{"id":668,"date":"2008-10-08T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2008-10-08T07:00:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T15:00:53","slug":"saas-cloud-computing-is-freed-for-public-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/saas-cloud-computing-is-freed-for-public-use\/","title":{"rendered":"SaaS: "Cloud Computing" is freed for public use"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cloud Computing<\/strong> provides users a way to access IT-related capabilities \u201cas a service\u201d “in the cloud”, without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them. The “Cloud” is a metaphor for the Internet because network diagrams typically draw the internet as a cloud icon. In 2007 the term “cloud” became commonplace, and in 2008, the building of services for the “cloud” has become a hot area of development.<\/p>\n

In March 2007, after acquiring the domain name cloudcomputing.com in February 2007, Dell tried to register <\/a>the term “Cloud Computing” as a trademark. Dell argued that it sought the trademark to defend the domain name from potential challenges.<\/p>\n

The United States Patent and Trademark Office though has ruled that the phrase “cloud computing” is too generic to be a trademark. Good thing for SaaS vendors. Gartner is forecasting 22.1 percent growth of software as a services through 2011 for enterprise software. So “cloud computing” is a term that can now freely be used by all in the SaaS software space.<\/p>\n

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Cloud Computing provides users a way to access IT-related capabilities \u201cas a service\u201d “in the cloud”, without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them. The “Cloud” is a metaphor for the Internet because network…<\/span><\/p>\n

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