Cloud Computing (including SaaS, PaaS, & IaaS)

Wikipedia – Definition & Overview of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing and storage capacity as a service to a community of end-recipients. There are three types of cloud computing: Software as a Service (Saas), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

 

Cloud 2014: Top 10 Trends to Watch in The Year Ahead
Predicted cloud trends for 2014.

Cloud Computing Topic Center
Cloud computing news, in-depth articles and more.

Cloud Research Center
Website with network cloud computing news, opinion, product comparisons and reviews.

Environmental Benefits of Cloud Computing
This article illustrates how cloud computing is becoming a critical choice for organizations to reduce carbon footprinting.

IBM SmartCloud Website
SmartCloud is the IBM vision for cloud computing.

Intel Science & Technology Center for Cloud Computing
The Intel Science and Technology Center for Cloud Computing is an open community of leading researchers devising critical new underlying technologies for cloud computing of the future.

TED Video: Cloud Computing 101 Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the Internet, gives basics of cloud computing.

The Future of Cloud Computing
This white paper from the Pew Internet, a research arm of the Pew Research Center, describes cloud computing and its future in this ongoing environment of technological revolution.

The Future of Cloud Computing: Industry Predictions for 2012
Predictions and link to Cloud Computing Journal website

Video: Cloud Computing in Plain English
A 3-minute introduction to the basics of cloud computing and how it’s changing the way businesses and individuals think about software and data.

Video – Private Cloud Computing
Build your cloud with advanced storage and data management technologies.

What cloud computing really means
Cloud computing is all the rage. “It’s become the phrase du jour,” says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition.