[LINK] Cloud Computing Definition

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 26/07/2013 5:06 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
> The NZ CloudCode v.2.0 has plenty wrong with it:
> http://www.thecloudcode.org/upload/files/NZCloudCode.pdf
>
> But I quite like the definition they've adopted, because it
> simplifies some things, and omits one element of NIST that shouldn't
> be part of the definition (pay per service as a requirement rather
> than as a feature).
>
>
> "Cloud Computing is on-demand scalable resources such as networks,
> servers and applications which are provided as a service, are
> accessible by the end user and can be rapidly provisioned and
> released with minimal effort or service provider interaction".
>
>
> It's thereby identifiable as a particular form of outsourcing,
> because at least three of those characteristics are not features of
> all outsourcing:
> -   a focus on service not infrastructure
> -   accessibility by the end-user without IT Dept intervention
> -   scalability (implying the use of virtualisation and of outsourcing
>       by the outsourcer)
>
>
> As they say, 'Discuss' ...
>
>

First, what's the definition of "end user"?

If an enterprise puts a web site into a cloud, accessible from the 
internet, who's the end user?

1. A member of the public accessing the site via the internet?

2. The business users in the enterprise who want the web site?

3. Someone in the IT department who is responsible for integrating the 
web site into the enterprises' environment and managing the corporate 
information in the web site?

Some; all; none of them?

Second. How does Salesforce.com (software in the cloud) fit into this 
definition?

Accuracy of terms is important.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
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