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I would say that Cloud computing as a whole is nothing new. I like the definition that some people use which says that it is called the Cloud, because it's made up of smoke and mirrors. The Cloud is, in my opinion, a buzz word for a new take on a tweaked mainframe - thin client type model.

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In the fast paced, online oriented and highly interconnected competitive world, an organization must be agile, flexible, and respond rapidly to changing market conditions. However, traditional IT, in which applications are bound to specific physical servers and storage, is proving too rigid for evolving needs of businesses. Instead, companies need a next-generation style of computing in which highly scalable, dynamic and virtualized resources are available on-demand and only as needed. That's cloud computing. The reason why the word "cloud" is used in buzzword is simple as in network diagrams the internet is usually represented with a cloud in the center. However, ...

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