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 Thursday. In a ...

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 ...

Utility, or on-demand, computing is the idea of delivering applications, storage or processing power on a pay-per-use basis, much like electricity or telephone service is delivered today. It does this ...

But while vendors and integrators have long touted the virtues of utility computing, CIOs and end-user companies have taken a cautious approach to a full-scale IT utility. Although some have rolled ...

“Utility computing” is the term most often used to describe “metered” use of computing resources, perhaps purchased from a third party. The idea behind utility computing is that you don’t need to ...

What is the difference between the computing model we use today and the evolving concept of utility computing? In a very real sense, the differences exist down to the most basic services IT delivers ...

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 ...

Tapping into computing resources on an as-needed basis has plenty of benefits for enterprises -- but success depends on maturity of foundation technologies Tapping into compute resources with a ...

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 ...

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 Web Infrastructure Orchestration bundle will let IBM's Tivoli management software govern how the company's DB2 database software and WebSphere e-commerce and Web site software run on Big Blue's ...

LAS VEGAS--Utility computing is more like a river than a stone. That helpful clarification comes courtesy of the main panel on the subject at the Comdex computing trade show, where participants were ...