This quote is one of the better mainstream-media explanations of cloud computing I've seen: "Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM is responding to the increasing corporate d

This quote is one of the better mainstream-media explanations of cloud computing I've seen: "Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM is responding to the increasing corporate demand for inexpensive e-mail that's run on computers owned by an external supplier instead of the company relying on the service. This approach has become trendy enough to get its own catch phrase - "cloud computing.""