http://mikebrittain.sys-con.com/ Latest News from Mike Brittain en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:25:20 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://mikebrittain.sys-con.com/node/647444 There are a variety of notions to how cloud computing is defined. I tend to think that what this really boils down to is the ability to procure hardware or services that you wouldn’t normally have access to in a physical sense. Rather than buying 20 new servers, you can spin them up on-demand, and also dump them whenever you want. It’s the “utility” or “pay-as-you-go” model.<p><a href="http://mikebrittain.sys-con.com/node/647444" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:15:00 EDT http://mikebrittain.sys-con.com/node/647444 http://mikebrittain.sys-con.com/node/647444#feedback