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 ...

Utility as an on-demand computing resource: Also called “adaptive computing,” depending on which analyst or vendor you talk to, on-demand computing allows companies to outsource significant portions ...

Tapping into computing resources on an as-needed basis has plenty of benefits for enterprises -- but success depends on maturity of foundation technologies Tapping into compute resources with a ...

What is the difference between the computing model we use today and the evolving concept of utility computing? In a very real sense, the differences exist down to the most basic services IT delivers ...

The server and software company signs up consulting firm SchlumbergerSema to partner on pay-as-you-go processing power and outsourcing services. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

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 is the latest, greatest and most economical enterprise computing model for the next decade, according to CA, HP, IBM, Sun and Veritas. Now if we could only get them to agree on a ...

Some see utility computing as a technology while others describe it as outsourcing with a variable bill. Another school of thought likens it to the IT equivalent of running water or electric power.

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 ...

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 ...

"We're announcing that we're taking the capabilities of HP's Utility Data Center and offering them in modules that are low cost and easy to deploy," says Ann Livermore, executive vice president of ...

Now lets flash back nearly a year earlier, when Sun unveiled its N1 utility computing vision. The folks at Sun talked about what N1 is and how it's supposed to work, but they went one step ...