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 ...

Winter says the biggest risk from utility computing services is that the company would face a significant expense if it needed to switch providers, revert back to a co-location arrangement or bring ...

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 ...

The Defense Department is adopting a utility model that lets DOD pay for computing services as it needs them instead of owning all its information technology hardware. The purpose of the new policy is ...

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 ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

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 ...

OK, so you might have heard me say before that users should consider migrating to a utility model. But don’t tune out yet. Sure, the idea has been floating around the data center for the past three ...

Through the acquisition, expected to be completed by the end of the month, Veritas gets Ejasent's core application virtualization software, called UpScale, and its usage-based metering and billing ...