NIST has published the final version of the US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and II. The roadmap focuses on strategic and tactical objectives to support the federal ...

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 ...

According to the official NIST definition, "cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g ...

The working definition of cloud computing described by NIST is "a pay-per-use model for enabling available, convenient and on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing ...

The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (NIST Special Publication 800-145) describes cloud computing as “a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of ...

NIST, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, doesn't have the power to impose regulation on cloud computing vendors. But the agency does function as a creator of standards and a watchdog group ...

These documents, along with others from NIST and NIST working groups, will be incorporated into the NIST U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, expected to be published in November, 2011.

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment a draft "roadmap" that is designed to foster federal agencies' adoption of ...

The presentation, Effectively and Securely Using the Cloud Computing Paradigm, is not intended to provide official NIST guidance or policy but is presented to engage government IT managers in a ...

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 released the first two volumes of its cloud computing roadmap for public comment. The publication, U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap ...

The U.S. issued a “cloud first” policy in 2011 to require agencies to consider cloud options for new IT deployments, with the aim of reducing data centers and cost. The United Kingdom ...