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Cloud computing – What it's not

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Cloud computing – What it's not

In a recent WAN newsletter we used the Wikipedia definition of cloud computing to frame a discussion of the various forms of cloud computing. While that was a good way to begin to add some context to an otherwise vague and constantly changing concept, we now want to go back and question the Wikipedia definition of cloud computing. Read full story

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