A Web-based service that provides storage space on a remote server. It is accessed over the Internet with client-side software, and is useful for backing up files. It makes possible for small businesses or individuals to store and sync documents.

The mounting of storage capacity provided by a cloud storage service so that it appears to the server as a normal drive letter. The server can then treat the cloud storage as if it were a drive on direct-attached storage or a shared storage filer.

An approach to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) that makes use of cloud computing platforms and services to provide a business with more flexible business process transformation.

The practice of interconnecting the cloud computing environments of two or more service providers for traffic load balancing and accommodating spikes in demand. It requires one provider to rent computing resources to another cloud provider. 

A storage service that is delivered over the Internet, billed on a pay-per-use basis and has an architecture based on common file level protocols such as Server Message Block (SMB), Common Internet File System (CIFS) and Network File System (NFS). 

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Cloud governance is a general term for applying specific policies or principles to the use of cloud computing services. The goal of cloud governance is to secure applications and data when they are located remotely. Cloud governance is also sometimes viewed as an extension of SOA governance, although the unique properties of a public cloud architecture such as multi-tenancy  present different slightly different concerns. Ideally, cloud governance complements or is integrated into existing governance processes and is viewed as an ongoing process, not a product.

Cloud hosting services provide hosting for websites on virtual servers which pull their computing resource from extensive underlying networks of physical web servers. It follows the utility model of computing in that it is available as a service rather than a product and is therefore comparable with traditional utilities such as electricity and gas

A programming environment for cloud applications, that has been packaged as an application program. The main benefit of cloud IDEs is that it is accessible from anywhere in the world.

The process of configuring multiple application programs to share data in the cloud. 

A product that facilitates the integration of an organization onsite (non-cloud-based) business resources with cloud-based resources.  

A product or service that helps a business negotiate the complexities of cloud migrations.  A cloud integrator service(sometimes referred to as Integration-as-a-Service) is like a systems integrator (SI) that specializes in cloud computing.

Cloud management means the software and technologies designed for operating and monitoring applications, data and services residing in the cloud. Cloud management tools help ensure cloud computing-based resources are working optimally and properly interacting with users and other services.

Cloud Marketing is traditional marketing + Software as a Service. It's all supported by a third party devoted to the maintenance of the platform.

The process of moving data, applications or other business elements from an organization's onsite computers to the cloud, or moving them from one cloud environment to another.

A remote storage that is accessed over the Internet as if it was local.  The storage is usually hosted by a third-party service provider, who charges the customer a fee based on capacity and bandwidth.