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Preface.
From:
IBM Systems Journal
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March 1, 2004| Author:
Birman, Alex; Ritsko, John J.
| COPYRIGHT 2004 All Rights Reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Utility computing is a recent development in IT (information technology) outsourcing, whereby service capacity is provided as needed and the customer pays only for actual use. To provide what amounts to computing on demand, providers face business and technological challenges, including pricing of new services, adopting new business models, automated management of resource provisioning, and management of service level agreements (SLAs).
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