The definitions of cloud computing vary, but this technology is often defined as something that involves hosting services over the Internet.

云计算的定义有很多，但是这个技术的定义通常都涉及使用Internet的主机服务。

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I will provide some key differences and present a case for why web services based on SOAP technology encompass a better distributed-computing solution.

我将提供一些关键区别，并举例说明为什么基于SOAP技术的Web服务拥有更好的分布式计算解决方案。

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Eyebrows were raised, for example, when Amazon moved into the business of providing cloud-computing services to technology firms-which seemed an odd choice for an online retailer.

例如，当亚马逊进入为科技公司提供云计算服务的领域时，很多人对此表示惊讶。这对于一间网上零售商来说是很古怪的新业务选择。

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Although it has yet to prove it can offer the one-stop shop for technology and services that the aristocrats of the computing business have made their own, Compaq could not have signalled its intentions more clearly.

ECONOMIST: Compaq goes after Big Blue

The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems.

ENGADGET: HP's new all-in-one printer adds more to that 'all', turns into a WiFi hotspot

By the same token, the initial advantages of cloud computing have now been superseded by the scope, power and flexibility of services offered by this technology.

FORBES: Rethinking the Cloud