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Cloud computing is split into three categories: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The article focuses heavily on SaaS, with some parts of the overview only true of SaaS, and not of PaaS or IaaS. I've tried to fix this while making minimal changes to the article structure. The old "Layers" section and accompanying graphic seemed to imply that cloud computing requires a cloud client, a cloud application, a cloud platform, a cloud infrastructure, and a cloud server. Hopefully my edits have clarified that this is not the case. Jbucket ( talk) 20:13, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Have just added this section to the History of the Cloud, based on a Cloud Series that I am writing through extensive research on the evolution of the Cloud. "Maturity in the computing and software technologies further fuels supply and is driving it towards total ‘ubiquity and certainty’ in the words of Simon Wardley. Cloud is the paradigm shift that is being created as computing and software pass through this vortex of rapidly growing supply and demand into a mature utility.". This is being done in research for a Book to be published on the cloud and a course at planned at a US University. Look forward to comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Watal ( talk • contribs) 15:36, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
Added citation needed. If you're going to mention "some have said" or some have noted," a citation should be provided as to whom said what. Navywings ( talk) 16:33, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
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Where are the references that support the latest definition? Is it used anywhere else, or is it personal research? It is very different to the OED definition, which must have been written by an independent expert. It is also different to many vendor’s definitions, and most end-user, non-expert definitions that I can find. I agree with the need to change the previous definition, partly because it was difficult to understand, but at least there was a reference that supported it (ie NIST).
I was not a party to previous discussions that resulted in the use of the term networks rather than the Internet. Could anyone re-iterate the reasons why this term is used, and only typically the Internet, when most of the uses that I can find say cloud computing is Internet accessible, not just network accessible?
The definition doesn't say what is included and what is excluded. Surely not all network accessible resources are included? Surely web search is excluded – but it’s computing and it’s a service accessible over the Internet? Fcalculators ( talk) 02:04, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
we need to discuss whether it is important to introduce a new section called Wireless Synchronization, and how most cloud services are built with synchronization technologies and anywhere access in mind. I would be interested to find out if anyone else is thinking about this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.50.102.28 ( talk) 02:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Risks of cloud computing should be mentioned in this article to balance it. If a full discussion of risk factors is not deemed necessary a reference should be provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.77.12.6 ( talk) 07:45, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
I came to this page because the article states benefits exclusivly. There is no pro/con argument as there are no cons stated. 188.220.186.57 ( talk) 14:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Various private companies are offering to their users the "free" hosting of their data, including personal and sensible data. Some of this companies (that are now offering free "cloud services" to the general public) are investing huge sums collecting and digitalizing the knowledge stored on public libraries/archives of the world. In this case the word "Cloud" is misleading because this data are phisically transferred and stored on enourmous and very costly, private server farms located in a few rich counties: there is no "cloud" but phisical servers and nets, and the term seems to be an artificial or commercial invention of some companies. In a few words the risk is the rapid transfer of many strategical and public data of the planet to the private hands of few companies, located in the richest countries, without any international law or warranty. With all the immaginable risks. An uncritical acceptance of this phenomenon is certainly dangerous for all. The poor countries, the different cultures, the simple citiziens of the world needs international warranties related the use and the access rights of their collective culture. Computing and information retrival is one of the main activity of today's humanity. Can we give away this strategical activity and the "collective memory" of the world to some private companies? This risk is not mentioned in the voice and when some months ago I inserted it was immediately deleted from someone. -- Cornelius383 ( talk) 19:44, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
The Overview section contains a few grammatical errors (maybe typographical in origin, maybe resulting from stitching stuff together). In addition, it is still vague. While not really written as an advertisement, this section of the article still seems to be composed mostly of marketing language - it talks around the subject rather than directly describing it in concrete terms. Is cloud computing just spreading data across several servers in several places? Is it transferring workload from one set of servers to another automatically? Being on the web does not necessarily qualify something as cloud computing, just as being a fruit does not necessarily qualify something as being an orange. From this overview, I cannot really derive any concrete idea of what cloud computing is and what it is not.
In the Characteristics section, the article still seems to talk around the subject. There is not really a direct comparison being made. How are the listed examples similar to cloud computing? Also, how are they different? This should be stated explicitly. What is listed instead is simply a description of each example - that's not a comparison.
I would fix it myself, but I'm not an expert on cloud computing. Also, I recognize that it may be that cloud computing itself is just a marketing term that people and companies like to repeat to create a certain impression and it may therefore lack any objective, discrete definition. Blcklbl ( talk) 14:42, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
I would suggest to add a section that has companies that use cloud computing that's free or even a cost.
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All the strong criticism against the "Cloud" are not evident in this article and are often immediately deleted as soon as inserted from someone. The voice appears strongly unbalanced and it's full of techicalities incomprehensible to most people... Is the Cloud the "coming dream" of mankind or it's something to be avoided to preserve the privacy of each? Why many private companies are offering free "Clouds" to the people? Who pays (and why) it's not clearly explained here. Internet is full of critical positions related with the risks of cloud computing if you only type "against the cloud" on your browser, you can find tons of documents, many are written by experts and researchers: 1) Argument against the Cloud or Why you don’t want your data on somebody else’s server, 2) Google's Blogger outage makes the case against a cloud-only strategy: The same week that Google made its strongest pitch ever for putting your entire business online, one of its flagship services has failed spectacularly by Ed Bott May 13, 2011, 3) Phil Wainewright on zdnet (When will the crowd turn against private cloud?: predicted that private clouds will be discredited by year end), 4) The Twitter case against the cloud, 5) Larry Ellison from Oracle rails against the Cloud and many others you can find yourself -- Cornelius383 ( talk) 20:08, 1 November 2011 (UTC) Please could you indicate when your edits are minor. Fcalculators ( talk) 00:59, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
I agree this should be rewritten. Make it so if you wish.-- Ourhistory153 ( talk) 18:40, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm confused. If Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet), then how does it differ from Utility computing, to which, I believe, this article originally redirected? Cloud computing has taken on a life of its own but, judging by the age of its maintenance template, the older Utility computing article seems to have been forgotten about. Claret Ash 00:11, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Please don't think that I'm trying to offend the editors of this article, but if it is so difficult to define "Cloud computing" (as this talk page's history shows), then how do we know that the term has any meaning independent of whichever marketing company is promoting it. By extension, how do we know that different people are using the term to refer to the same field of meaning? I'm not trying to start a discussion here, and again I'm not trying to offend the people who've been arguing back and forth in the process of creating this page, but I do think it's worth thinking about. Claret Ash 10:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Why the B-Class rating on WikiProject Computing’s quality scale? When was this rating decided or applied? Is it ever reviewed? Did it apply to an earlier version that has been substantially changed?
I don’t see this article as “mostly complete and without major issues”, and I can’t agree that “readers are not left wanting”, as is required by the B-Class description.
Mostly complete - with no specific examples, no Service or Consumption Models sections, inadequate Architecture section and a Research section consisting of two bullet points? The Architecture section is very thin when compared with the NIST Reference Architecture and Taxonomy document. Also, it has some meaningless statements and subsections, and there are no architecture diagrams of real examples. Is the Research section needed anyway?
No major issues - what about the Discussion items above, and in the Discussion Archives?
Perhaps non-IT practitioners who don’t know what the subject is about before reading will learn something, and therefore may not be left wanting, but that’s the main problem – it doesn’t discuss many things they may need to know, IMHO. Fcalculators ( talk) 03:19, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
I went to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computing/Assessment#Assessment_requests and put in a B-Class rating assessment request. Fcalculators ( talk) 00:06, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
I'd like to suggest we start a section to discuss the verticle markets that have incorporated computing cloud technology. I've been working on white papers for the healthcare industries adoption of cloud based technology and have some contributions to make. -- Ourhistory153 ( talk) 17:55, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
I believe that this article doesn't follow the Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable guideline, which says that articles should be as accessible as possible to the widest possible audience of potentially interested readers.
Does anyone else agree with this, and could anyone comment about what can be done to improve the situation from this point of view? One possibility is to write an Introduction to Cloud Computing article, and this is suggested by the guidelines, but there are other options. Fcalculators ( talk) 01:05, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
I agree, the legal narrative is way too long and should have a whole
new page created for it. There should be a shorter narrative with
a link to the main page for legal ramifications. This is an important
topic and the trends are in favor for a lot of traffic to this page
so we should put some time and effort into cleaning up this article
and making it more meaningful to readers.--
Ourhistory153 (
talk)
18:12, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
The potential audience for this article would include computer users that are, or that may become, cloud consumers. This includes users of common small business applications such as accounting, and medium to large organisation line-of-business, mission-critical applications, such as ERP and CRM, which are now available in the cloud as software as a service. It would also include the management of such organisations, because they may be contemplating changing their IT strategy. Also, cloud storage services can now be accessed by any PC user with an Internet connection, and many people are cloud consumers, albeit perhaps unwittingly, because of iCloud and the use of free cloud services, such as webmail or social and professional networking. Most of these consumers would be non technical people, let alone IT experts.
So most readers would probably not be interested in too much technical detail, and would only want to know what cloud computing means for them. In other words, they would need concrete descriptions of what it is and what it isn’t, plus some specific examples.
The article doesn’t say what type of computing is included or excluded, and does not give any specific examples meaningful to non-expert consumers. Fcalculators ( talk) 02:53, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Absolutely agree. This article is written by a technician for other technicians--not for an ordinary consumer-user. I counted more than 50 terms that I was unfamiliar with, and several areas that I thought I didn't need to know to understand what the cloud is (my original intent for accessing this page in Wikipedia.
The first paragraph should start out with an easily digestible definition of what the cloud is and how that affects individual users. Then, that first paragraph should contain a bulleted list of what follows.
The rest of the article should be edited for relevance to end users and grouped accordingly--ordinary readers such as myself/extraordinarily-aware groups of users. Language has to be simplified in the areas not targeted for the more knowledgeable group; and if that "ordinary readers" group has almost nothing here for it--as I think would be the case--then relevant areas of the text should be adapted for it. (British English should be left in--we understand it, after all, and this article has far worse things going on with it.)
( Sudarat64 ( talk) 22:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC))
One thought that crossed my mind while reading this article is the fact that it would take a truly ridiculous connection speed for cloud computing to be used for gaming and other graphics-intensive programs without hefty local processing power. This limitation is not mentioned anywhere; granted, I couldn't provide a link to a source specifically describing this limitation off the top of my head, but I'm certain that with only a modicum of effort such a reference could be found, and it would be valid point for the article. Cloud computing works great for research, socializing, and even light gaming (existing browser games offer good examples) but it will not work for hardcore and graphics-intensive gaming, such as World of Warcraft as an example, for quite some time. Eventually, maybe, but modern cloud computing just doesn't work yet in such environments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.2.27.153 ( talk) 07:18, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Well somebody had to do it, so I did it. I can't see anyone complaining but they may want to embellish the narrative I put in.-- Ourhistory153 ( talk) 16:24, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
from November 2011 ATLANTIC MAGAZINE ... intro ... "As email, documents, and almost every aspect of our professional and personal lives moves onto the “cloud”—remote servers we rely on to store, guard, and make available all of our data whenever and from wherever we want them, all the time and into eternity—a brush with disaster reminds the author and his wife just how vulnerable those data can be. A trip to the inner fortress of Gmail, where Google developers recovered six years’ worth of hacked and deleted e‑mail, provides specific advice on protecting and backing up data now—and gives a picture both consoling and unsettling of the vulnerabilities we can all expect to face in the future." by James Fallows Also see computer insecurity. 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 20:58, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Importance should be increased to Top or High but something better than Mid
First off I think it deserves it because Cloud computing is a growing trend, and two because the analytics tools proves that this article is generating a high amount of visitors. Plus it is basically qualified to be of Top Importance because in essence it is a form of a Operating System.
Increasing the Importance level would attract more highly skilled editors which would make this article more attractive and more meaningful. -- Ourhistory153 ( talk) 18:55, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Fcalculators, I suppose we need to identify all the editors that are playing a proactive part in the articles formation and get them involved. Also find the editor who put in the legal section and invite them to set up a new article. Do you know who that is? And the other players? I've never been able to communicate with other editors effectively with this system and sure I'm missing out on some better methods .-- Ourhistory153 ( talk) 14:49, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
I went to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computing/Assessment#Assessment_requests and put in a assessment request. Hopefully that will attract some attention to some expert editors. Also I think we should start linking cloud computing with other computer related pages where ever appropriate. Follow what I do for this Cloud Computing article and I will follow you. Whenever there is a talk session it seems a good idea to have someone else backup what you are saying.-- Ourhistory153 ( talk) 15:09, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
I've assessed the article as requested. Importance has been raised to Top reflecting the huge buzz around the topic at present. If it turns out to be just a fad, we can adjust downwards later. Quality is borderline B or C. Refs are abundant and tidy. There's a lot of room to improve accessibility and remove repetition. I tagged the lead as being too short. -- Kvng ( talk) 04:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Show wp "lock" please, and wikilink Telecommunications Industry Association for TIAonline.org
99.181.130.155 ( talk) 07:11, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
The Vertical Market section was removed. I would like other editors to comment on this rather than leave one editor to make this decision. My intention was this was going to expand into different verticals with links to different articles. I request the opinions of other editors on this issue before I restore it.-- Ourhistory153 ( talk) 17:52, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
Just a minor point...
The current diagram shows "servers" outside the cloud. However, this referenced content statement within the article - Cloud computing extends this boundary to cover servers as well as the network infrastructure.[28] - indicates "servers" are now considered within the cloud. Perhaps a revised diagram could resolve this "inconsistency". I suggest something showing servers both internal and external to the cloud since servers, at times, are like as other "user access devices" and are also cloud components...along with a brief explanation.
Nealct56 ( talk) 15:33, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Generally, the intro should be shortened and made more concise. Here are some specific points:
-- Bikebot ( talk) 11:05, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
The more I study the article the more it appears to me to require an overhaul. For example:
-- Bikeborg ( talk) 13:55, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
I am currently working on a revision of the Layers section. The main problem I see currently is that the current text does not prominently reflect the Service Models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) that everybody talks about and that are also defined in the NIST paper.
Also, cloud client and cloud servers are different beasts from the service models.
Therefore, I propose to do the following changes:
I am working on a draft text here - but it will take some time. Any help appreciated.
-- Bikeborg ( talk) 16:03, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Private cloud infrastructure CAN BE and IS procured "as a service" that is billed monthly as a utility and based on allocated capacity. Utility billed private cloud infrastructure is currently in operation in several Federal government agencies, and originated in the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). DISA is the Department of Defense Combat Service Agency that provides centralized enterprise IT and global communications to the U.S. Military and other Defense Agencies). Payments are made monthly to capacity services vendors and include all maintenance, support, and tech refresh.
Additional users of "capacity services" IT infrastructure as a service offerings include, at the least, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Air Force Medical Support Agency (AFMSA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
HISTORY DISA began procuring mainframe and client server computing capacity as a service in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Storage as a service began in 2003. The 2001 acquisition was to Unisys for Unisys mainframe and storage. In 2003, the acquisition vehicle was called ACE, for Assured Computing Environment, and included IBM mainframe equipment, plus storage.
In 2005, several multi-year "Server Processor Environment" contracts were awarded by DISA for on-demand compute capacity as a service. Winning vendors included: SUN, Hewlett Packard, ViON Corporation, and Apptis. The award of these contracts was discussed in this article: http://gcn.com/articles/2006/10/24/disa-on-demand.aspx
In 2007, storage as a service was procured on its own multi-year contract, Enterprise Storage Services (ESS), which is discussed in this article: http://www.military-information-technology.com/mit-home/367-mit-2011-volume-15-issue-10-november/4995-storage-on-demand.html
Note: the vendor-owned equipment provided under the Enterprise Storage Services contraact provides the "private cloud storage" that is included in the DISA RACE DoD Private Cloud offering. The DISA RACE private cloud was launched in 2008. "RACE" stands for Rapid Access Computing Environment. RACE features user-self provisioning for highly virtualized client server computing (X-86, Linux, Solaris) and enterprise storage capacity on demand in a cloud offering.
The initial Federal breeding and testing ground for the "capacity services" (capacity on demand) method to acquire IT infrastructure as a service was the DISA data centers (called "Defense Enterprise Computing Centers" or "DECCs"; and "Tactical Enterprise Computing Centers" or "TECCs"). The DISA DECCs are built and operated at Tier IV+ standards, and DECC-equivalency is the defacto standard for U.S. military and defense agency data centers. Discussion about what constitutes "DECC-equivalency" is not widely discussed in unlassified forums, however reference to "DECC equivalent" sites can be found in this unclassified DoD budget document:
http://www.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y2006/DISA/0303170K.pdf
These recurrence of Federal government acquisitions of computing and server infrastructure, plus the addition of a new network equipment "as a capacity service" has proven across many years that the use of vendor-owned equipment provisioning computing, storage, and network infrastructure as-a-service inside government-owned and operated data centers is cost effective and significantly lowers risk of security breach. In fact, security breaches were so effectively negated that in 2011 the Department of Defense determined the DISA DECCs to be more secure and cost effective hosting environments than the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) can provide for itself, and the VA began using the DECCs to host its data. This is significant because the CIO of the VA must report to Congress on a quarterly basis its status in protecting against additional data breaches, following the 2006 data breach whereby 26.5 million records were inappropriately downloaded from the VA.
IN CONSIDERATION of the facts and examples detailed above, involving highly credible customers (U.S. Federal government agencies; large and well-regarded multi-national technology manufacturers as well as innovative small businesses) and occuring for many years, I request that you correct the article to indicate that Private Cloud infrastructure is, in fact, available in on-premise, on-demand, and billed as a utility.
Thank you in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by LaFemmeTech ( talk • contribs) 18:27, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
In the early sixties, MIT's Project MAC aimed at provide shared computing resources at a time when one who needed computing power had to record his own programs and data on punched cards. In these days the most common, not to say unique, communication tool was the TTY teleprinter.
Unhappily the first experiments of on-line computing, by linking a TTY to a computer, accepted a very limited number of simultaneous users. The reasons were the low performance and capacity yielded by the hardware available in the sixties.
Nonetheless, from an architectural design standpoint, Project MAC outlined a general computing environment, including a high degree of security/privacy and a real ability to take advantage of more powerful hardware to come.
MULTICS systems, designed and engineered by General Electric, have represented a milestone in the project development. Bell Laboratories operated several of these machines for their computer developments, including UNIX (allegedly named after "MULTIX"), as General Electric/Honeywell did for their software factories (PL1 being the main working language).
On the other hand, General Electric made commercial offers for "utility computing services" based on the same platforms, by 1968.
Astonishingly, the concept and the services they marketed were similar to those provided by the present "cloud computing".
"Independent" personal micro computers were by large more in line with the mood of that period, and Utility computing did not emerge as a success ! A simpler version, Time-sharing, had been a little more successful.
Bernard Huet 193.248.13.239 ( talk) 13:28, 18 March 2012 (UTC) 193.248.17.158 ( talk) 21:28, 15 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.248.13.239 ( talk)
This article is written by a technician for other technicians--not for an ordinary consumer-user. I counted more than 50 terms that I was unfamiliar with, and several areas that I thought I didn't need to know to understand what the "cloud" is (my original intent for accessing this page in Wikipedia.
The first paragraph should start out with an easily digestible definition of what the cloud is and how it affects individual users. Then, that first paragraph should contain a bulleted list of what follows.
The rest of the article should be edited for relevance to end users and grouped accordingly: ordinary readers such as myself/extraordinarily-aware groups of users. Language has to be simplified in the areas not targeted for the more knowledgeable group; and if the "ordinary readers" group has almost nothing here for it--as I think might be the case--then relevant areas of the text should be adapted for it. (British English should be left in--we understand it, after all, and this article has far worse things going on with it.)
I didn't understand what the "cloud" was before I accessed this page, and felt so talked down to, that I never did realize my goal at the end.
( Sudarat64 ( talk) 22:11, 9 January 2012 (UTC))
Unfortunately it is in frustratingly common use usually by non-tech personnel in tech meetings, presentations etc. Unsurprisingly when asked to elaborate and be more specific, we usually get either more weasel words or description of simple web service. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.61.64.216 ( talk) 07:22, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Article claims: " launched Amazon Web Service (AWS) on a utility computing basis in 2006" which leads to a conclusion that AWS was launched in 2006. However, AWS was launched in July 2002, as noted on the Wikipedia AWS page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services) the source of which is Amazon's mediakit timeline, undoubtedly reliable source: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-corporateTimeline
The sentence should be reworded if it meant some more specific connotation and some sort of clarification about 2002 date must be added. In current form article leaves an impression that first commercial cloud service (AWS) was offered 4 years later than it actually was. That's no small difference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inadarei ( talk • contribs) 05:00, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
I don't think Wikipaedia should merge the two subjects. A definition of what Cloud technology is, should preview a discussion of how it works and how to use it. In the UK, Cloud is still a foreign term and will not be adopted by the vast majority of businesses anytime soon.
For starters, let's work out what it is rather than how to use it.
To get the ball rolling, I think - in a personal capacity - it is great news that our data is being hosted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by D.N.Smith ( talk • contribs) 15:53, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I've adusted archiving to preserve discussion for 180 days but reducing the minimum number of discussion from 7 to 5 (default). There are some unanswered discussions on the page that are at risk of being prematurely archived. I've fond on other articles that 30 days is too short for many technical topics. I have reviewed previous discussion and think these changes reasonably accommodate stated requirements there. -- Kvng ( talk) 17:23, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
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Introduction to Cloud computing popped up on a new article list, and whilst I appreciate the huge amount of work that has been put into it, I think it might infringe the WP:NOTGUIDE or WP:NOTTEXTBOOK guidelines. The title alone seems wrong for an encyclopedia. But as this isn't my area of expertise, I thought I'd raise it here for those more involved to decide whether it's a useful article or not. -- The-Pope ( talk) 16:18, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm trying to perform this merge. I've reviewed Introduction to cloud computing and finding that material there is already included here or is of dubious quality/reliablity. In short I'm not finding anything of value in Introduction to cloud computing to merge. I've attempted to contact the primary author user:Fcalculators but have received no response. Therefore I have WP:PRODed Introduction to cloud computing. If anyone thinks it needs to be rescued and would like to take a crack at it, please follow the WP:PROD procedures to abort my proposed deletion. -- Kvng ( talk) 18:14, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
My PROD was contested by user:Fcalculators who then promised to provide some justification for separate existence of the intro article but has not despite multiple prompts. So I've gone ahead and redirected the intro article here. If that needs to be reverted, please discuss it here first. -- Kvng ( talk) 03:01, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
I have re-read the articles on merging, consensus and deletion, and, from this material, I believe that, for the following reasons, the deletion and re-direction of the introductory article have not been following documented processes:
• From the merge article, in row IV of the merge steps table, it says that “In … controversial cases, this determination that a consensus to merge has been achieved is normally done by an editor who is neutral and not directly involved in the merger proposal or the discussion”. I am not aware of anything abnormal about this particular merge case, so it seems that the consensus was not arrived at according to this process.
• In any case, I don’t believe that a consensus existed, because, in the consensus article, it states that, when reaching consensus through discussion, “The result might be an agreement that does not satisfy anyone completely, but that all recognize as a reasonable solution”. I certainly don’t regard the outcome as a reasonable solution, and I don’t believe that even some of those who supported the merge would think so either, when they talk about “very valuable content” and “so that a central high quality item can emerge”.
• Also from the consensus article, under determining consensus, it says that ”no consensus normally results in the article … being kept”.
• There were only a very few contributors, with some for and some against, so not even a clear majority supported the merge. I believe we can include the comment on not merging the definitions in those against, even though it was placed at the top of the page, rather than in the discussion section. I believe the comment on “parallel universe” can be discounted because it is against introductory articles in general, even though they are allowed for in the guidelines, and there is the following quote from the Deletion guidelines for administrators, when discussing consensus: “Arguments that contradict policy … are frequently discounted”? More people contributed to the introductory article talk page and made edits than participated in this discussion.
• In the merge article, under reasons for merging, it says that “Merging should be avoided if …. The separate topics could be expanded into … standalone … articles.” Common sense says that this is the case here, and there can be two separate articles, one for beginners and one for a more technical audience, and, if this can go ahead, there will then not be the overlap that exists at present. Other contributors to this talk section agree with this approach, it is allowed for in the guidelines, and common sense says that it is appropriate for a top importance subject with a very wide audience, including large groups that have different needs.
• In the deletion banner, it says that “You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason”, so I objected to deletion and removed the message. The banner also says that, “If … removed, it should not be replaced”, which must mean that the deletion can’t subsequently be performed.
For the above reasons, I have reverted the re-direction edit. With the article visible, it may give an independent editor the opportunity to rate it as part of the computing project. If you have any concerns about the content, and if you think that some of it is of dubious quality or reliability, please can you detail your specific concerns on the talk page?
I agree with your comment above, that producing articles is a collaborative process, but I am not exactly sure of the point that you are making. I have been collaborating by contributing to these discussion pages for some time, and, at a point in the past when there was quite a bit of controversy about the content, I suggested that one way forward was to produce an introductory article. This suggestion was present for quite some time, and no one objected, so, since it was allowed for in the guidelines, I proceeded to write one.
I still don't believe that this main article is of very good quality, and I will provide some detailed criticisms shortly. Fcalculators ( talk) 02:09, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
I nominated the fork for deletion, please discuss the issue there. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk) 17:22, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Now there are now 10 types of cloud computing listed, but the reference mentions only 3. Needs improvement. Step0h ( talk) 18:33, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
For a top-importance subject with a very large and wide audience, this really is an inadequate article. Many criticisms of it can be found throughout the Talk Archives, even before the comments under Technical gibberish above. Some of these criticisms still apply, and there has been no substantial improvement in the article over a long period.
It contains too many inaccurate, contradictory, confusing, half-true, meaningless, vague or completely incorrect statements, as well as some disorganised, insubstantial or pointless sections. As stated in the Technical gibberish comments, there is too much jargon and irrelevant material, especially for end-users, who would make up a significant section of the audience. Also, with no references, some of the material appears to be only personal opinion.
It has been a C-rated article for a very long time - officially since January, which is itself too long, but it had really been at C level well before then. There have been several hundred thousand viewers per month during this period, and this amounts to millions in total. At least some of these viewers would not be impressed with the article, to say the least, but only a very few would take the trouble to voice their opinions. Worse still, many of these viewers would know no better than to take the material at face value, and so they are not being at all well served.
It is clear that many of the 1000s of piecemeal edits made over recent years have not really been an improvement. Sensible changes are often overwritten, and the article has never attained any sort of stability or sustained improvement. So it seems that a different approach is required, if coverage of this important topic is to be at least adequate. Fcalculators ( talk) 01:54, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
There is a section on this page without a citation and where I think that some illustrative information from The Mobile Wave would be useful to add. I won't add the book as a reference since I work at MicroStrategy, the company founded by the book's author and I'm here on behalf of the company. I've given the citation below and details of new information to add to the "Characteristics" section.
Citation:ref name=Saylor7-8>{{cite book |title=The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything |last=Saylor |first=Michael |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2012 |publisher=Vanguard Press |location= |isbn=1593157207 |page=7-8 |pages= |url= |accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref>
Any editor who can help here would be appreciated. Also, let me know if there are any other pages where info from the book can be added if it provides new, helpful details. Thanks, -- Rkrueger ( talk) 17:19, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
I came across a blog post that talked about things that cloud computing consist of today. The blog was dated in December of 2007. I feel the writer should be credited for his work here. Since it predates some of the other history in cloud computing. The blog post could have caused inspiration to other developers in Cloud Computing. The blog that I'm referring to can be found at one of two locations.
http://techmeout.org/we-are-obsolete http://techmeout.blogspot.com/2007_12_08_archive.html
OSRules ( talk) 10:23, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately no I can't provide any other information other then I did see the blog post and it's date. Which I felt was decent enough. Mainly because it Cloud Services such as Google Drive have pretty much merged many services mentioned in the blog together to create a cloud computing environment. Could just have been coincidental or foresite. But I thought the date would have sufficed. Sorry for any coomplications.... OSRules ( talk) 16:30, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
I have removed content added to the history section concerning a paper or book by Biju John and Souheil Khaddaj because it appears to be primarily promotion of their work rather than historical information. Two sources offered are links to general commercial content about cloud, unrelated to the cited work. The source that appears to support the cited work uses an unpublished, incorrect or non-existent ISBN, possibly for proceedings of a conference (which are not highly reliable, just a notch away from self-published). Even if this turns out to be a valid document, I don't see that it is a historical contribution. It may have a place elsewhere in the article but not in the history section. (Similarly other content that's only months or a year or two old do not belong in the history section and appear more to be news-related rather than encyclopedic.) Joja lozzo 12:29, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
It might be that the true origins of cloud computing - as understood today - was originated between 1981-1984. Domain Name Services (DNS) had not been in general usage at that time so only a single network was defined for "virtual data". Ref: US Patent # 4432057 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddcs ( talk • contribs) 15:57, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
There is a discussion about this, e.g., in Slate Magazine: [1]. What I added to external links should be expanded by someone who knows more about the subject: Fighting cyber crime and protecting privacy in the cloud. European Parliament - Directorate-General for Internal Policies. 2012. Zingophalitis ( talk) 17:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
I came to the article and started to try to understand it from the diagram at the top. The diagram mentions "block storage". I don't know what that means or why it's different from uploading my files. So the article needs to at least have a link to explain what the diagram means. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.61.61.161 ( talk) 21:39, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Is there value in listing every reliably sourced cloud service in the introduction on this page? If so, should we require sources for new additions? Joja lozzo 22:38, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
It seems that a few days ago, someone added an "Executive Summary" to the head of the article with the note "Response to Wikipedia Admin request for a more general description targeted at a non-technical audience" without discussion here. Barring that I've never seen something like this in any other Wikipedia article before, it just seems to turn the introduction into a total mess. Does this follow Wikipedia's standards for article composition?
Furthermore, shouldn't such a simplification be reserved for the Simple English Wikipedia? I have seen much more technical rhetoric on other Wikipedia articles, and the original introductory paragraph does not seem too difficult to understand in the first place. I vote for reversion.
–– amanisdude ( talk) 04:58, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
The article begins with "Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet)." It seems that this definition would include quite much every network service ever made. Maybe it could say something like "distributed in a network", unless an official definition can be found somewhere? -- Petteri Aimonen ( talk) 21:04, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
An official definition can be found here: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf --Anon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.239.71.1 ( talk) 09:27, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
It looks like cloud computing "appears to be" derived from the act of drawing clouds to concisely represent entire networks, like CISCO does. However, even though I think this is probably true, we need some definitive sources before we can call this speculation "not original research". -- Carrot Lord ( talk) 03:39, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Both agree that “cloud computing” was born as a marketing term. At the time, telecom networks were already referred to as the cloud; in engineering drawings, a cloud represented the network. From http://www.technologyreview.com/news/425970/who-coined-cloud-computing/. This is not an urban legend, and the speculation about Super Mario has no place in this article. Can someone please update the "Origin of the Term" section? -- User:Phillywrap —Preceding undated comment added 09:38, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Abstraction is a process of simplification that conceals the details of a system at its interface. Abstraction is also used to refer to the result of this process.
Virtualisation does not necessarily conceal details. I propose replacement of the phrase "Virtualization abstracts the physical infrastructure" with "Virtualization generalizes the physical infrastructure". [2] "Virtual machines versatile platforms for systems and processes" ISBN-13 9781558609105
-- Edepa ( talk) 15:14, 29 June 2013 (UTC) The proposal made above has not received any feedback. I shall proceed to make the modification if no counter-proposals are received by 15th July. -- Edepa ( talk) 10:55, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
According to the article http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/052013-dell-cloud-269969.html Dell no longer supports OpenStack, and thus that information should be added into "Open Standards" section
Samveen ( talk) 06:34, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
The idea that Dell is dumping OpenStack is silly. From the article: "Instead, the company will focus on selling OpenStack-powered private clouds that run on Dell hardware and software"
What the article is really saying is that Dell is backing off from having a public cloud product.
Robert.Harker ( talk) 07:58, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
I've removed the section "Early references in popular culture". McCoy accessing the Enterprise's (single) computer in orbit from a device on a planet's surface is not cloud computing. At the most, it's client-server architecture. Vykk ( talk) 20:46, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
In my humble opinion the author has done very well with the article. It was interesting to read it. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.30.91.24 ( talk) 12:25, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Earlier in this talk page it's mentioned how Dell is dropping its support of some cloud architecture. The Issues section is missing a discussion regarding long-term archiving/accessibility of private data. As the cloud forces people to rely on a third party to store and take care of files ranging from personal photos to purchased music to business documents, with many (perhaps unwisely) choosing not to have a ground-based backup on their own computers (and with tablets having only limited storage capacity, even that option is becoming more uncommon), there must be concerns over the ability to ensure that a file saved in the cloud will still be accessible 10 years from now. As noted in the Privacy section, as it is third parties are capable of altering or deleting files (as those who experienced the great Amazon "1984" e-book deletion fiasco of a few years ago will recall vividly, or more recently those who were unable to view purchased movies on Netflix (a form of cloud) on Christmas Day 2012 because their server failed). Archives in government as it is are still trying to get a handle on how to archive e-mails and other digital-only documents so that historians 50 years from now will be able to access them, the fact so many documents and files are being relegate to the cloud without backup or permanent printed copies must be a concern to someone. 68.146.70.124 ( talk) 21:45, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
can you help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.73.165.117 ( talk) 04:11, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
I proffered numerous disadvantages—clearly derivable from common-sense consideration of the "advantages," coupled with observation of how cloud migration has impaired service and all but obviated security—but the Wikiadmins disagreed and deleted all of it before I could say "Jack Robinson," UNQUESTIONABLY because I disagreed with the mantras proffered by their deep-pocketed corporate sponsors whom they claim not to have.
Why is it unquestionable? "A city that is set on an [sic] hill cannot be hid," once quoth a famous rabbi and Saviour.
Anyone else had similar misadventures? (Like I don't know the answer to this . . .) 50.128.184.140 ( talk) 16:51, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
Natural gas poses amazing some transportation problems and is mainly shipped through pipelines — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.182.105.72 ( talk) 07:59, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
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Consumer end storage: The first sentence is making a bold statement.This without a reference holds very less significance. Kapoorruchit ( talk) 17:58, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Regarding the following the comment in the article: Critical voices including GNU project initiator Richard Stallman and Oracle founder Larry Ellison warned that the whole concept is rife with privacy and ownership concerns and constitute merely a fad.[94]
... and assuming this is The Guardian article that's referenced at [94]: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman
I have a question: Why is Larry Ellison referenced in the Wikipedia article when he's never referred to in The Guardian article?
Suggest removing his name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glitterspray ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
The 3rd paragraph IMHO defines what most people think of as "Cloud Computing" and as more SaaS (and PaaS, etc.) happens this will increase. Starting out with a paragraph about distributed computing is too esoteric for what most people are doing. If I can figure out how to edit this topic I will make that change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.35.226.228 ( talk) 22:53, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
In my role as IT Director, I always find it difficult to introduce the idea of moving IT departments and services to the cloud without first providing a context as to why. Why should we spend the time, manpower, dollars to embrace this possibly "over-hyped" technology. I always start off by describing the problem we are trying to address, then delve into the solution. This is basic PM presentation 101.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeFromOlney ( talk • contribs) 18:36, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
It was clear enough to me, a non-techie, once I got past "virtual servers". But it wouldn't hurt to have a sort of dictionary type entry for those, like me, who've heard the term without knowing specifically what it meant. Usually I wait until context eventually makes it obvious, but context wasn't doing it so I searched here. A brief, simplistic definition at the beginning may be all some users need, and may help make the article more clear right away for those who want more info. My suggestion would be: Use of software and applications from the Internet rather than being installed and run on an individual PC, including services such as data backup on the Internet rather than on a PC hard drive. It leaves out a lot but may give a ground level idea of what's being referred to when the term 'cloud computing' is used. It would have allowed me to know right away what 'virtual servers' (for example) referred to.
Seems like it's new term for a computing concept and practice that's been around well over a decade. I recall the 'Inet machines', which were inexpensive small laptops ($300 when even basic laptops cost $2000) that had little or no hard drives and only an operating system and a browser. And lots of us worked in companies with a hardwire intranet where all the software was run from the company servers. May still be the case, but I'm retired and not up on these things. ````Joyce Cleveland Mar 25, 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.136.50.61 ( talk) 16:28, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
This article appears to be largely repetitive with the main cloud computing article, and most of its content arguably belongs here. -- samj in out 07:24, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Although cloud computing is clearly used in modern-day language, the use of the term is arguably a marketing phrase. With some co-authors, we've written about some of the history on that and have made a case that cloud computing is, essentially, any two-way interaction on the Internet (in particular, it's the same as web-based email, blogging tools, etc). This view differs from much of what is written in this Wikipedia article, but that doesn't mean that the view is wrong. I had added a couple lines in the article and cited our piece that covers this in an article published in 2012 in the Computer Law & Security Review (the article is on SSRN, here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2295216). I've run into quite a bit of resistance from some of the great editors and curators of the page in including this, with a view that it's self promotion and also that we're not experts. I respect those opinions, but I disagree that the topic is irrelevant for cloud computing.
My question, for discussion: what is the best way to advance some of this in the context of the Wikipedia article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dudewhereismybike ( talk • contribs) 00:14, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
I removed the new definition added by Science.Warrior and put mine back in as the first definition. Besides fixing the grammar in the introductory section, the newer simpler definition proposed was not accurate without including the role of virtualization. It would be the equivalent of describing a car and not mentioning that it has an engine until a later section. I disagree that this makes it too complicated the way it is written, because readers can jump to the virtualization article if they so wish. Also, the definition put in its place unnecessarily oversimplified the concept of cloud. It equates the cloud with any computer network - Internet, intranet, LAN or WAN, without mentioning the critical role of virtual servers. Timtempleton ( talk) 02:34, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
I have moved the following from the EL section. These might make good sources for article content but there's no need to have them in the EL section:
Joja lozzo 02:18, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Here's one more potential source:
Joja lozzo 23:39, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
This article refers to the cloud in 1993, referring to earlier events. Maury Markowitz ( talk) 23:41, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
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I believe the definition of Cloud Computing shouldn't mention neither computer nor storage as the provided resources, nontheless the term itself contains one of the terms (computing). Cloud Computing, as noted in other areas in this same article, is more than just infrastructure. Therefore, I'm proposing to mention the **type** of "things" instead of the name of the "things" being provided. For example:
Cloud computing is computing in which large groups of remote servers are networked to allow for online access to distributed services and/or resources. Clouds can be classified as public, private or hybrid.[1]
As another reference to support this change, we can take a look at what some of the current cloud services - or softwares - provide. AWS, OpenStack, Rackspace (OpenStack based), Eucaliptus all provide more than just computing and storage. Flaper87 ( talk) 20:53, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
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02:17, 24 November 2014 (UTC)I think the section "Security, privacy and trust" is not clear. That section should point to the issues explained at /info/en/?search=Cloud_computing_issues Currently, the page looks too positive to Cloud computing because the negative aspects of cloud computing are not explained well and the Neutral Point of View is affected.
I also have this suggestion: The difference should be made between Customer Cloud and Enterprise Cloud because when the customers (I mean normal persons) use the cloud they don't really understand the issues involved, but when the companies use the cloud they have lawyers that read the contracts. Normal persons are not really going to read 11 pages, people just click "Accept" without reading and the legal issues explained at /info/en/?search=Cloud_computing_issues (like ownership of the data) have not been resolved.
Abcdudtc ( talk) 17:15, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
I think the mention of:
The criticisms about it are mainly focused on its social implications
is too early in the article (somewhat abrupt), not very accurate, and the language can be improved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.211.90.127 ( talk) 07:12, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
The article seems reasonable to me. The criticism that it's "too technical" is nothing short of inane. Firstly, the material is mustneeds of a technical nature; secondly, far more technical articles appear all over the place yet are seldom criticized. I would point out that the author's command of various aspects of the technology is rather superficial, but I digress. 50.128.184.140 ( talk) 13:28, 20 September 2013
Please don't be "technologist", one person's inane is another person's incomprehensible. :)
Can't we just speak plain English? That introduction is not suitable for, say, children who just want to know what it means. How about opening with something like: "Cloud computing is a way of running software over the internet." Then go on to be just as technical as you like. Aelfgifu ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 12:12, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
I have been a programmer for 40 years. Young people tend to be unfamiliar with older technology. As best as I understand Cloud Computing, there are two types. One type is an evolution of Turnkey Systems and the other is a Distributed Database made available over the internet. I think that the database-only form of a cloud should be mentioned and contrasted with Distributed Databases. IBM was a pioneer in Distributed Database technology but I assume that is relevant to Distributed Databases so a link to Distributed Databases should be sufficient. Since the article mentions RJE, which is much less relevant than Turnkey Systems, Turnkey Systems sure should be mentioned. I think Turnkey Systems are also more relevant to Cloud Computing than timesharing systems. Sam Tomato ( talk) 18:29, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
I was very surprised that Microsoft Azure was not mentioned in the history. I added a short mention of it. Sam Tomato ( talk) 18:37, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
During the mid 70s, time-sharing was popularly known as RJE (Remote Job Entry); this nomenclature was mostly associated with large vendors such as IBM and DEC.
This statement is incorrect. RJE was never referred to as time-sharing. Time-sharing was always an interactive experience involving a TTY terminal, a 2741 Selectric terminal, or something like that. In contrast, Remote Batch involved a large piece of hardware that was essentially a remote cardreader / printer device. They were called RJE terminals. I forget the IBM designation for them. Control Data also had them and I presume Univac and Burroughs did too. WithGLEE ( talk) 22:27, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
The cloud goes back farther than this article suggested by rAJNI KANTH
1985 source, book on ISDN:
https://books.google.com/books?id=UYcoAQAAMAAJ&q=packet+switched+diagram+cloud&dq=packet+switched+diagram+cloud&hl=en&sa=X&ei=729TVej7HdTZsAT984C4DA&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ
Make extensive use and reference to clouds in network diagrams.
Here's a 1988 source on the subject: https://books.google.com/books?id=9M4SAQAAMAAJ&q=packet+diagram+cloud&dq=packet+diagram+cloud&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AWxTVfn8LuSOsQTJ04G4Dg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw "Packet switching networks are universally represented on network schematic diagrams as a cloud. Presumably, data enter the cloud at one end and find their way miraculously through the fog to their proper destination at the other end."
Another 1988 source: https://books.google.com/books?id=MtNrAAAAIAAJ&q=packet+switched+network+cloud&dq=packet+switched+network+cloud&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cG5TVYGzH4O_sQT4poCwBw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA "When a packet enters the network 'cloud' from an end-point device, it must be routed to the destination end-point device by the packet switches forming the network."
And from 1989: https://books.google.com/books?id=2GpPAAAAMAAJ&q=packet+switched+network+cloud&dq=packet+switched+network+cloud&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cG5TVYGzH4O_sQT4poCwBw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA "Packet-switching Packet-Switched Data Networks (PSDN) are usually represented as a cloud with the legend X.25 inscribed on it, implying that it doesn 't matter what goes on inside the network as long as the data arrives."
To summarize, the cloud was useful in diagramming end-to-end communications in a very large network, where you really didn't care what was happening in the very complicated middle part of the diagram/ Otherwise network diagrams of complex networks would have to needlessly show a vast number of internal links that were utterly beside the point when discussing end-to-end communications.
This is also why the "cluster of servers" notion that the article talks about is completely ridiculous. First, the use of clouds to represent large sections of networks predates the modern version of the Internet. These early networks were unlikely to even have clusters of servers. Further, it's obvious that the cloud represents a broad chunk of network, while any cluster of servers would have been one single spot on a network diagram.
The reason the "Cloud" became synonymous with the Internet was because the Internet is one big giant packet-switched network. And the very idea of putting things in "the cloud" so you don't have to worry about them comes directly from this original usage of the cloud to represent a bunch of stuff out there who's function you didn't have to worry about.
The sources are clear, and that part needs to be updated. My opinions on how this turned into the modern usage of "Cloud" are my own, and unless and until someone says it out in the real world, you can't really put it in the article, but hopefully you can at least see how obvious it is that this is the real origin. Battling McGook ( talk) 15:47, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
I have BIG BIG problems with the section on the 1950s, and I plan to remove it completely.
In the 1950s, there was only one model of computing. There was no network and no cloud. People used big centralized mainframes for their computing because that was the only model in existence. Dumb terminals were just "terminals", because there were no smart terminals. There were no servers, and hence no clients, let alone no thin clients. Thin clients are actual computers that rely on network store. Dumb terminals are simply interfaces into a mainframe. The concept of time sharing was basically the polar opposite of cloud computing. Time-sharing arose because there was more demand than there was computing time. Cloud computing arose (in part) because there was excess computing time being wasted.
This entire section is basically a fractured fairy tale that never happened.
I'll let this comment sit for a week or so before taking action. Battling McGook ( talk) 15:50, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
Since Oracle is mentioned in this article, would it be possible to also mention that SAP SE has a cloud-based solution in the form of SAP HANA? I think this would balance the article a bit more. In addition, SAP has formed a partnership with IBM to create a "hybrid cloud" for customers, as well as with Microsoft. Thank you for your consideration. Harper70 ( talk) 18:15, 13 October 2015 (UTC)Harper70
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Thank you, Graeme!! That's an excellent suggestion. I'm now in the process of compiling information and citations for the SAP HANA article, and once that's been done, we can continue the conversation. Many thanks! Harper70 ( talk) 15:01, 3 November 2015 (UTC)Harper70
The sentence "The word "cloud" is commonly used in science to describe a large agglomeration of objects that visually appear from a distance as a cloud and describes any set of things whose details are not further inspected in a given context." basically just says "The word "cloud" is commonly used in science to describe an object that looks like a cloud." I've got no idea what the second part means. "[W]hose details are not further inspected in a given context." What? What context? I wish I could see the source for it (the [14] one) to see what, exactly, is being sourced there because, man, I gotta say that is one challenging sentence. And by challenging I mean trash. 2602:306:38C1:64D0:11D4:68ED:C92B:5FBD ( talk) 06:15, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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The document referenced in citation #2 has been moved. Please update it to http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf and please edit that reference additionally to include the bibliographic information from the report: Peter Mell and Timothy Grance, "NIST Definition of Cloud Computing," National Institute of Standards and Technology: U.S. Department of Commerce, Special publication 800-145, September 2011.
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I'd like to add the following:
Under "Similar concepts", add the following line about cloud sandboxes with a link to the "Sandbox (Cloud)" wiki page:
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Cloud sandbox—A live, isolated computer environment in which a program, code or file can run without affecting the application in which it runs."
verifiable sources:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/sandbox
http://www.networkcomputing.com/data-centers/devops-hybrid-cloud-sandboxes/413832201
Thank you for considering this request.
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Two words need to be separated and a "to" added between them in the second paragraph from the top. "organizationsfocus" needs to be changed to "organizations to focus"
This is in the sentence "As well, it enables organizationsfocus on their core businesses instead of spending time and money on computer infrastructure."
I remember when these pages weren't protected like this and I could have just made the simple change like this myself. Boy has Wikipedia changed since 2000 when I was working at AOL and playing around with it. Now it's just like any other encyclopedia ... you have to send in recommendations to the "editor". - Loftlon
Advocates claim that cloud computing allows companies to avoid upfront infrastructure costs (e.g., purchasing <a class="mw-disambig" title="Server" href="/info/en/?search=Server">servers</a> ). As well, it enables organizationsfocus on their core businesses instead of spending time and money on computer infrastructure. <a href="#cite_note-aws.amazon-4">[4]</a> Proponents also claim that cloud computing allows enterprises to get their applications up and running faster, with improved manageability and less maintenance, and enables Information Technology (IT) teams to more rapidly adjust resources to meet fluctuating and unpredictable business demand.
Loftlon ( talk) 23:02, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
The following sentence is a nonsense:
The way of financing computer equipment like anything else is down to a financial decision. A company may own a fleet of lorries, or they can lease them, or they can rent them, or they can contract out the work to other haulage companies. Typically a operator will often employ all four models simultaneously and modify it depending of the most efficient mix. It is no different with computer equipment and services. So "moving to the cloud" has nothing to do with CAPEX of OPEX models, it is merely a metaphor for a type of computer infrastructure that may or may not be an asset on the balance sheet.
-- PBS ( talk) 11:55, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
I see there is a source used in the article which could be used to support the sentence:
but it fails the MRDA, and is not written by someone who is qualified to asses the different way a corporation can finance their computer infrastructure. -- PBS ( talk) 12:14, 14 July 2015 (UTC) mfgdjo ndjsnfj — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.142.133.70 ( talk) 11:36, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
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Propose this line be changed due to grammatical error:
Performance is monitored by IT experts from the service provide, and consistent and loosely coupled architectures are constructed using web services as the system interface.
New line reads as follows: Performance is monitored by IT experts from the service provider, and consistent and loosely coupled architectures are constructed using web services as the system interface.
Note the verb "provide" has been changed to the noun "provider."
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IoT as a Service
The emerging business perspectives coming from
Internet of Things (IoT) are pushing private, public, and hybrid Cloud providers to integrate their system with embedded and mobile devices (including sensors and actuators) in order to provide together with the traditional Infrastructure, Platform and Software as a Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) even a new type of service model, that is called \textit{IoT as a Service} (IoTaaS)
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Proposed nomenclature correction: "economics of scale" becomes "economies of scale"
In economics the concept is known as "economies of scale" not "economics of scale."
Current sentence: Cloud computing is cheaper because of economics of scale, and like any outsourced task, you tend to get what you get.
Proposed sentence: Cloud computing is cheaper because of economies of scale, and like any outsourced task, you tend to get what you get.
Antidelusive ( talk) 00:52, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
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Move the "only" from here:
"an organization only pays for extra compute resources when"
...to here:
"an organization pays for extra compute resources only when"
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Request you to add about Fedrated Cloud File System. Below is data can be used.
FedFS (Federated File System Framework), a system that offers a distributed and federated cloud storage. Its benefits include uniform namespace and multi-protocol access to the data
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Calsoftinc ( talk) 09:51, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. There are a couple of problems with this request. "Cloud computing" is a vast topic, larger even than " cloud storage". Accordingly space in this top-level article is valuable and anything added to it needs to be of substantial significance, supported by reliable sources. A commercial product, rather than a broad concept, has an uphill struggle to demonstrate this. It will need independent sources to attest to its importance, not just a self-published source from its own developers. Andy Dingley ( talk) 10:05, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
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Please add the below section to the end of the 2000's section. Google is not mentioned as a provider in this category, so I wanted to add this in (as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Amazon are):
Google Cloud released their PaaS service Google App Engine in preview in April of 2008.
[1] In May of 2012, Google Compute Engine was released in preview before being rolled out into General Availability in December of 2013.
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-- Top19 ( talk) 05:40, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
There is/are no statements here accorded the extreme open ended none security Cloud servers are. For legal relationships, they are nothing but an attempt to monopolize via acceptable ' dictatorial ' relationships (a standard beaurocratic subsidian mistake similar to the Bradley Tank debacle), with absolutely no intent to retain liability and responsibility. Defacto, the overal purpose would be to cause plausible deniability and diffuse liability and responsibility even further and directly onto a discardable third party element.
' Cloud ' computing, is another nomer for ' distributed node computing', one of the terms used to describe the use of Internet in cases of a national disaster (Dod specs), where each node could take up the load for a node that fell out.
Without doubt, the military and CLOSED industrial park applications are there, however, the commercial and PRIVATE enterprise applications are NOT there (Unless you definitely want a military Indian Microsoft Guru to pass personal information via a Cloud Server to his continental Indian ' mates ' of the potencial whereabouts of any remaining 2008 Sri Lankan Tamal Indian whom was not summarily executed. NO doubt a tactic that Northern Arabic Mix Indians would highly prefer).
Windows 10 & the use of Cloud servers have decremented PRIVATE personal security measurements exponencially, leaving most any open to beaurocracies with not much in mind but ' total domination ' and obliteration of all, except their own ' In ' Groups.
I would be off the opinion that these days, Heil Hitler comes in the form of Microsoft & Cloud Servers, and include quote IT professionals with absolutely no savor for much of any life, including their own, the overal instances of NONE security clearly denoting a suicidal measure.
Question here: How many times are individuals bribed (or wannabe a favoured), by removing commentaries that provide directivity that clearly state that there are con & frauds in place? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.88.226.115 ( talk) 00:52, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
I feel that nothing deep can really be understood in the network and cloud computing technology and historically (1986) constrained UX evolution if one does not include the Tymshare contribution, its Tymnet public service as a trigger of the Telecommunications Deregulation and its impact on "multimatics pregnancy", the initial international packet switch services radical monopoly of its Tymnet multitechnology, and the notion of network extended services (missing layers six presentation and eight interapplications). Some more information on the Tymnet architecture and Keykos Tymshare operating system seem of the missing essence in here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.128.155.140 ( talk) 10:20, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
I don't find the term 'on demand' used in the first sentence to be a necessary feature of cloud computing. There are other models than on demand pricing such as Amazon Spot Instances, which use a set maximum price deferred model. [3]
I believe that Microsoft's definition of cloud computing is more concise and accurate. [4]
Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services – servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics and more – over the Internet (“the cloud”). Companies offering these computing services are called cloud providers and typically charge for cloud computing services based on usage, similar to how you’re billed for gas or electricity at home.
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I was an established Wiki Editor for years, however, my email domain went away (while I was sitting in a cargo container in Iraq) and over the past month I have not been able to login into the ID, spfrazer, so I created a new account under, stevefrazer. I would be happy to return the spfrazer and delete the new account - I sent several emails into the "Wiki Helpdesk" - no response. Please help me reset the password for spfrazer. Thank you!
The following is too much information I understand (though the following is only 10% of what I have documented), however, there are hundreds of millions of records that can be produced - particularly from the cloud computing monitoring system I wrote in 1994. There are hundreds of people still alive who will confirm this history. Just need to know what you folks require. Regards...
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While the term "cloud computing" was popularized with Amazon.com releasing its Elastic Compute Cloud product in 2006,[8] references to the phrase "cloud computing" appeared as early as 1996, with the first known mention in a Compaq internal document.[9]
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While the term "cloud computing" was popularized with Amazon.com releasing its Elastic Compute Cloud product in 2006,[8] references to the phrase "cloud computing" appeared as early as 1994. By late 1993, the Distributed Systems Administrators of the Investment Products Organization of the Nationwide Insurance Enterprise had already adopted naming schemes for the existing 14 UNIX servers. They used oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, ...) for the larger servers and rivers (Nile, Amazon, Mississippi, Ohio, ...) for the smaller departmental servers. All of these physical servers were local to the downtown, Columbus, Ohio complex and its 2 data centers. However, the new wave of servers being developed were to be located in multiple data centers - many in other states. So Stephen Frazer, the new Systems Administrator and Analyst assigned this task, selected a naming scheme based on clouds (Nimbus, Cumulus, Cirrus, ...). He selected this naming scheme as his network diagrams being drafted in the first weeks of his employment used a "cloud-like" icon for the various projected geo-diverse locations and also because he had spent a decade serving as a co-pilot for his Father's (Lloyd Frazer) commercial flight service literally ... in the clouds [Lloyd Father was a noteworthy aircraft Pilot/Flight Instructor during WWII and flew passengers and cargo for 30+ years thereafter].
In 1994, Frazer, along with the Distributed Systems Team designed, built and began managing the "Cloud Computers" for Nationwide - including the largest HP-9000 in existence - all geo-diverse with real-time sync and fail-over.
Within a few months of being hired, Frazer was also asked to evaluate the new HP-Overview network monitoring system. The system was installed and configured with a great deal of help from HP, however, this early version was undependable. Since many of the Cloud Computers were coming on-line and transitioning into production and they were already processing tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars of financial flows per day, a dependable, robust monitoring system was essential. The HP-Overview system was put on-hold with an invite to bring it back once stable.
Frazer then designed and created a monitoring system writing over 10,000 lines of code in AWK/bash and std UNIX calls to proactively monitor all of the Mission Critical and Production servers. This included network availability, NFS mounts, disk space, central monitoring for CPU/Memory utilization, swap, network bandwidth, ... and the main purpose of this monitoring tool was to verify financial flows - tens of thousands of monitoring events of interest. In the financial processing world, flow events are sequential and Frazer's scripts verified that each step in every dependency progression was complete before beginning the next (which would create havoc if the previous had not completed properly). This monitoring system created log entries and sent out pro-active telephony pages to the financial support team members and the scripts used the following phrases (typically 2,000-5,000 text pages were sent per day to over 200 Staff and Consultants from a bank of several analog modems):
"xyz file transfer to the cloud complete: datestamp"
"backup of /dsk/xyz to cloud computer xyz complete"
"cloud computer cirrus at 95% in /tmp"
"cloud computer network interface at 80% capacity" (Frazer designed the cloud computers with dedicated LAN and WAN interfaces - some with as many as 16 network ports for the best granularity for security and capacity)
"cloud computing T3 interface at 98%" (this was a common issue and Frazer's code would literally cycle in a time-waster in the form of UNIX sleep commands as packet ACK's in a fully saturated network pipe would sometimes fail within the allotted time window which would potentially result in data transfer errors)
Over the next 2 years (1995-1996), security for cloud computing became an extremely important focus. Frazer certified with 2 IT Security training programs, including firewall design and played a major role on the Nationwide Firewall Design Team. Frazer later served as the Chief Architect of the first in-house International Firewall for AEP (then Fortune 38 in 1999) and the Chief Architect of the first financial transaction system on the open public Internet which eliminated the FDIC and SEC legislative requirements for the use of private telecom circuits (AT&T/Fortune 8 in 2000) and introduced the concept of Cloud Computing into both companies.
In late 1995, Nationwide purchased thousands of desktop computers from Gateway Computer (likely why they had records referencing "Cloud Computing" in 1996). Gateway Staff members were in Nationwide offices for 3 months as part of the sales, purchase and install contract. Frazer met with several of the execs and techs of the company and discussed the geo-diverse monitoring and Cloud Computing systems. These discussions included the fact that Gateway was about to launch a new line of server products to keep up with Dell. In 1995 the Nationwide Distributed Team had embraced the Netscape array of products and were helping to setup the Netscape Client software on the new desktop "Cow Computers" [so nick-named due to the graphics on their shipping boxes] to interface with Nationwide's then latest array of new "Cloud Computers" servers - which were running the Netscape Server Systems. Two of the Gateway servers were later received and tested by Nationwide for the Gateway Server evaluation project, code named "Cows in the Clouds".
Through-out 1994-1996, Frazer and the other Nationwide IPO UNIX Systems Administrators - ultimately 12 Staff, the 4 Network Administrators and 6 Database Administrators were being certified - often in multiple sub-technologies and versions so multiple training sessions with Dec, Sun, IBM, HP, Cisco, Oracle, Sybase and list of other tech savvy companies. Most of these firms' top-level training centers were in their corporate headquarters and when the representatives of a Fortune 100 client appeared, it was common for executive management of these tech firms to visit and welcome the students at some point during the training session. Everyone was interested in this concept of Geo-diverse Cloud Computing and the concepts of load balancing and high availability fail-over were often discussed. The phrases, "Cloud Computing" and "Cloud Computers" became common vocabulary in the industry. When Frazer was training at the DEC Corporate Headquarters in Maynard, MA, in 1995, he took the DEC helicopter flight back to Boston International Airport sitting beside a Training Instructor in DEC's program. Over backseat private channel mics with headsets both laughed about discussing "cloud computing while literally in the clouds". Stevefrazer ( talk) 02:03, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Pending to add Alibaba Cloud to history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.189.102.199 ( talk) 23:08, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
I feel that the use of the phrase “Proponents also claim”, and the use of the verb ‘claim’ therein, could be perceived as a violation of impartial account, discrediting the “claim” that follow’s. Perhaps this should be changed to ‘Proponents also say’? LiberalPointofView ( talk) 14:50, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
There must be a jargon-free way of describing the cloud. So many of these words go undefined and not even linked to other WP pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.229.25 ( talk) 09:06, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
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The world’s first cloud computing patent was submitted on December 24, 1999 by Hardy F. Schloer [1] and granted by the UK and German patent offices can be found on the European Patent Register [2] and at Google Patents [3].
Schloer termed his system a “one page web” and explains the “method and device for presenting data to a user (in what has become known as “the cloud“). It is complete with:
multiple user applications Cloud storage Multiple identification providers Back-end servers – including plug-in applications Multiple tiers of servers capable of handling different end-user devices via the internet Built-in security features
Schloer is the inventor and holder of many Information Technology (IT) related patents. CitizenHuman ( talk) 09:11, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
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In 1999, on December 24, the first known Cloud computing implementation was submitted for patent protection [3] and put to use by Hardy Schloer in England and Germany [4]. Mr. Schloer termed the system a “one page web” and explains the “method and device for presenting data to a user (in what has become known as “the cloud”). It is complete with: • Multiple user applications • Cloud storage • Multiple identification providers • Back-end servers – including plug-in applications • Multiple tiers of servers capable of handling different end-user devices via the internet • Built-in security features CitizenHuman ( talk) 13:14, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
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I would like to enhance the block Platform as a Service, adding information about one more model of PaaS:
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Generally, public cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle, Microsoft and Google own and operate the infrastructure at their data center and access is generally via the Internet. AWS, Oracle, Microsoft, and Google also offer direct connect services called "AWS Direct Connect", "Oracle FastConnect", "Azure ExpressRoute", and "Cloud Interconnect" respectively, such connections require customers to purchase or lease a private connection to a peering point offered by the cloud provider.[40][87]
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Generally, public cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle, Microsoft and Google own and operate the infrastructure at their data center and access is generally via the Internet. AWS, Oracle, Microsoft, and Google also offer direct connect services called "AWS Direct Connect", "Oracle FastConnect", "Azure ExpressRoute", and "Cloud Interconnect" respectively, such connections require customers to purchase or lease a private connection to a peering point offered by the cloud provider. One more model is when PaaS provides its services via hosting partners and their local data centers, like Jelastic PaaS [1] Mariia Hepalova ( talk) 13:51, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
A virtual data center is a pool or collection of cloud infrastructure resources specifically designed for enterprise business needs. The basic resources are the processor (CPU), memory (RAM), storage (disk space) and networking (bandwidth). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spirit10000 ( talk • contribs) 10:41, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
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This Page is supposed to be about Cloud Computing and not Amazon Cloud (EC2). Cloud Computing has been around since the 90s and Private Clouds have been built since mid 2000s Even now we have different Cloud models, Private Cloud, Public Cloud (Amazon, Azure and GCP) and Hybrid Cloud.
Please remove references to Amazon EC2 with generic cloud computing concepts. This incorrectly equates Amazon EC2 as Cloud while excluding private cloud and other cloud computing concepts.
P.S. Amazon EC2 although being the most mature public cloud implementation out of GCP, Azure and AWS. is still immature and years behind private cloud or an enterprise capabilities. Xarcity ( talk) 00:02, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
I have reverted the addition of an alleged first introduction of this concept by Hardy F. Schloer. True or not, this is a strong extraordinary claim and needs sourcing by an acknowledged expert in a reliable mainstream publication who thoroughly analyzes this claim in context. Primary sources like patents are insufficient for such a strong claim, as are student projects or mere conference papers with a passing mention that have been published on a NGO website and republished in a minor journal (that is apparently connected to the NGO and focusses on mere republications of such conference papers). The authors' expertise and academic credentials in the mentioned school are also unclear - again such a strong claim should be made by an acknowledged reputed expert. Wikipedia is no venue to popularize new ideas and theories from research scholars and students with insufficient coverage in academic expert sources. GermanJoe ( talk) 12:47, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
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This includes data caps, which are placed on cloud users by the cloud vendor allocating certain amount of bandwidth for each customer and are often shared among other cloud users.[120] [1]
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Daveburstein ( talk) 23:17, 10 February 2019 (UTC) I rewrote the first few paragraphs to make them more understandable to a non-technical user. I also removed or reworked what I considered non-neutral. It would be good to do similar for the whole article. Dave
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117.211.131.5 ( talk) 06:24, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I am requesting to update the history section and add a paragraph about the BSCW system being the first system that you would call "cloud" today. It was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology and published in 1995. There is a article about it on their page that can be found at https://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/en/fb/cscw/projects/bscw_20-Jahre.html. It is also included at the german Cloud Computing Wikipedia page. I think it would be a good addition to the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OrbiTeam ( talk • contribs) 09:56, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
the chapter "Characteristics" is in my opinion too single sided in favour of cloud providers. There's no real con argument. Some examples: latency is in case of cloud computing higher than for "local" processing. Billing is unreproducible for the user as you have to trust your cloud provider that it does it correctly. Cloud servers are usually overcommitted meaning that worst case the cloud provider can't give your application more capacity as there's none. (DDoS-) Attacks on cloud providers threaten cloud users businesses as the "internal" team of cloud users can't do anything when they depend on a connection to the cloud provider.
-- Leuchuk ( talk) 07:52, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
OpenNebula was listed as NASA's project, which seems to be wrong: the linked page, OpenNebula, had nothing to do with NASA, but with a Spanish university spinoff ( OpenNebula Systems).
There's no evidence of NASA having anything to do with OpenNebula, and there are no references to OpenNebula in the reference paper, "The RESERVOIR Model and Architecture for Open Federated Cloud Computing", which is publicly available at https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.330.3880&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Indeed, the right reference seems to be Nebula: https://www.nasa.gov/open/nebula.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Covelus ( talk • contribs) 17:29, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
There has been some discussion about this article's quality assessment at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computing/Assessment#Assessment_requests. The article is currently rated B-class. I don't think it has quite earned that yet. ~ Kvng ( talk) 15:03, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
Kms89 ( talk) 03:39, 26 February 2021 (UTC)I have made changes to the term cloud computing. I've gone into more detail about the benefits of cloud computing. I also went into more depth about the different types of cloud computing. I added the "Country Ranking in Cloud Computing" section. This section discusses BSA's country rankings in cloud computing growth capabilities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kms89 ( talk • contribs)
Kms89 ( talk) 17:02, 26 February 2021 (UTC)Kms89 I have made changes to the term cloud computing. I've gone into more detail about the benefits of cloud computing. I also went into more depth about the different types of cloud computing.
Kms89 ( talk) 17:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)Kms89 Added more detail about cloud computing benefits, different types of cloud computing, and added country ranking in cloud computing growth.
I cannot read this crap because it disgusts my senses. 62.165.157.33 ( talk) 06:04, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
Just as an example:
“By 2019, Linux was the most widely used operating system, including in Microsoft's offerings and is thus described as dominant.”
What does this even mean? Most widely used in what sense (there’s no context to clarify)? What does it mean for it to be described as dominant, and why does that matter (“described as xyz” especially when xyz is subjective, shouldn’t be used in a Wikipedia article unless describing a specific person’s option, identified as such).
I’m sure this article is full of this kind of thing; I mean, the fact that most cloud computing would have to be Linux-based by default and pretty much always has been is either obvious to the reader or requires a more detailed explanation, depending on their level of technological literacy. I can’t do so due to a currently hectic schedule but this article needs a major overhaul at least and probably a complete rewrite – not just because of quality issues, but also because it’s an increasingly mainstream topic that isn’t well understood by the average person and it should therefore be a high priority for Wikipedia to have a clear, accurate, accessible, and fully sourced article on the topic.
Andyharbor ( talk) 21:07, 20 April 2021 (UTC)