barjimo, what you say is absolutely true. The vas...

2007-07-20T09:23:00.000-07:00

barjimo, what you say is absolutely true. The vast majority of computing power out there is in corporate or government data centers--and mostly unautomated.

However, I think there is some truth to the idea that utility computing is driven by software solutions where the system load is unpredictable, both in the short-term (e.g. peak load) and long-term (e.g. growth of user community and aquisitions, etc.).

The definition of Web 2.0 technologies that Industry Girl identified in her post is interesting in that they are highly dynamic users of infrastructure. I think enterprise computing is increasingly showing many of the same properties (lord knows that's true for most web 1.0 applications).

While it's true that many Web 2.0 companies find u...

2007-07-08T12:54:00.000-07:00

While it's true that many Web 2.0 companies find utility computing models like EC2 and The GridLayer attractive for being able to deal with unpredictable load, that's only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Many enterprise IT shops are straining to deal with growth in an era when good sys admins are scarce and datacenter upgrades are measured in megawatts. Utility computing gives them a new option.

Hence, while the Web 2.0 companies get a lot of attention, especially in the blogs, enterprises account for a large percentage of the resources being used.

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barjimo, what you say is absolutely true. The vas...

While it's true that many Web 2.0 companies find u...