The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference ...

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 ...

This white paper examines the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture in a two-part series. The first part covers the cloud players and their roles and responsibilities. The second part focuses on ...

Get a complete overview of the actors and their roles and the necessary architectural components for managing and providing cloud services. The adoption of cloud computing into the U.S. Government and ...

A working definition for cloud computing—a new computer technique with potential for achieving significant cost savings and information technology agility—has been released by a team of computer ...