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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy at the SunNetwork conference here Tuesday preached the mantra of utility computing and lashed out at rivals who call his company’s ...

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 ...

Utility computing may be one of the hottest topics in the technology industry these days, but much work must be done before it will ever achieve widespread acceptance, said a panel of industry experts ...

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 ...