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Group: Cloud Computing, SaaS & Virtualization Discussion: How do you explain cloud computing to your colleagues? While I appreciate that our industry has done a terrible job at distinguishing cloud services - we can do better than "cloud is the Internet". The NIST definition goes along way but isn't very digestible for most of us. I have an easy way to define what cloud computing is: Cloud computing is OSSM! Any service that has these four characteristics can be considered cloud computing: O - On demand S - Self Service S - Scalable M - Measurable I think you will find this definition holds up no matter what you throw at it. Infrastructure, Software, Platform as a service. Many of the services already mentioned on this thread : Google Docs? Yes. Box.net? Yes. Amazon Web Services? Yes. I can't take credit for coming up with this myself - that is the word of Dave Nielson, co-founder of CloudCamp. I am happy, however, to work with anyone on framing this discussion with some context if need be. Thanks! PS - The "utilities" analogy for cloud computing is a good one for discussions sake. Be careful, however - that comparison falls apart the further you take it. Posted by Pat

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