"To explain cloud computing, it's good to start with understanding what the cloud is," said Dr. Gary Savard, senior associate dean of computer science at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) with ...

5 ways cloud computing is transforming software vendors Thin margins, 24-hour customer care, and other concepts were alien to the software industry before cloud came along.

Losing Its Silver Lining For over a decade, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reigned supreme as the titan of cloud computing, ...

Cloud computing has become the ideal way to deliver enterprise applications—and the preferred solution for companies extending their infrastructure or launching new innovations.

The Cloud has provided an alternative to large capital investments required for data center expansion, infrastructure hardware and software purchases, and application software purchases.

Cloud computing is built for the world of tomorrow, where we each use many different kinds of computing devices: desktop, laptop, cellphone, or tablet.

The reality is that most cloud computing is worth the cost. Cloud capabilities such as agility and innovation bring many positive benefits to businesses that can exploit them for growth.

CRN’s 2022 Cloud 100 list recognizes the coolest cloud computing companies in cloud infrastructure, monitoring and management, security, software and storage.

Cloud computing has furthered the process over the last decade, making hardware an abstract resource that, for customers, is increasingly someone else’s problem to manage.

Andrew C. Oliver is a columnist and software developer with a long history in open source, databases, and cloud computing. He founded Apache POI and served on the board of the Open Source Initiative.

CRN's 2023 Cloud 100 looks at the companies leading the way in cloud infrastructure and cloud monitoring and management to cloud software, security and storage.