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THE STAT
26Percentage of wireless customers who use their cell phones to take picturesMore Vitals
| |  Putting Computing Power on Tap Running corporate servers is still nowhere near as easy as turning on a faucet. Now lots of companies are working hard to change that This Utility Doesn't Need Wires Ubiquitous high-speed wireless networks that let users pay as they go for the bandwidth they want are on the way Trading CPU Time Like Corn? Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz is convinced users will purchase time on his company's machines by buying it on eBay This Tech Market Has VCs Wary Not too many of these guys have gotten caught up in utility computing so far. For one thing, lots of them aren't sure what it is exactly Andreessen: The Right Spot Again? The Web browser pioneer's latest company, Opsware, may be sitting on another gold mine with its utility computing software For Small Busineses, Heft on Call MobilTravelGuide.com, an IBM utility computing client, is a case that proves how this strategy benefits companies of all sizes | |
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