Dear Reader,

One aspect of utility computing considered in this newsletter - the selection of your solution provider - is particularly relevant whilst the utility computing market as immature as it is. Judging from some of the comments our end-user readers have made, it will not surprise any executive to hear that today's crowded utility computing market contains many gilded lillys.

There is a clear need to divide utility computing hype from the genuine business benefit advantages offered by vendors in this space. In light of this, UtilityComputing.com is beginning analysis of the utility computing solutions on offer to enterprises.

Utility computing case studies will of course be explored in our UtilCompWorld conference in New York this March 23-24.

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Mike Lee
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Utility Computing: Finding the Right Project and Picking a Service Provider
In our last article (Utility Computing: Overcoming the NHM Syndrome, 2003/08/19) we explored the barriers to success of the utility computing model. In this article we turn the table and look at the most promising projects for the utility computing model and what to look for in a service provider. Click here for Full Article
[by Leif Eriksen, Founder and Principal, Industry Insights]

A cultural sea change with eyes wide open
We wrote previously about the sea change that projects such as Utility Computing would bring to an enterprise (Utility Computing: are there teeth in those bytes? 2003/08/27). Such a project can be seen as a “one-way cultural ticket” promising savings and simplification, but perhaps as well, permanent change. Before the project starts, the parties should carefully think through the effect on the firm’s culture, and the legal ramifications of the undertaking. Click here for Full Article
[by Alan Steele-Nicholson and Peter Brudenall, Simmons & Simmons]

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Larry Ellison get's bullish on the Grid as Oracle respond to the Utility Computing shift
In typically bullish style, Oracle's Larry Ellison has hailed Grid Computing as "invincible and inevitable." Speaking at the Oracle's annual conference, Ellison set the stage for a number of Oracle announcements revolving around grid computing.
[2003/9/10 UC Newsdesk]

Sun partners with ACS on Utility Computing Model
ACS has announced a new alliance with Sun to provide outsourced utility computing solutions to large-scale enterprises. What's more the model trumpets a "specified commitment to lowering...costs."
[2003/9/10 UC Newsdesk]

United Devices partner up with Tripos
United Devices announced a partnership with Tripos, Inc., a provider of drug discovery informatics products and chemistry research, it plans to grid-enable Tripos' virtual screening applications to operate on United Devices' grid computing platform.
[2003/9/9 UC Newsdesk]

Oracle Database 10g -- g for Grid
At OracleWorld event this week, the company introduced Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Application Server 10g and Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g. Together, they comprise Oracle Grid Computing, the company's integrated grid infrastructure software. The new offerings are designed with enhanced features to support grid computing by pooling servers and storage into a unified system that provides up-to-date business information.
[2003/9/8 UC Newsdesk]

HP Systems open up on Grid
In an effort to simplify customer's use and management of distributed IT resources, HP has announced plans to leverage open grid standards. The initiative will integrate industry grid standards, including the Globus Toolkit and Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA), across HP's enterprise product lines.
[2003/9/4 UC Newsdesk]

Gartner slams Linux on the desktop
Windows is cheaper "most of the time" analyst says. Companies hoping to cut costs by moving from Windows to Linux on the desktop will find that in most cases the open source operating system will fail to save them money, analyst Gartner has warned.
[2003/9/12 vnunet.com]

Oracle setting up commercial grid consortium
Oracle is trying to establish a new consortium to hammer out technology standards for grid computing in commercial environments, a company executive said Wednesday. The effort appears likely to butt heads with a grid standards effort already underway.
[2003/9/10 Network World]

McNealy criticises 'jalopy' IT culture
Sun Microsystems chief executive Scott McNealy chided thousands of gearheads gathered at the OracleWorld conference for overengineering their companies' computer systems. "Everyone is building their own jalopies," McNealy said Tuesday during a keynote speech at the Oracle customer conference here.
[2003/9/10 ZDNet UK]

AMD Reveals New Opterons for Grid Work
AMD Tuesday released two new additions to its Opteron processor family specifically targeted with grid computing in mind. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker said the new models: 846 and 146 will sell for $3,199 and $669 in 1,000 units respectively. AMD will market the two chips for 4 to 8-way small enterprise servers that are priced under $25,000.
[2003/9/9 internetnews.com]

Volume 01 Issue 15
Open Source points the way forward... Utility Computing: are there teeth in those bytes?... Utility Computing Can Help Prevent Further American Power Blackouts...
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Volume 01 Issue 14
What can we learn from the recent blackout in America?... Utility Computing: Overcoming the NMH Syndrome... Extreme Adaptive Enterprise... LEGO On Demand...
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Volume 01 Issue 13
Another milestone for Utility Computing?... Why Utility Computing Will Succeed Where ASPs and Outsourcing Failed... Linux Enterprise Environments not neglected by the Utility Computing Vendors...
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Volume 01 Issue 12
Utility Computing vendors begin to add flesh to the vision... Will the Real Utility Computing Model Please Stand Up... Unisys add power to their utility computing "Business Blueprinting" plan...
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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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