Compliance in the Cloud and the Implications on eDiscovery

"Cloud Computing will be a disruptive research that will ultimately change the face of computing," with a market approaching $300 billion over the then and there five years, according to recent technology from the Market Intel Group.

Range of cloud computing definitions

While there are a range of cloud computing definitions, Wikipedia provides a good starting point: "Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid."

Aside from a basic definition, another way to think about cloud computing is by examining the key characteristics, which according to the National Institute of Standards and Research are: on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service.