How to Use cloud computing in a Sentence

cloud computing

noun
  • But in the world of cloud computing, the perimeter is more nebulous.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Text alerts go out instantly to Tembé patrols when Google’s cloud computing detects the rev of a chainsaw.
    Wai Chee Dimock, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022
  • For example, the post expressed concerns about the market power of cloud computing providers.
    Will Henshall, Time, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In cloud computing, host resources can be shared among subscribers from a centralized source.
    Robert Napoli, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Competitors in mobile devices, like Samsung and Nokia, and cloud computing services, like Google and Apple, were on the rise.
    Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In Google's case, the device will rely on cloud computing instead of nearby hardware.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The contract was supposed to modernize the Pentagon's IT, and Amazon, the market leader in cloud computing, seemed like a shoo-in.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 July 2021
  • The Pentagon has struggled for years to make the jump to cloud computing, now the preference of most American businesses.
    Eva Dou, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Although the business case for cloud computing is clear, firms need to address the challenge of managing costs and rebilling to the business based on consumption and share of costs.
    Araya Solomon, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But the deal comes as Microsoft and large swaths of the tech industry seek new energy sources for data centers that power everything from generative AI models to cloud computing and streaming services.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024

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