How Public are Public Clouds? The term public is used in a relative sense in cloud computing. The public cloud is more public than the private cloud. Subscribers to the public cloud share the same underlying hardware and software resources for their computing needs. However, the data that is uploaded by an entity is isolated from the data belonging to...
Author: Vanitha Vaidialingam
Old wine in new bottles: cloud computing
Old Wine in New Bottles: Cloud Computing Cloud computing is not a new concept. But, the way in which the concept is being exploited to derive business benefits—is new. It is old wine in new bottles—very attractive bottles at that! The term “cloud” was inspired by the use of the cloud symbol in Internet flowcharts and diagrams to indicate how...