Envisioning the Cloud: The Next Computing Paradigm
a Marketspace® Point of View by Jeffrey F. Rayport and Andrew Heyward

Every few years, a revolution changes the way we use computers. Think of huge mainframes in the 1960s, minicomputers in the 1970s, personal computers in the 1980s, and cell phones and smartphones in the last decade. What technologists like to call "the cloud" is the idea of computing on demand. Indeed, the cloud is accessible through any digital device — a laptop, a cell phone, or a smartphone — that can connect to the Internet. In this sense, the cloud is not an island, but a global connector to the world's information and users. The result is a dramatic advance for users in accessibility, specialization, collaboration, and ubiquitous access to processing power and storage. And by altering the basic economics of access to computing and storage, the cloud has the potential to reshape how the U.S. economy — along with the world's — is organized and operates....read more

Toward a Unified ONtology of Cloud Computing
Progress of research efforts in a novel technology is contingent on having a rigorous organization of its knowledge domain and a comprehensive understanding of all the relevant components of this technology and their relationships. Cloud Computing is one contemporary technology in which the research community has recently embarked. Manifesting itself as the descendant of several other computing research areas such as Service-Oriented Architecture, distributed and grid computing, and virtualization, cloud computing inherits their advancements and limitations.

White Paper: A Cloud Guide For HPC
With over 20 pages of meticulously researched content, this white paper is the definitive guide for HPC organizations who are investigating cloud. It's a comprehensive, content-rich resource on cloud computing within HPC – with key topics including: cloud drivers and benefits, vendor requirements, implementation challenges, types of clouds, and more.