Utility computing is defined as the technology, tools, and processes that collectively deliver, monitor, and manage IT as a service to users. Among the potential benefits of adopting a utility ...

Utility computing. On-demand computing. Grid computing. No matter which catchphrase you use to describe the future of technology, if you work for a strategic IT organization, you want an ...

Many of the major players have outlined utility computing strategies that are very platform-specific, how do I go about gaining the benefits in a heterogeneous data center environment? – David, Tempe, ...

For years, vendors and analysts have foretold a new era when computing would be sold and consumed as a commodity. Are we any closer? Paradigm shifts were easier before the bubble burst. Serious change ...

ATTENTION DATACENTER STAFFERS: Utility computing is coming, but don’t start planning your retirement just yet. In the utility computing dream, compute resources flow like electricity on demand from ...

How does it make sense to buy computing on a utility basis? Lately there's been a lot of talk about utility computing, a model designed to deliver computing systems and services, as well as ...

In IDC’s “good enough computing” scenario, companies might use a variety of other methods to make sure they have enough data center resources at the ready. Those technologies include server ...

Ben Horowitz, CEO of Opsware, and Darrel Thomas, chief technologist of hosting services, EDS, sat down to talk about Data Center Markup Language (DCML), a new XML-based standard designed for utility ...

As technology suppliers ease systems management, spending for products that deal in utility computing will surge in coming years, analyst firm IDC is predicting. Spending of $1 billion in 2003 is ...

Avnet Technology Solutions today launched a new utility computing solution called CapacityNow that enables end users to pay for their individual usage of Hewlett-Packard blade servers and storage ...