EMC Glossary
Cloud Computing
A general term, cloud computing describes compute resources pooled together and redistributed based on what users need. The result is a compute environment that can be used or consumed like a public utility—"as needed" rather than "how built."
Cloud computing leverages the efficient pooling of on-demand, self-managed virtual infrastructure to create a shared resource that's consumed as a service. This model creates convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
