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On-demand computing gains fans, doubters

Opinion
May 05, 20032 mins
Data Center

Latest management news.

On-demand computing gains fans, doubters, 05/05/03

Computer Associates, HP, IBM, Microsoft and others are making big promises with new systems aimed at helping datacenter customers more effectively cut costs, reduce complexity and control resources – all with less human intervention. While the potential for such self-managing systems – typically referred to as utility computing – is appealing, reality and history suggest the technology has a long way to go before users reap any significant benefits.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0505utility.html

Ecora boosts patch-management pack, 05/05/03

Last week, Ecora released its Total Configuration Management (TCM) platform, a combination of Enterprise Auditor 3.0 and Patch Manager 2.0. The platform includes new features such as cross-platform configuration reporting in Enterprise Auditor and support in Patch Manager for Microsoft Terminal Services and the ability to push patches to Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0505ecora.html

ID management software gathers steam, 05/05/03

Identity management software promises to automate the process of time-intensive tasks such as setting up user groups…

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0505identitymgmt.html

Microsoft server to tackle ID mgmt., 05/05/03

Microsoft has found a new home for its metadirectory, which it will adapt to become the foundation for provisioning…

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0505identity.html

IBM expands ‘on-demand’ product portfolio, 05/01/03

IBM Thursday is set to expand its “on-demand” menu of offerings, announcing new products that are designed to help…

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0501ibmexpan.html

EMC rolls out volume management software, 04/30/03

Storage powerhouse EMC Wednesday announced software that lets IT managers optimize and manage the path between servers…

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0430emc.html

CA airs on-demand computing plan, 04/30/03

Now that HP, IBM, Microsoft and other system infrastructure companies have laid out their visions for utility computing…

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0430utilca.html

IDC: U.S. IT spending to grow slowly, 04/29/03

IT spending in the U.S. will grow only slightly in 2003, with the continued economic slowdown and the lack of a new…

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0429idcus.html