Definition of cloud computing
: the practice of storing regularly used computer data on multiple servers that can be accessed through the Internet
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Expect to hear about new ways Microsoft is stretching the capabilities of AI, as well as updates on Azure, the company’s cloud computing platform, and its efforts to develop mixed-reality hardware and experiences.
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While the company has become enormously profitable over the last few years, that is entirely thanks to Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing operation.
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The Justice Department is exploring whether Huawei, ZTE's larger rival, violated U.S. sanctions tied to Iran, according to the Wall Street Journal, and the trade agency is considering an investigation into its cloud computing practices.
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The retail and cloud computing giant has embarked on an ambitious, top-secret plan to build a domestic robot, according to people familiar with the plans.
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The Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract, known by the acronym JEDI, could be worth billions over a decade, and is expected to be the biggest government contract ever for cloud computing.
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Practically all of its profits come from its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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The case turns on a 1986 law, enacted long before the advent of cloud computing and data storage on servers around the world.
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Investors are much happier with Amazon Web Services, its fast-growing, megaprofitable cloud computing arm.
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First Known Use of cloud computing
1996
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Definition of cloud computing for Students
: the practice of storing regularly used computer data on servers that can be accessed through the Internet
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