Delivering Utility Computing
Chapter One
Introduction
Upon reflection we will see that the mid-2000s was an inflection
point when it came to computing. The paradigm shift of utility computing
has come about as information technology (IT) has moved
from being just a business enabler to becoming a true business differentiator.
The cost associated with IT has always been seen as high, but
necessary and the crash in 2000 started putting the squeeze
on IT budgets around the world. Alignment with the business has
become the new IT mantra and it is up to the CIO to show value
rather than just cost (See Figure 1.1).
Pushed by the lines of business to support more applications
and their data with greater availability, while the CEO and CFO
are squeezing costs, the CIO now has a challenge on his hands.
Technology in itself has become cheaper and flexibility in the ways
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