Re: Who invented the term Cloud Computing?

On May 29, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Rizwan Mian wrote:

Folks,

After reading wikipedia on cloud computing, Ian foster's post and a post on Grid Gurus; I do not find much differences between cloud computing and computational grid.

'Cloud computing' seems to have gained popularity towards the end of 2007 [1]. I could not find any *academic* literature for 'cloud computing' Google scholar. So, I also wonder where did it originate from?

Rizwan

[1] http://www.google.com/trends?q=cloud+computing

A cynic might say that 'cloud computing' is the term for grid computing that has nothing to do with academia ;-)   I sense a general disdain for the standards work to date on computational grids; people think it's out of touch with mainstream IT and overly complex.  

Having said this, I think the work there is valuable at least in enumerating the problems and exploring potential solutions, even though, in most cases, the solutions developed by the OGF will not achieve broad market penetration. 

Cheers

Stu

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