Cloud Computing: 3 hot cloud concepts that can benefit all of IT

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

The term "cloud" has different meanings to different people. It’s so broadly defined with so many meanings that it really does not mean much at all. However, several cloud concepts are gaining more interest, whether in cloud contexts or not. By focusing on these concepts, rather than the more general notion of cloud computing, you can get more value in your organization’s technology, cloud and otherwise.

Three concepts in particular stand out: devops, management and governance, and data analytics. Devops (development and operations) is a software development process and sets of technology that provide an agile relationship between development and IT operations. The objective of devops is to change and improve the relationship by advocating better communication and collaboration between the two organizations…

Devops is cloud-related because it typically uses a single, unified development, testing, and deployment environment that relies on holistic configuration management. This usually means some cloud-based development environments that use tools such as Puppet and Chef…

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