Utility Computing

Utility Computing

Utility computing has the potential to revolutionize the way we purchase, organize, and distribute computational power and services. It will do so by offloading resource provisioning to centralized sites that can benefit from economies of scale, careful, failure-resilient construction, flexibility and changeability of hardware choices, and scalable and business-driven management techniques. But...

Managed Utility Computing

Vom Utility Computing zum Cloud Computing

Virtualisierung, Standardisierung und Automation waren und sind die Treiber für Utility Computing; beim Cloud Computing kommen Simplification, Commoditization und Federation dazu. Wer Cloud Computing erfolgreich betreiben und benutzen will, muss sich viel stärker mit den Geschäftsmodellen und ihren technischen und wirtschaftlichen Zusammenhängen beschäftigen. Zunächst werden Beispiele für Amazo...

Unregulated IT - Beyond Utility Computing

The concept of buying an organization's computing needs on a pay-as-you-go basis is known as Utility Computing. In this model, organizations pay for the usage of applications, either to Information Technology (IT) departments or to an external technology vendor. This approach is similar to the way consumers pay for utility services like electricity, gas, and water. Though the Utility Computing ...

Utility Computing and Global Grids

This chapter focuses on the use of Grid technologies to achieve utility computing. An overview of how Grids can support utility computing is first presented through the architecture of Utility Grids. Then, utility-based resource allocation is described in detail at each level of the architecture. Finally, some industrial solutions for utility computing are discussed.