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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

update Hewlett-Packard announces several new hardware and software products that expand the utility computing idea for servers and extend the technology to printers and PCs. Stephen Shankland worked ...

COMMENTARY--Almost two-thirds of companies have little or no strategic IT planning. That was the troubling conclusion of a recent survey conducted by analyst CSC, which also showed that only 7 percent ...