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The Cloud Defined, Part 4 of 8: Rapid Elasticity

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I am continuing my series of articles where I share my interpretation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s special publication 800-145. This week the focus is on the fourth fundamental characteristic of cloud computing according to the NIST’s definition: Rapid elasticity. Capabilities can be elastically provisioned and released, in some cases automatically, to scale rapidly outward and inwar

The Cloud Defined, Part 1 of 8: On-Demand Self Service

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For this and the next seven weeks I am going to change the focus of this blog from non-technical advice for IT professionals to an interpretation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s special publication 800-145. This is an often overlooked and incredibly important document for all IT professionals to read, study, and be familiar with as it is going to help everyone in our industry get on the sa