As with nearly every IT trend, including service-oriented architectures and Web services, just because we’re all talking about cloud computing doesn’t mean we’re talking about the same thing. I ...

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Ian Foster is widely considered the founder of grid computing, the precursor to cloud computing. Foster is the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science at the ...

The internet of things (IoT) is all around us now. From the millions of Amazon Alexas to the increasingly connected factories around the world, IoT is making our daily lives and tasks easier. One ...

Pioneering what would become the “cloud,” Argonne computer scientist Ian Foster’s impact on computer science touches many aspects of daily life. Ian Foster is widely considered the father of grid ...

Processing and data storage happen on edge systems over the cloud. But network constraints may be the best way to distinguish edge from cloud. At the core, the key difference between edge computing ...

What is the difference between Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS)? Is there a difference? If you look at SaaS in Wikipedia, you will see no mention of cloud. If you look at Cloud ...