Comments on: Cloud Definitions: NIST, Gartner, Forrester http://cloudenterprise.info/2009/08/04/cloud-definitions-nist-gartner-forrester/ Cloud Computing and SaaS for the Enterprise Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tim Coote http://cloudenterprise.info/2009/08/04/cloud-definitions-nist-gartner-forrester/#comment-574 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:30:33 +0000 http://cloudenterprise.info/?p=287#comment-574 Personally, I prefer Berkeley’s definition in “Above the Clouds”, which specifically draws attention to the “pay as you go with no upfront commitment/sunk costs” model, which therefore scopes out the oxymoron of “private cloud”.

My reasoning is that “private cloud” is a defensive position set up by vested interests (IT shops and vendors), which just layers on extra costs over and above the current bloated wastage in IT assets.

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