A break in the clouds: towards a cloud definition Export

@article{citeulike:4064734, abstract = {This paper discusses the concept of Cloud Computing to achieve a complete definition of what a Cloud is, using the main characteristics typically associated with this paradigm in the literature. More than 20 definitions have been studied allowing for the extraction of a consensus definition as well as a minimum definition containing the essential characteristics. This paper pays much attention to the Grid paradigm, as it is often confused with Cloud technologies. We also describe the relationships and distinctions between the Grid and Cloud approaches.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Vaquero, Luis M. and Merino, Luis R. and Caceres, Juan and Lindner, Maik}, citeulike-article-id = {4064734}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1496091.1496100}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1496091.1496100}, doi = {10.1145/1496091.1496100}, issn = {0146-4833}, journal = {SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.}, keywords = {cloud, definition}, number = {1}, pages = {50--55}, posted-at = {2009-06-29 12:35:16}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {A break in the clouds: towards a cloud definition}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1496091.1496100}, volume = {39}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4064734 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4064734 N2 - This paper discusses the concept of Cloud Computing to achieve a complete definition of what a Cloud is, using the main characteristics typically associated with this paradigm in the literature. More than 20 definitions have been studied allowing for the extraction of a consensus definition as well as a minimum definition containing the essential characteristics. This paper pays much attention to the Grid paradigm, as it is often confused with Cloud technologies. We also describe the relationships and distinctions between the Grid and Cloud approaches. IS - 1 JF - SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev. SN - 0146-4833 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 55 TI - A break in the clouds: towards a cloud definition PB - ACM VL - 39 SP - 50 KW - cloud KW - definition AU - Vaquero, Luis AU - Merino, Luis AU - Caceres, Juan AU - Lindner, Maik PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1496091.1496100 ER -