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Pioneering IT executives say they are implementing utility computing when it enables them to solve pressing business needs and where it makes economic sense.
Opinion: As business computing moves toward pay-as-you-go and SOA models, enterprises may find themselves locked in with a single service provider who combines products from any number of players.
Big Blue blew away closest competitor Oracle in a recent survey on financial institutions' favorite grid provider. But the confusing, conflicting definitions of what constitutes "grid" make the comparison one of apples to oranges, experts say.
Q&A: Bob Picciano, vice president of database technology at IBM's Toronto lab, says the company continues to pummel main database rival Oracle in terms of price and scalability.
Opinion: Software vendors should offer subscription- and utility-based licenses only when those pricing models make sense for the buyer.
As IT managers and developers work to deploy enterprise applications and Web services, IBM and Microsoft are sniping over platform supremacy studies.
Vendors offer a fresh crop of hosted subscription CRM services to fill a gap left open by licensed software applications that are often expensive and difficult to implement and maintain.
Opinion: A decision to continue charging for server software based on CPUs and not cores will make Microsoft server software a much more attractive alternative to utility computing providers.
Three years after launching its autonomic computing effort, IBM says customers are reaping the benefits, but the real promise of the initiative remains elusive for most.
Banco Santander finds Veritas, Peribit solutions meet requirements for backup.
Opinion: Sun partners are signing on to provide the company's new pay-per-use utility service, while IBM keeps scoring grid computing customers. But who's covering the midrange market?
Panelists at SoftSummit point to emerging alternatives to perpetual licensing but say the transition won't be easy.
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