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 ...

Utility as grid computing, virtualization, or smart clusters: This is just one example of a specific technology designed to enable the above definitions. Other technologies that will play here include ...

Much has been written about utility computing. IBM, Sun, Hewlett-Packard and other major computer vendors are laying claim to utility computing leadership while laying out their respective visions.

Virtualization has been around for quite some time, but it's only within the past 2 years that the technology has really started to take off and gain in popularity. Likewise, utility computing is only ...

The way companies invest in and use technology is in a state of flux, according to business pundit Nicholas Carr. His 2004 book "Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive ...

If under a utility computing model this process can be compressed and, in effect, instantly available once the decision is made to proceed, procurement lifecycles cannot only be reduced but customers ...