Utility Computing vendors begin to add flesh to the vision
In the seemingly unrelated areas of online CRM solutions and corporate M&A, the recent past has seen important indicators that the utility computing vision is beginning to acquire genuine substance.

Earlier this month, IBM and Siebel were rumored to be planning to partner up to develop a hosting service for customer relationship management applications. Commentators have widely noted the similarities between the approach adopted by IBM and Siebel and that of Salesforce.com. With the increasing success of Salesforce.com's utility computing approach, it is tempting... Click here for Full Article

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Will the Real Utility Computing Model Please Stand Up
To the potential user of utility computing, one thing is clear: the vendors of utility computing are as confused as the users are. A bewildering array of terms currently jostles for position. On demand computing, adaptive computing and agility computing are just some. More important still, there is a danger that the true business benefit of utility computing will be obscured beneath the mere technical. In this, the first in a series of articles by Leif Eriksen, searches out the business definition of utility computing.

Users Just Wanna Have Functionality

Like so many other terms adopted by the IT community, utility computing means different things to different people. The most commonly used definition reduces utility computing to on demand buying of IT infrastructure such as servers, storage, and networks... Click here for Full Article

Hollywood flirts with the On Demand route
"Even in the face of a very challenging market, Hollywood continues to embrace the latest in digital technologies according to Steve Canepa, vice president IBM Media and Entertainment.
[2003/7/29 UC Newsdesk]

Unisys add power to their utility computing "Business Blueprinting" plan
Unisys have released the company's most powerful mainframe yet, which executives say positions their hardware to support utility computing environments. In conjunction with the company's "Business Blueprinting" Unisys claims it can build digital models that link business processes to the software and systems that support them.
[2003/7/28 UC Newsdesk]

EMC Announces "Pay As You Go" Billing for Storage Infrastructure
EMC Corporation today announced its automated billing capability for storage infrastructure to simplify how users consume, deploy and manage their storage resources. An integral component of EMC's OpenScale storage asset and financial management program, the new billing capability takes customers a step beyond traditional "capacity on demand" models and provides automated billing for their entire networked storage infrastructure including storage capacity, SAN switch ports, NAS servers and storage software.
[2003/7/21 UC Newsdesk]

Japanese Grid Computing market targeted by United Devices
United Devices, which sells secure grid software solutions has announced two partnerships: Firstly, an expanded distribution partnership with NTT Data Corporation to sell and provide professional service support for United Devices' Grid MP(TM) Enterprise software platform in the Japanese market. Secondly, a partnership with Sumisho Electronics to distribute the company's Grid MP(TM) 4.0 grid-computing software
[2003/7/21 UC Newsdesk]

Sun expands into the mobile content space
Sun has announced the acquisition of Pixo, Inc, a move which creates a presence for them in the arena of digital rights and access management for content distribution.
[2003/7/17 UC Newsdesk]

Computer Associates launches Sonar to measure on-demand computing
Computer Associates have announced a new technology to discover and manage business processes, code-named ÒSonar,Ó and four new solutions across its Unicenter, eTrust and BrightStor brands.
[2003/7/14 UC Newsdesk]

Sun, Oracle, others propose transaction spec
Five middleware vendors published a set of technology guidelines yesterday that could prove helpful to businesses trying to orchestrate groups of online transactions using Web services.
[2003/7/29 Computerworld]

Market still waits for blade breakthrough
Two years after vendors began introducing slimmed down "blade" computers as the next stage in the evolution of the server, these denser, more power-efficient servers have been struggling to meet market expectations and prove that they have what it takes to emerge as an industry standard.
[2003/7/29 InfoWorld]

IBM invests in On Demand digital studio
IBM has signed a four-year multimillion-dollar deal with digital animation firm Threshold Digital Research Labs of Santa Monica, California, to build a digital studio that will be leased out to special effects firms looking for short-term, on-demand access to IBM's computers.
[2003/7/28 PC World]

MCI Unveils Industry's First Managed Enterprise Content Delivery Service
MCI today announced that it will extend its Managed Services portfolio and leverage its extensive network assets to deliver the industry's first Managed Enterprise Content Delivery Service (ECDS). With MCI's new Managed ECDS, businesses will have an advanced platform to efficiently and cost effectively take advantage of next generation, enterprise-wide applications including streaming video and distance learning over a private computing infrastructure.
[2003/7/28 MCI]

HP kick starts Web services plan
Hewlett-Packard said Monday that it plans to submit a specification to OASIS in an effort to jump-start the development of an important Web services standard.
[2003/7/21 News.com]

Volume 01 Issue 11
Putting Magic back in Business?... Keeping the door locked tight: Utility Computing Security Concerns... Global Series of Utility Computing Business Conferences Launched...
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Volume 01 Issue 10
A wake up call to the Enterprise Solutions giants... salesforce.com: A revolution in the software model?... Amazon.com and Carnival Cruise Lines to benefit from Utility Computing...
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Volume 01 Issue 09
Priorities for investment... SAIC's "Aggregator Model": New skills are key in a more flexible environment... Sun taking a thorough approach to Utility Computing...
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Volume 01 Issue 08
Changing the tune of the purchasing culture... Interview with Craig Sands, VP Services at Platform Computing... IBM Acquires Think Dynamics...
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Volume 01 Issue 07
IT industry in recession; Utility Computing offers growth but requires radical thinking... Ejasent aims to provide the backbone of Utility Computing...
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