Cloud computing definition in constant flux

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author:  Jeff Kaplan.

Amazon Web Services continues to set the pace in public cloud as it regularly rolls out new cloud offerings and prices its existing services to meet the changing needs of customers. But other players are seeking to gain a share of the market by creating their own cloud categories and pushing the boundaries of the cloud marketplace.

The proliferation of cloud services has created a double-edged sword. The stream of new cloud alternatives has produced a buyers’ market, characterized by intensifying price competition. But it has also made it more difficult for IT and corporate decision makers to determine which cloud offerings are best suited to meet their particular business and technological requirements…


RightScale’s fourth annual State of the Cloud Survey, of 930 IT professionals about their adoption of cloud infrastructure and related technologies, found that 82% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy, up from 74% in 2014. This means the vast majority of organizations are cobbling together a mix of on-premises and on-demand resources to achieve corporate objectives…

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