The big question I keep asking myself is, “Is cloud a utility yet?” In other words, can I choose an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud based on utility pricing and expect the same thing I expect from a utility—as in, “it just works”—or is there more to it than that? In order to decide if the …
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Cloud Computing is not Utility Computing
Utility Computing is not the future. There is a difference between Utility Computing and Cloud Computing that is crucial. You can deliver Cloud Services without a utility billing model.
Can the Vendors Eat Their Own Dog Food on Cloud Billing?
I keep hearing we are now in a Cloud based world, I keep hearing that to “Do Cloud” properly you need to bill like a utility company, small standing charge and then a price per unit used cost.