The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released its final definition of “cloud computing.” after 15 drafts, the first of which was created in November 2009. The NIST Definition of ...

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of the US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and II. The roadmap focuses on strategic ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft guide aimed at helping agencies find the cloud service provider that is right for them. NIST released the draft Dec. 16, and the ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting public comments on its most complete cloud computing guide to date. The guide, NIST Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations, ...

The government should establish common cloud computing products and services standards so agencies can easily shift their business to a new provider if their current vendor isn't meeting their needs, ...

The NIST definition hasn’t changed noticeably since its early definitions of cloud computing, which, according to NIST, cloud computing must consist of the following elements: on-demand self-service, ...

The pair of documents were designed to help federal agencies identify cloud standards they should adhere to when moving to the cloud, the various categories of cloud services that can be used across ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) definition of cloud computing is considered by many to be the final word on cloud. "Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, ...

Cloud computing is a nebulous concept. It means one thing to one person and something else to another. A team of computer scientists at the National Association of Standards and Technology (NIST) has ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is going to weigh in on cloud computing and has started by working on a definition of what cloud computing is. While it hasn’t officially released ...