Will on demand and cloud computing represent the only means for customers to consume software and services?
As more enterprises shut down their in-house data centers and turn to on-demand storage and computing services delivered via the Internet, their storage needs become more variable and less predictable.
Fact: cloud computing and on demand solutions are here to stay and will only grow in importance.
Arguably more than any other government agencies, their missions require a fabric of utility computing that scales on demand and enables self discovery and self-service access to secure, timely and relevant information in support of mission: individual or shared.
The company hopes to build demand by pitching them as cost-saving "print on demand" machines that work best when connected to HP computing hardware.
The original and essential value proposition of the cloud is to turn as many computing resources as possible into commodities that are available on demand.
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In the brave era of cloud computing, software is sold on a subscription basis and delivered on-demand over the Web.
Sun Microsystems is betting big on utility computing, a new model that would make processing time available to businesses on demand, much in the same way they buy utilities like gas and electricity.
Most enterprise software giants have started offering cloud-based, on-demand versions of their software, aiming to capture market share in the rapidly growing cloud computing market.
This is because the macro concerns have had little impact on data demand which has continued to remain strong driven by the key trends of mobile Internet and cloud computing.
Concurrently, greater availability of wireless broadband Internet, shared network printers, and mobile computing has made it easier for groups to share printers, putting additional downward pressure on demand for printers.
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