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Enterprises large and small are increasingly adopting cloud computing to host their business-critical applications and database services. The primary reason for this significant shift of enterprise data migration from on-premise hosting to cloud computing has been associated with its many advantages of high availability, scalability, and effective cost management. There have been several definitions of cloud computing; among the most widely accepted is the one put forward by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). According to NIST, "Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction."[1] The definition outlined the critical features of cloud computing that have made it a de facto infrastructure, platform, and software-as-a-service solution for privately owned organizations and have also been vital in the modernization of federal government agencies and organizations' information management systems.

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  1. ^ "NIST SP 800-145, The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)