Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand computing services over the internet. Cloud computing can include online data storage, writing apps, media streaming, and more.

The role of cloud architect is built on a strong foundation in IT and experience working directly with cloud infrastructure, troubleshooting, and managing cloud services in an enterprise environment.

He said there are public cloud storage services available from Amazon S3, AT&T, Nirvanix, Zetta, and newer entries Dell and HP, among others. But some vendors have also exited cloud-related ...

While some increase in complexity is inevitable, fog computing is the best way to address the inadequacies of cloud-only models, which rely on faraway, centralized applications, he said.

4. Confidential Computing Confidential computing is emerging as a transformative trend in cloud computing, providing advanced data protection through hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments ...