Dear Reader,

The recent OracleWorld conference has heralded numerous grid computing announcements. What used to be somewhat sniffily viewed as the technical, nuts-and-bolts end of utility computing, has moved firmly front and centre.

For anyone confused about the difference between utility computing and grid computing, grid computing can be broadly defined as a new and emerging IT architecture by which computing resources are shared. Oracle, of course, are focusing on software as a means to do this and 10g may well represent the most sophisticated attempt yet in the commercial arena.

Utility computing in contrast is a more over-arching term, the vision is for a ubiquitous IT infrastructure which meets our computing needs in a utility-like fashion. Paying only for what we have consumed, we will receive a monthly "computing bill" along with our electricity one.

It is gratifying to see utility computing beginning to take very real shape with an ever-widening base. In this week's newsletter, Veritas' VP of Integrated Platforms describes utility computing as "just-in-time manufacturing" for IT resources. As an idea which underpinned a decade of supply chain revolution, we think the analogy is an accurate one.

Mike Lee
Editor

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Introducing 'Just in time' for IT resources
In an interview with Jose Iglesias, Vertias' VP of Integrated Platforms, Utility Computing discusses the strategic value of utility computing in the middleware environment. We also explore the development of Veritas' product range that sees them attempt to harness the strengths of recent acquisitions Precise and Jareva. Click here for Full Article
[by Michael Lee, Editor, Utility Computing]

Utility Computing: Legal challenges and how to handle them.
In our last installment (A cultural sea change with eyes wide open - 2003/09/05) we dissected some of the key commercial and legal issues to be borne in mind when committing any utility computing project to its contractual form. Here we highlight the new potential for problems in utility computing and ask what happens when the "utility" fails to perform. How can the parties establish incentives for successful performance? How can they avoid company-crippling catastrophes otherwise avoided with more stable IT outsourcing arrangements? And what new pitfalls does the path to utility computing conceal? Click here for Full Article
[by Alan Steele-Nicholson and Peter Brudenall, Simmons & Simmons]

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Philips select HP for Adaptive Enterprise and Agility
Philips' Semiconductor Division has chosen HP's Adaptive Enterprise strategy for a flexible IT infrastructure and low-cost data center management. HP Utility Data Center provides significant cost reduction, improves service delivery and increases business agility for the division.
[2003/9/25 UC Newsdesk]

IBM debuts new grid solutions for banking, financial markets
IBM has announced a series of Grid projects including new offerings that address the compute-intensive needs of the banking and financial markets industry. The projects involve big names like Morgan Stanley, Hewitt Associates, NLI Research Institute, Singapore's Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Germany's T-Systems.
[2003/9/24 UC Newsdesk]

Ejasent announces strategic partnership with IBM
Ejasent Inc. announced that it has been selected as an IBM Autonomic Computing Solutions Business Partner. The company specialize in policy-based application management, application virtualization and usage data aggregation, reporting and analysis software for utility computing.
[2003/9/24 UC Newsdesk]

VERITAS and Intel partner on utility computing solution
VERITAS Software Corporation, a storage software provider, has announced a partnership with Intel in which VERITAS provisioning software will ship with the new Intel Enterprise Blade Server Family and Itanium processor-based server hardware building blocks.
[2003/9/17 UC Newsdesk]

HP names head for Adaptive Enterprise initative
The "Adaptive Enterprise" initiative Hewlett-Packard launched in May now has an executive officially in charge of leading it: Nora Denzel, head of HP's software unit.
[2003/9/22 InfoWorld]

It's an OutsourceWorld
Though it's on the outskirts of New York's massive PC Expo, it takes up nearly a third of the expo's total floor space at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, a metaphor for its growing impact on the IT industry.
[2003/9/17 CNN/Money]

Volume 01 Issue 16
Utility Computing: Finding the Right Project and Picking a Service Provider... A cultural sea change with eyes wide open... Oracle Database 10g -- g for Grid...
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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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