Carrie
10-01-2003, 12:31 AM
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update In its latest step toward utility computing, IBM is offering to let customers use the Internet to tap into the horsepower of servers that run a variety of operating systems.
The company's new "virtual server services," announced Tuesday, involve letting customers access the computing power of IBM xSeries, pSeries and iSeries machines. These servers run, respectively, Windows; AIX, IBM's version of Unix; and OS/400, another IBM operating system.
Utility computing refers to a push to harness computing power as though it were a traditional utility service such as electricity, in which users pay for the amount they consume and don't have to worry about the underlying technology.
In keeping with IBM's on-demand initiative, customers who sign on for the offering will pay only for the computing power and capacity they need, IBM said. Businesses could cut their costs 30 percent by using the service rather than installing an in-house computing system, according to IBM.
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update In its latest step toward utility computing, IBM is offering to let customers use the Internet to tap into the horsepower of servers that run a variety of operating systems.
The company's new "virtual server services," announced Tuesday, involve letting customers access the computing power of IBM xSeries, pSeries and iSeries machines. These servers run, respectively, Windows; AIX, IBM's version of Unix; and OS/400, another IBM operating system.
Utility computing refers to a push to harness computing power as though it were a traditional utility service such as electricity, in which users pay for the amount they consume and don't have to worry about the underlying technology.
In keeping with IBM's on-demand initiative, customers who sign on for the offering will pay only for the computing power and capacity they need, IBM said. Businesses could cut their costs 30 percent by using the service rather than installing an in-house computing system, according to IBM.
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