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NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is positioning its working definition of cloud computing that serves as a foundation for its upcoming publication on the topic (available below). Computer scientists at NIST developed this draft definition in collaboration with industry and government. It was developed as the foundation for a NIST special publication that will cover cloud architectures, security, and deployment strategies for the federal government.

NIST's role in cloud computing is to promote the effective and secure use of the technology within government and industry by providing technical guidance and promoting standards. To learn more about NIST's cloud efforts, join the NIST cloud computing announcement mailing list by sending an email to listproc@nist.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with "subscribe cloudlist" in the message body text.

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Cloud Standards Coordination Overview and Contributing Organizations

Cloud-standards.org is a Wiki site for Cloud Standards Coordination. The goal of the wiki is to document the activities of the various SDOs working on Cloud Standards. Cloud-standards.org is an initiative for editing and sharing a general cloud computing standardization positioning, in which more relevant cloud standardization initiatives can be seen and related. The first informal proposal of the positioning can be seen at cloud standards positioning.

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The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing

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Video: NIST Cloud Computing Efforts
February 17 2011
The Senior Executive for Cloud Computing at NIST, Dawn Leaf, discusses their cloud computing efforts.

Presentation: Presentation on Effectively and Securely Using the Cloud Computing Paradigm v26
October 22 2009
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is positioning its working definition of cloud computing that serves as a foundation for its upcoming publication on the topic. Computer scientists at NIST developed this draft definition in collaboration with industry and government. It was developed as the foundation for a NIST special publication that will cover cloud architectures, security, and deployment strategies for the federal government.

Paper: Draft NIST Working Definition of Cloud Computing v15
October 22 2009
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is positioning its working definition of cloud computing that serves as a foundation for its upcoming publication on the topic. Computer scientists at NIST developed this draft definition in collaboration with industry and government. It was developed as the foundation for a NIST special publication that will cover cloud architectures, security, and deployment strategies for the federal government.

Presentation: A Roadmap for Cloud Standards
September 15 2009
A Roadmap for Cloud Standards

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