How to Use cloud computing in a Sentence

cloud computing

noun
  • Some systems rely on cloud computing, which can entail delays of up to thirty seconds when the scooter hits a boundary.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Microsoft’s network was also hacked, and the source code to three of its products, including its cloud computing service, Azure, was stolen.
    Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2021
  • These initiatives include: Moving to cloud computing, which means that customers need less physical hardware in their smart devices.
    Tima Bansal, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The report doesn’t include revenue from Amazon’s cloud computing division or advertising sales.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Bright spots include the company’s Azure cloud computing, PC, and Xbox gaming businesses, which were all lofted by the work-from-home shift.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2021
  • But in the world of cloud computing, the perimeter is more nebulous.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 Nov. 2022
  • In cloud computing, the fog starts with the nomenclature.
    Adam Stern, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • Shapiro, who subscribed to many of the ideals of the peer-to-peer movement, was beginning to fear where cloud computing might lead the web.
    WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Living life on the edge is now not just a lifestyle choice but also a way of cloud computing.
    Jonathan Seelig, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Walmart, of course, doesn’t have its own cloud computing service to counter AWS.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In 2020, the pandemic led to the meteoric rise of cloud computing as people lived and worked from home.
    Quartz, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Two of the IPOs – cloud computing and logistics – were announced, but then scrapped.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 May 2024
  • On the other side, Fastly a cloud computing services provider, has been the worst performer with its stock down by 54% year-to-date.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • It was strictly done because back in the days when it was built, which is almost 25 years ago right now, there was no cloud computing.
    Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The factoring required $70 in cloud computing costs and less than 24 hours.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • And after more than a dozen years, Rackspace cloud computing is leaving its home at the former Windsor Park Mall.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But firms that still view cloud computing as just that, or even mostly that, are selling themselves short.
    Joe Atkinson, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Those devices can then send the location of an AirTag to Apple’s cloud computing network and on to the owner.
    NBC News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • One of the biggest shifts over the years has been the move to entirely cloud computing, eliminating the need to bring bulky, hot and expensive servers to each Olympics.
    Ina Fried, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
  • It's not integrated in any way with all the different tools that have grown up around cloud computing.
    WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Now that the pandemic’s disruption to business has eased a bit, does the growth of cloud computing still have momentum?
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 29 July 2022
  • But more basic changes, like a move to cloud computing, have been a monumental step forward for many.
    Dante Dicicco, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The software firm posted $11.8 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter, up 5% year-over-year, on the strength of strong gains in its cloud computing unit.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 June 2022
  • In this video from 2019, WSJ explains what cloud computing is, why big tech is betting big on future contracts.
    Angus Loten, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
  • So the reason for that in Ring's view is that to power this AI search requires a lot of computing power, a lot of cloud computing power.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Arista’s stock doubled in 2021 on strong demand for its cloud computing products.
    Mae Anderson, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
  • Still, the banking industry has been mostly slow to adopt cloud computing.
    Lananh Nguyen, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022
  • With the growing demand and use of cloud computing, the need for bandwidth and internet speed will also increase.
    Einaras Von Gravrock, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Much of that growth came from Microsoft Azure, the company’s public cloud computing platform, which saw 33% growth in revenue.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
  • With the right amount of money, however, some investors and digital entrepreneurs saw these challenges as opportunities for optimization, whether through robotics, cloud computing, data analytics, or apps that could help farmers reduce their inputs.
    Stephen Robert Miller, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024

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