LAS VEGAS--Utility computing is more like a river than a stone. That helpful clarification comes courtesy of the main panel on the subject at the Comdex computing trade show, where participants were ...

LAS VEGAS--Utility computing is more like a river than a stone. That helpful clarification comes courtesy of the main panel on the subject at the Comdex computing trade show, where participants were ...

COMMENTARY--Big platform vendors such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Hewlett-Packard are promoting the panacea of "grid" and "utility" computing. But widespread adoption still depends on the ...

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 ...