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Utility Computing SLA Management Based Upon Business Objectives
White Papers This paper presents the design rationale of the utility computing SLA management system called SAM (SLA Action Manager) and our implementation experiences with it. Existing service-quality management technologies and methodologies, therefore, need...
[July 29, 2004, 0:00]
Next Generation Network Series: Utility Computing And Business Value
White Papers Optimizing resource utilization based on the characteristics of the demand curve is the key to success in utility computing. Depending on a company's actual utilization and how demand ebbs and flows on a daily, monthly, or annual basis, a firm can...
[May 31, 2007, 0:00]
Utility Computing Still A Hard Sell
Talkback What customers want to know is the difference between Utility Computing and old Time-sharing model.
[October 20, 2004, 20:30]
Utility Computing From Sun Microsystems
White Papers Utility computing is the latest milestone in the "Network is the Computer" vision that Sun announced 20 years ago. Through a utility-optimized technology platform, advanced metering and monitoring tools converging with N1 Grid technology, and the...
[August 28, 2004, 0:00]
Utility Computing Is "the Next Big Thing"
News According to a recent report from Summit Strategies, utility computing is on track to be the "next big thing" for IT vendors and services companies that sell to large enterprises. Summit Strategies describes utility computing this way:
[March 5, 2003, 11:38]
Utility Computing Still A Hard Sell
News That was the gist of conversation at the SoftSummit conference, as software executives discussed the promise and reality of utility computing and subscription pricing. Utility computing, a tech buzzword, essentially promises that a company will...
[October 20, 2004, 8:50]
Utility Computing Still A Hard Sell
Talkback One of the fundamental problems is that firms are still focused on pricing consumption and rather than establishing pricing models that are tied to the full business value that customers get from utility computing solutions.
[October 26, 2004, 16:09]
Utility Computing Is The Future, Says Schwartz
News Sun's not alone in having a vision of utility computing. Sun Microsystems on Tuesday took what it says are early steps toward a future in which computing power is sold as a commodity like electricity.
[September 22, 2004, 8:50]
Shrek Adds Weight To HP Utility Computing
News HP has been looking to sex up its utility computing efforts by adding a dose of Hollywood to the mix. They're each working with HP to offer customers a flexible payment scheme that complements HP's utility computing model, the company said.
[November 30, 2005, 9:45]
Preparing For Utility Computing: The Role Of IT Architecture And Relationship Management
White Papers This paper examines the likely impact of utility computing on information technology (IT) outsourcing. The paper discusses the implications of both vendor relationship management and architecture design capabilities as firms seek the benefits of...
[April 25, 2005, 0:00]
OpenUCI:A .NET Based Utility Computing Framework
White Papers This paper presents a new framework called OpenUCI (Open Utility Computing Infrastructure). Future organizations must handle a very large and complex IT infrastructure that consists of very diverge and highly heterogeneous computing systems.
[July 5, 2007, 0:00]
Dartmouth College Teaches Utility Computing As Strategy Using VERITAS CommandCentral Service
White Papers Dartmouth developed a utility computing model that allows the IT department to centrally manage data storage management and retrieval as well as measure and bill for the backup services used by each of its 39 different academic departments, 18...
[January 17, 2008, 23:00]
Data Protection And Utility Computing - Protecting Data In A Flexible Infrastructure
White Papers Utility computing is the latest model to excite the marketing machine of all the major vendors and, true to form, we are inundated with the benefits and less than informed when some of the possible hurdles that need to be over come are mentioned.
[October 27, 2004, 0:00]
Firms Tiptoe Into Utility Computing
News Potential customers for utility computing are wary of sharing information technology resources and worry about the financial viability of service providers, research firm IDC said on Thursday. In a survey of 34 corporations, IDC found that IBM and...
[February 14, 2003, 8:20]
Dell Not Switching On Utility Computing
News Dell Computer will pass on so-called utility computing for now, one of the company's top executives said on Wednesday. Although the concepts behind utility, or on-demand, computing are appealing, the technology for assembling disparate servers and...
[May 29, 2003, 7:41]
Shining The Light On Utility Computing - A Business Perspective
White Papers Utility computing is a hot topic in the IT community. New IT concepts like utility computing are prone to being misunderstood. It is time to shine the light on utility computing from a business perspective.
[October 26, 2004, 0:00]
Veritas Invests In Utility Computing
News Veritas Software plans to build out its utility-computing portfolio with the acquisition of software maker Ejasent for $59m (£32.4m). Veritas' purchase of the Ejasent, which was founded in 1999, follows the acquisition last year of two other...
[January 7, 2004, 14:30]
HP Updates Utility Computing Line
News Hewlett-Packard next year will take a fresh approach to its utility computing initiative with a product designed to reduce the cost of running corporate computing systems. Although UDC was one of the more notable early examples of the concept of...
[November 30, 2004, 7:55]
Oceano - SLA Based Management Of A Computing Utility
White Papers Océano is a prototype of a highly available, scaleable, and manageable infrastructure for an e-business computing utility. It enables multiple customers to be hosted on a collection of sequentially shared resources.
[July 16, 2004, 0:00]
IBM Wagers On Utility Computing
News IBM is upping the stakes in the race to become the dominant provider of utility computing services with a plan to build out its data centres worldwide with sophisticated software and flexible service offerings.
[March 23, 2004, 10:50]
