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Sunday, April 14, 2002
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/02/04/15/020415feutility.xml The utility computing promise Dan Neel Tapping into compute resources with a simplicity equal to plugging a lamp into an outlet has been a goal of pervasive computing efforts from the start. Known as utility computing, the idea is to provide unlimited computing power and storage capacity that can be used and reallocated for any application -- and billed on a pay-per-use basis. Already present in a variety of capacity-based pricing models, utility computing is poised to expand throughout the enterprise as various key technologies -- such as Web services, grid computing, and provisioning -- intersect. Growth of utility computing in the enterprise will deliver to the industry not only equal access to supercomputing resources, but also new revenue streams for commercial data centers, new application pricing models based on metered use, and an open computing infrastructure for companies with little or no standing IT maintenance budget....
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