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 ...

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, ...

Download a FREE copy of the Cutter Consortium Executive Update “Utility Computing: Perceptions and Strategies” by Jeff Kaplan. If you paid any attention to Nicholas Carr’s infamous Harvard Business ...

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 ...

In football, an audible is a quarterback’s opportunity to change his strategy after seeing the defense line up on the field. A slew of vendors – advocates of so-called utility computing – are ...

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 ...