Cloud Computing and Grid Computing 360-Degree Compared

Cloud Computing and Grid Computing 360-Degree Compared
I Foster, Yong Zhao, I Raicu, S Lu
Grid Computing Environments Workshop, 2008. GCE '08 (2008)
Pages: 1-10

Ian のペーパ．Ianのクラウドの定義．

A large-scale distributed computing paradigm that is driven by economies of scale, in which a pool of abstracted, virtualized, dynamically-scalable, managed computing power, storage, platforms, and services are delivered on demand to external customers over the Internet.

CloudのGridとの相違点の一つとして，インターオペラビリティの欠如を指摘している．