Apache Hadoop
Apache Hadoop is an open-source software framework designed for distributed storage and processing o...
Business Productivity Online Suite
BPOS, which stands for Business Productivity Online Suite, was a cloud-based service offering from M...
Business Process As A Service (BPaaS)
Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) is a cloud computing service model that provides business proc...
Cloud Computing Maturity Model (CCMM)
The Cloud Computing Maturity Model (CCMM) is a comprehensive framework used to assess and evaluate a...
Content Delivery Network
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a distributed network of servers strategically placed across var...
Cloud Application
A cloud application, also known as a cloud app, is a software program where cloud-based and local co...
Cloud Broker
A Cloud Broker is an intermediary entity that manages the use, performance, and delivery of cloud se...
Cloud Bursting
Cloud bursting is a dynamic and flexible cloud computing deployment model that allows organizations ...
Community Cloud
A Community Cloud is a specialized cloud computing model that caters to a specific group of organiza...
Disruptive Technology
Disruptive technology refers to an innovation that significantly alters the way consumers, industrie...
Federation
Federation in cloud computing refers to the practice of interconnecting multiple cloud environments ...
Force.com
Force.com is a powerful cloud computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) developed by Salesforce.com. It...
Google Apps
Google Apps, now known as Google Workspace, is a suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration...
Hadoop
Hadoop is an open-source software framework designed for distributed storage and processing of large...
Hybrid Cloud
A hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment that combines elements of both public and private cl...
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a fundamental cloud computing service model that provides virt...
Linux
Linux is an open-source, Unix-like operating system kernel first released in 1991 by Linus Torvalds....
Multitenancy
Multi-tenancy is a fundamental architectural principle in cloud computing where a single instance of...
MySQL
Multi-tenancy is a fundamental architectural principle in cloud computing where a single instance of...
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NIST, which stands for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is a crucial organization...
On-Demand Self Service
On-Demand Self-service is a fundamental characteristic of cloud computing that allows users to provi...
OpenNebula
OpenNebula is an open-source cloud computing platform that enables organizations to build and manage...
Private Cloud
A private cloud is a cloud computing environment that is dedicated to a single organization. Unlike ...
Public Cloud
Public Cloud is a type of cloud computing model where IT services and infrastructure are provided to...
Rapid Elasticity
Rapid elasticity is a fundamental characteristic of cloud computing that refers to the ability of a ...
Scalability
Scalability is a fundamental concept in cloud computing that refers to the ability of a system, netw...
Subscription Based Pricing Model
A Subscription Based Pricing Model is a financial strategy commonly employed in cloud computing and ...
Utility Computing
Utility computing is a service provisioning model in which a service provider makes computing resour...
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a secure, isolated private cloud hosted within a public cloud. VPCs...
Vendor Lock In
Vendor lock-in, in the context of cloud computing, refers to a situation where a customer becomes de...
Vertical Cloud
A Vertical Cloud, also known as an Industry Cloud or Domain-Specific Cloud, is a specialized cloud c...
Virtual Private Data Center
A Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) is an advanced cloud computing concept that combines the flexib...
Windows Live Services
Windows Live Services was a suite of online services and software products developed by Microsoft as...
Advertising Based Pricing Model
The advertising based pricing model is a strategic approach in cloud computing where services or app...
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a core component of Amazon Web Services (AWS) that provides sc...
Amazon S3
Amazon S3, which stands for Amazon Simple Storage Service, is a scalable, high-speed, web-based clou...
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS, which stands for Amazon Web Services, is a comprehensive and widely adopted cloud computing pla...
Azure
Azure is Microsoft's comprehensive and ever-expanding set of cloud services designed to help org...
Cloud Sourcing
Cloudsourcing is a strategic business practice that combines the concepts of cloud computing and out...
EC2
See Amazon EC2...
Hardware as a Service
HaaS, which stands for Hardware as a Service, is a cloud computing model that provides physical comp...
InterCloud
Intercloud is a cloud computing concept that refers to a network of interconnected cloud environment...
IntraCloud
Intracloud refers to the communication, data transfer, and resource sharing that occurs within a sin...
LAMP
LAMP is an acronym that stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It represents a popular open-sourc...
Measured Service
Measured Service is a fundamental characteristic of cloud computing that refers to the ability to au...
Open Source Software
Open Source Software (OSS) refers to computer software that is released under a license that grants ...
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
PaaS, which stands for Platform as a Service, is a cloud computing model that provides developers wi...
Software as a Service (SaaS)
SaaS, which stands for Software as a Service, is a cloud computing model that delivers software appl...
Virtual Machine (VM)
A Virtual Machine (VM) is a software-based emulation of a physical computer system. It creates an is...
Windows Azure
See Azure...