Sun, makers of servers and open source software like Solaris, OpenOffice, Gnome and other (and in talks to be bought by IBM) just sent out an interesting whitepaper about Cloud Computing.
You can download the free guide from their website.
The paper contains the following parts:
- Defines cloud computing and its benefits
- Explains the different types of clouds (public, private, and hybrid)
- Describes the architectural service layers (e.g., Software as a Service)
- Details the underlying virtualization technologies
- Suggests next steps and actions to get started
