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From The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing [1], there are five essential characteristics of cloud computing: * On-demand self service * Broad network acce
by dbarlett 13y ago
From The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing [1], there are five essential characteristics of cloud computing:
* On-demand self service
* Broad network access
* Resource pooling
* Rapid elasticity
* Measured service
If EC2/AWS doesn't meet that definition, what does?
[1] http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145...
- sp332 13y agoI just mean that you have to care a little too much about where the servers are (by region and availability zone) and of course you know who owns them :)