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Last Updated: Jan 05, 2005 
IBM, HP, Sun and other industry giants think grid and utility computing are the future of distributed computing. Web services figure prominently into their plans for this pay-as-you-go approach. Browse below to find out why.
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Deconstructing 'on-demand': Experts outline link to Web services

(26 Mar 2003)

Is it marketing hype or the future of enterprise computing? IBM Corp.'s e-business on-demand program has received a fair amount of attention recently but, to date, the esoteric concept has left Web services professionals wondering how the approach will affect them in the months and years to come.

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NEWS:
>> Tripwire and IBM: Articulating the on-demand future (Tripwire, special to SearchWebServices.com) 19 Mar 2003
>> Utility computing: Catalyst for Web services? (SearchWebServices.com) 10 Mar 2003
>> Loosely Coupled: The Missing Pieces of Web Services (RDS Press, special to SearchWebServices.com) 24 Mar 2003
>> PwC predicts rapid growth of 'grid computing' concept (SearchCIO.com) 12 Nov 2002
>> Web services and integration are joined at the hip (IT-Director) 04 Mar 2003
>> There is no Web services yellow brick road (The Stencil Group, special to SearchWebServices.com) 03 Mar 2003
>> The Mind Electric rethinks grid computing (The451) 19 Feb 2003
>> IBM leads new grid computing initiative (the451) 20 Feb 2002
>> Grid computing -- how IBM, Sun and Microsoft line up (The451) 21 Jan 2003
>> Grid software gets business connection (CNET) 15 Jan 2003
LINKS:
>> Best Web Links-->Web Services Architect-->Utility/Grid computing
ADVICE:
>> Finding utilitarian uses for utility computing
TIP :Pay-as-you-go approaches have been tried before. Will utility computing finally make the dream a reality?
>> Is it too late for Sun and Web services?
TIP :Sun lost its Web services focus and is playing catch-up. We look at Sun's strategy and roadmap for becoming relevant again.
>> Is it too late for Sun and Web services? part two
TIP :A look at two primary technologies that Sun is betting will turn around its Web services fortunes ...
>> The time for utility-based computing is now
TIP :Elements of utility-based computing, including grid computing, remain a puzzle to many.
>> Grid computing helps allocate scientific data
TIP :The University of Houston uses data-intensive grid computing to coordinate weather, ozone and seismic data from across U.S.
>> Reducing the total cost of wide area data access
WEBCASTS :Join us as 20 year industry veteran, Tim Yeaton, as discusses how you can dramatically reduce the complexity and cost of wide ...
WHITE PAPERS:
>> The physiology of the grid: An open grid services architecture for distributed systems integration

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