Virtualization has been around for quite some time, but it's only within the past 2 years that the technology has really started to take off and gain in popularity. Likewise, utility computing is only ...

For years, vendors and analysts have foretold a new era when computing would be sold and consumed as a commodity. Are we any closer? Paradigm shifts were easier before the bubble burst. Serious change ...

AT&T Corp. will launch a managed utility computing service late this year based on hardware from Sun Microsystems Inc. as one of several improvements to its hosting service, AT&T executives revealed ...

But while vendors and integrators have long touted the virtues of utility computing, CIOs and end-user companies have taken a cautious approach to a full-scale IT utility. Although some have rolled ...

Veritas Software Corp. last week said it plans to buy a small vendor of application virtualization technology in a bid to shore up its utility computing product line, which currently includes server ...

Through the acquisition, expected to be completed by the end of the month, Veritas gets Ejasent's core application virtualization software, called UpScale, and its usage-based metering and billing ...

In IDC’s “good enough computing” scenario, companies might use a variety of other methods to make sure they have enough data center resources at the ready. Those technologies include server ...

There are four major steps on the road to a flexible data center: consolidation, standardization, virtualization and utility. There are four major steps on the road to a flexible data center: ...

One of the most popular industry topics of conversation surrounds the idea of "utility computing." Many technology providers are now spending millions of dollars in advertising and marketing to ...

Two of the hottest IT technologies in 2010 are virtualization and cloud computing. Both are heavily evangelized in the industry as the “wave of the future” and the “next big thing.” This is primarily ...