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A Gold Medal Performance for NBCOlympics.com

With exclusive U.S. rights to broadcast television coverage of the 2004 Olympics, NBC decided to take advantage of increases in broadband adoption to deliver real-time, interactive, and media-rich coverage of the Olympics on the www.nbcolympics.com site. NBC wanted to build a premier Olympic Web site with multimedia integration and exclusive...

Tags: Olympic Games, Performance, Akamai Technologies Inc., On-demand Computing, IBS, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Utility Computing, It Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, It service Management

Case studies

Maestro-VC: On-Demand Secure Cluster Computing Using Virtualization

On-demand computing is the name given to technology which enables an infrastructure where computing cycles are treated as a commodity, and where such a commodity can be accessed upon request. In this way the goals of on-demand computing overlap with and are similar to those of Grid computing: both enable...

Tags: University Of Illinois, On-demand, Grid Computing, Cluster Computing, On-demand Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Virtualization, It service Management, Hardware

White papers 2006-02-23

SimDesk Delivers on-demand computing Solutions to Government and Community Groups

SimDesk Technologies in association with HP jointly delivered the industry's first integrated open-source on-demand solution for population- and community-based computing. With this solution, governments and community organizations could offer cost-effective on-demand messaging, file, print, and groupware services to their constituents and community members to achieve their economic development goals. This...

Tags: On-demand, On-demand Computing, SimDesk, Government

White papers 2005-08-09

on-demand computing was hype: Grid computing delivers

Mark Vernon reports on Bank of America's implementation of global grid computing. Why is it better than the on-demand model of utility computing? He weighs in with this analysis. A couple of years back, there was much talk of utility computing—that is, access to computing power that...

Tags: Mark Vernon, Utility computing, IT Management, Network technology, grid computing, Andy Sturrock, Bank of America Corp., grid, on-demand, on-demand computing, Financial Service IT Newsletter, Bank, Sturrock, It service Management, Networking

Technical articles 2005-08-16

on-demand computing was hype: Grid computing delivers

Grid Computing?I have tried to keep up with IT trends but I am not so clear on this concept.Is there a flow-chart or a more in-depth explanation of what "Grid Computing" is?I apologize for my ignorance, but it is a correctable condition.Thanks

Tags: AndeAnderson, computing, grid, grid computing, it management, on demand, on-demand, on-demand computing

Discussion threads 2005-08-30

Additional Resources

Automating Network Management: Leveraging Dynamic Reconfiguration for Utility Computing

This white paper outlines how innovations in automating network management can help you dynamically adjust your computing resources to meet changing business needs. The paper explains how you can approach utility computing, an infrastructure model that merges computing resources into a global pool so they can be changed on-the-fly,...

Tags: Cassatt Corp., Network, VLAN, Network Management, LANs, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Networking, Network Technology, Hardware

White papers

Grid Computing With Oracle

Grid computing is a new IT architecture that produces more resilient and lower cost enterprise information systems. With grid computing, groups of independent, modular hardware and software components can be connected and rejoined on demand to meet the changing needs of businesses. Grid computing has increased momentum as the enterprise...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking

White papers 2005-03-01

RenderRocket: IBM Deep Computing Capacity on Demand Meets the Future of Animation

Los Angeles, California-based RenderRocket provides 3D rendering services on demand to companies worldwide. With broad experience in both animation and Internet application development, the company offers its customers a truly novel, Web-based service. The challenge for RenderRocket was to secure a flexible, scalable amount of processing power to provide a...

Tags: Animation, IBM Corp.

Case studies

On Demand Platform for Online Games

A shared infrastructure, based on emerging on demand computing models, that supports multiple games offers an attractive option for large-scale multiplayer online game providers who want to avoid the risk of investing in dedicated resources. This paper describes a prototype implementation of a service platform for online games. The platform...

Tags: Online Game, Games, Personal Technology

White papers 2006-01-11

MDB: The Foundation of Enterprise Infrastructure Management

Businesses around the world want to move to on-demand computing to address the challenges of the infrastructure today - high costs, high management risks and a lack of flexibility and availability of the infrastructure. This problem can be solved with improved IT management software. CA's approach to meeting the demands...

Tags: On-demand, Enterprise Infrastructure Management, Computer Associates International Inc.

White papers 2005-02-11

Dell Flexible Computing Solutions: Deploying On-Demand Desktop Streaming

The Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming is based on the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops (formerly Ardence Software-Streaming Platform). This solution enables streaming the operating system and applications seamlessly to diskless client machines. This paper presents the steps required to deploy a Dell Flexible Computing Solution for...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., On-demand, EasyConnect Technology

White papers 2007-11-01

Witnessing an Evolution

The combination of grid computing and utility computing just might be the next big thing. Utility computing, to some observers, is part of the Internet's coming evolutionary advance and the logical future of how we operate. Also called on-demand computing, it allows users to access more computational power while maintaining...

Tags: Utility Computing, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2005-07-01

How to Improve J2EE Performance and Reliability

To support growing numbers of Web-based applications and avoid the Internet bottlenecks inherent with "silo" serving, companies are increasingly utilizing a "distributed computing" model in an on-demand fashion. By locating computing resources close to the users requesting them, performance and reliability, as well as scale, are assured. Given the proliferation...

Tags: On-demand, Akamai Technologies Inc., Internet, Performance Management, J2Ee, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2004-07-15

Planning Mobile Deployments

Learn how to integrate end-user demand for small portable computing devices to create a company-wide pervasive computing strategy. This white paper explains different mobile architecture options and how each integrates with short and long-term strategies and goals. It discusses the importance of building a pervasive mobile computing architecture. ...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., Mobile Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless, Marketing, Hardware

White papers

The Sun Grid Solution: Deploying Grid Computing for Competitive Advantage

Along with the increasing demand for computing resources, the growth of grid computing has been fueled by availability of powerful, compact, and inexpensive rack-optimized systems such as the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers. Nevertheless, Sun understands that effective grid computing infrastructure requires much more than racks of...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Competitive Advantage, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking

White papers 2005-05-01

Performance Characterization of the Dell Flexible Computing On-Demand Desktop Streaming Solution

Businesses face increasing challenges in deploying, managing and securing their end user computing machines. Today's information workers rely heavily on their corporate desktops or notebooks to accomplish day-to-day tasks and functions. Managing end user systems is a crucial part of business IT operations. The Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Solution, Performance, Network, Network Server, On-demand, Computing, Networking, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2007-11-01

Identity-Driven Computing Makes Enterprises More Agile and Secure

Visit this Novell resource page for links to its popular Web Seminar series on identity-driven computing, available on demand. Novell introduces a dynamic new model for IT and describes the role that identity-driven computing will play in the future of business. You'll learn about a variety of valuable resources that...

Tags: Novell Inc., Computing

Resource centers

Next Generation Network Series: Utility Computing and Business Value

Optimizing resource utilization based on the characteristics of the demand curve is the key to success in utility computing. Depending on a company's actual utilization and how demand ebbs and flows on a daily, monthly, or annual basis, a firm can optimize the mix of resources effectively. ...

Tags: Network, Utility Computing, AT&T Corp., Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing

White papers 2007-03-19

Maximize IT Flexibility and Lower Costs with Grid Computing on Windows

To stay competitive, organizations need a flexible IT infrastructure to support rapidly changing business needs. Grid computing enables you to respond immediately to new requirements by quickly adding capacity on demand and integrating applications to create new business processes. To learn more about the promise of grid...

Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Grid Computing, Microsoft Windows, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking

Webcasts 2008-02-13

Perspectives on Grid: Grid Computing - Next-Generation Distributed Computing

Two major needs have dramatically increased the value of the concept of grid computing in the last few years. A lean economy has forced those with a limited IT budget to more fully utilize their existing computing assets and to become more flexible to respond to rapidly evolving markets by...

Tags: Grid Computing, Distributed Computing, Economy, Network Technology, Utility Computing, It Management, Corba, Networking, It service Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2004-01-27