A scheme for pinpointing the physical locations of Web servers hosted on a third-party cloud computing service. The goal is to map the service provider's infrastructure in order to identify where a particular virtual machine (VM) is likely to reside.

Cloud Communications are voice & data communications hosted and provided by thrid party outside the organization and delivered and accessed over public internet.

A general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS),Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

Any cloud-based applications/software that stores a company’s customer data in the cloud  for improved customer service and overall revenue. As long as there is Internet connection, the cloud CRM technology may be accessed.

A Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) industry standard that defines the interface that applications will use to create, retrieve, update and delete data elements from the cloud. 

A  database that has been optimized or built for a virtualized computing environment. 

A component of a disaster recovery plan that involves maintaining copies of enterprise data in a cloud storage environment as a security measure. It entails to many cost-saving benefits.  

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.