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Article: Is it raining in the cloud? The cloud transition is under way, albeit slowly, and it may be a major part of new business arenas, reports Chuck Miller.(Cloud computing)
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- SC Magazine
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- March 1, 2009
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Ask 10 people what cloud computing is, and you will get 10 different answers. But ask those same people about security in the cloud, and they will all agree on one thing: it is critical.
What is cloud computing? To some, cloud computing once involved people sitting at terminals hooked to a mainframe in the basement. Even today, some observers claim that cloud computing is just a buzzword for some form of utility computing. But in its broadest definition, cloud computing generally means software and systems that distribute programmatic elements to multiple computers - typically off premise. Users are charged for computer power and storage as needed.
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