Utility Computing Recent News 20Recent 20 Utility Computing, On Demand Computing & Grid Computing news articles brought to you by UtilityComputing.com & OnDemandComputing.comHP Wins $440m Utility Computing Contracts from Federal Government- October 17, 2006 HP has been awarded two multiyear contracts by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to deliver its computing infrastructure in 17 locations worldwide. The two contracts are indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) awards. Exclusive to HP, these two contracts have a ceiling of $440 million over an eight-year period. If they realize their full potential, these contracts could be the largest utility computing contracts won by HP to date.http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/850.asp Sun to Deliver Self-Contained "Blackbox" Data Centers- October 17, 2006 ... Blackboxes will be on sale starting today, but Gadre says that the final products are not expected to be generally available in the summer of 2007. To create a Blackbox, Sun will pack a baby data center into an industry-standard, 20-foot cargo shipping container that has been painted black and emblazoned with the Sun logo. These are the containers that trucks haul around on the highways of the world and that ships move across the oceans. ...http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/849.asp Dreamforce Highlights the Future of On-Demand- October 16, 2006 ... software will need to scramble to make their products into on-demand solutions. ... The example I always look to in a case like this is mainframe computing. ...http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/848.asp CSC Signs New $48 Million IT Outsourcing Contract Extension With Whitbread- October 16, 2006 Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today announced that it has signed a new information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with Whitbread Group Plc valued at approximately $48 million (26 million pounds sterling), expanding total contract value to approximately $222 million (120 million pounds sterling) since 2000.http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/844.asp AppStream Announces Availability of AppStream 5.1 Application Streaming Solution- October 16, 2006 AppStream, Inc., an on-demand application deployment and license management solution provider, announced the availability of AppStream 5.1. AppStream 5.1 new features include enhanced support for license management using Ardence Desktop Edition. The highlight of the 5.1 release is the integration with Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (SVS).http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/847.asp Making Sense of Virtualization- October 16, 2006 Companies are finding it increasingly difficult to manage their enterprise data centers as they become highly complex, expensive to build out, and difficult to reconfigure as needs change. In an effort to address these challenges, many IT professionals are turning to virtualization technologies.http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/845.asp Finding Grid's Wonder Bread- October 16, 2006 ... blog of Greg's bemoaning the rampant use of the term "Grid 2.0" in a world where many people aren't yet sold on what the term "Grid computing" means, and asked ...http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/842.asp Satyam and United Devices Announce a Solution to Grid-Enable SAP Instances- October 16, 2006 United Devices (UD) and Satyam Computer Services (NYSE:SAY), the global consulting and IT services provider, announced general availability of a breakthrough grid-enabled SAP solution which the companies developed collaboratively and will jointly market.http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/846.asp Worldspan selects IBM Mainframes- October 15, 2006 ... Additionally, the company is taking advantage of a unique Capacity On-Demand Offering to ramp up computing power on a daily basis and to accommodate spikes in ...http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/843.asp The Friday Interview: Dr Wolfgang Gerteis, SAP- October 13, 2006 ... R&D facility in Belfast. Grid or utility computing is talked about a lot but is it a reality yet It is a reality. At present SAP ...http://www.utilitycomputing.com/news/841.asp |