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations, ...

A recent survey shows that although cloud adoption is on the rise, a number of organizations have yet to adopt the platform in any form ... Technology (NIST) could help safely and efficiently move ...