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 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, the overused and continuously-redefined term that we have heard so much about during the last two years, keeps edging closer to reality. It is tempting to apply one of Zeno’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The company, which on Wednesday acquired Ejasent, a developer of software for virtualizing applications across servers, has just started a trial program under which it is making parts of its utility ...

Sun Microsystems is planning a development kit for its N1 software that will let N1 work with hardware and systems management applications from other providers. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

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. The company introduced on ...

The company is working on a software development kit (SDK) for its N1 software that will enable other technology providers to share information with N1-managed systems. The company hopes to complete ...