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 ...

After years in the works and 15 drafts, NIST's working definition of cloud computing has been published in final form.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued the final version of its special publication aimed to help demystify cloud computing. Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations ...

NIST puts a sharper point on cloud computing National Institute of Standards & Technology issues 10 key recommendations for successful cloud initiatives.

The term cloud computing, by the way, comes from the field's standard use of drawing the Internet as a cloud in diagrams, according to NIST. The working draft definition also describes five key ...

The publication also provides a detailed list of Federal Information Processing Standards and NIST special publications that provide materials particularly relevant to cloud computing and are ...

The first document, NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-145) defines cloud computing at least as far as the government is concerned.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of the "U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and II," which focuses on strategic and ...

The mushroom cloud became a symbol of the potential of technological advancements for both great promise and great peril. The concept of racing for innovation to harness power brings to mind another ...

Defining The Expanding World Of Cloud Computing Date: May 21, 2009 Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summary: A working definition for cloud computing -- a new computer ...