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On-Demand Computing; Fact or Fiction?


What is on-demand computing? On-demand computing means IT resources (and technologies) can respond to unexpected increases in demand, and immediately deliver the additional capacity that is required. The thought is to make the delivery (and availability) of IT computing resources as promptly as that of utilities such as electricity, natural gas or water; as a service. The intentions of on-demand computing are to dynamically support IT capacity with changing business priorities, while increasing the efficiency with which IT computing resources are used which give organizations the capability to instantly acclimate its infrastructure according to the changing business environment.
However, on-demand computing seems to be yet another phrase in the long list of IT buzzwords. The major hardware vendors have their own unique strategies for it and now software companies are addressing on-demand computing. This is a new mode of delivering I...