Should utility computing ever live up to its name — a resource you plug in to, as you would the electric power grid — then that resource needs to be distributed, self-managing, and virtualized.

Utility computing on a global scale will require the continued evolution and convergence of core technologies spanning Web services, grid computing, broadband, storage virtualization, automatic ...

In the process, they could make computing a utility like electricity. Skip to main content. ... Grid Computing, The New Commodity Date: August 25, 2009 Source: ICT Results Summary: ...

Get ready for grid. Digital access Digital + home delivery. Grid computing: compelling, collaborative, complex ...

Utility computing is a service provisioning model, which provides adaptive, flexible and simple access to computing resources, enabling a pay-per-use model for computing similar to traditional ...

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.

On-demand computing is also an extension of the successful bet outgoing Chairman Lou Gerstner made in 1996 to invest in IBM Global Services. From 1992 to 2001, Global Services grew from $7.4 ...