IT industry in recession; Utility Computing offers growth but requires radical thinking
At the recent "Outsourcing and IT Services" conference, organised by the Gartner Group, Utility Computing was touted by almost every speaker as a strategy offering some of the greatest growth potential in the IT industry. Vice-President, Roger Cox told delegates that Gartner's research showed Utility Computing and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) to be the 2 most boyant segments of the outsourcing market.
[2003/5/8 UC Newsdesk]

Ejasent aims to provide the backbone of Utility Computing
In an economic downturn, the situation of IT departments is always a difficult one, as company boards the world over pressure them to simultaneously reduce costs and yet deliver more. As Tony Murphy, from Gartner, recently quipped, the business units expect IT to deliver results in a more "flexible, accountable, speedier, efficient, accurate, cheaper" way.
[2003/5/8 UC Newsdesk]

EDS Provides On-Demand Services with Agile Infrastructure
EDS announced Agile Infrastructure Architecture, its set of initiatives and services delivering on-demand, utility services to it's users. The company aims to provide total integration services, from the boardroom to the back office, linking business processes with IT infrastructure.
[2003/5/6 UC Newsdesk]

Alcatel Selects Printing Solution from HP to aim for Utility Pricing
HP announced a US$45 million services agreement with Alcatel to audit and redesign Alcatel's installed printing and copying base.
[2003/5/6 UC Newsdesk]

IBM Introduces High-End eServer Systems with New On Demand Features
IBM has introduced its new UNIX server, the IBM eServer p690 system that provides a 65 percent performance boost over its predecessor. The new server includes new on demand features that gives users flexibility in turning capacity on and off as well as test-driving additional capacity before paying to use it.
[2003/5/6 UC Newsdesk]

Microsoft and HP Develop Dynamic Data Center Prototype Under the Dynamic Systems Initiative
At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference keynote, Bill Gates demonstrated the concept of a Dynamic Data Center (DDC) jointly developed with HP. Featuring a combination of HP servers, software, storage and networking hardware with Microsoft software dynamically assigns, provisions and centrally manages the resources.
[2003/5/6 UC Newsdesk]

IBM Unveils New On Demand Offerings for Storage, Applications and WebSphere
IBM has unveiled new integrated virtualization technologies for storage and applications and plans for grid capabilities to be embedded into WebSphere.
[2003/5/1 UC Newsdesk]

Accenture and Microsoft Announce Web Services-Enabled Solutions For Service Providers
Accenture and Microsoft have introduced a new set of Web Services-enabled solutions built on .NET Technologies labelled, Accenture Communications Solutions .NET-connected. The news was announced at Accenture's Global Convergence Forum.
[2003/4/29 UC Newsdesk]

RBC Insurance, Royal Dutch Shell and Kansai Electric Power choose IBM for Grid
IBM has announced RBC Insurance, Royal Dutch Shell and Kansai Electric Power as it's new Grid customers as it introduced new offerings to further expand Grid computing into commercial enterprises.
[2003/4/28 UC Newsdesk]

NCR Launch New Managed Services Offering
NCR Corporation have launched what they describe as a unique managed services offering to bring business intelligence to the management and operation of IT infrastructure. The new service is aimed at improving operational efficiency and reducing overall support costs.
[2003/4/28 UC Newsdesk]

Gartner Says Outsourcing Grows in Declining European IT Services Market
European companies wasted 6 billion Euro due to poor deal structures and poorly managed relationships with IT outsourcing companies in 2002
[2003/4/28 Gartner]

New Grid Platform allows Linux applications on Microsoft Windows
United Devices, a provider of secure grid solutions, announced Grid MP 4.0, the company's newest grid technology platform with advanced features
[2003/4/28 UC Newsdesk]