Utility Computing
c|net, 9/13/03: Utility computing: Turning on the spigot
Utility, or on-demand, computing is the idea of delivering applications, storage or processing power on a pay-per-use basis, much like electricity or telephone service is delivered today.
It does this by grouping computing equipment into pools of resources that can be rapidly or automatically reconfigured to respond to changing work requirements. Utility computing goes by many other names, including "adaptive enterprise" at Hewlett-Packard, "e-business on demand" at IBM and "dynamic" or "organic" information technology at analyst firms.
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IT Management
Infoworld, 9/12/03: The death spiral
Will IT ride today’s approach to anti-worm and anti-virus software to certain doom?
By Wayne Rash
Occasionally, an airplane pilot will perform a series of maneuvers that result in the plane entering a steep spiral from which there is no escape. Due to a number of factors, including airspeed that is too high, centrifugal forces that are too strong, and sometimes control surfaces without sufficient authority, the airplane will head inexorably downward. The end is certain and rarely pleasant, and the only means of survival for anyone inside is to parachute to safety.
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Microsoft
TechWeb, 9/15/03: Fix-It Fatigue
Long after Bill Gates began the Trustworthy Computing campaign, the bugs keep coming
By John Foley, George V. Hulme
With the Blaster worm seeming to be under control, alleged virus-author Jeffrey Parson under house arrest in Minnesota, and hacker Adrian Lamo under the watchful eye of the feds, business-technology managers may have enjoyed a few hours of peace and quiet last week. But it was short-lived. On Sept. 10, Microsoft issued a security bulletin warning of three new critical vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, sending systems administrators rushing to patch their computers. It's become an all-too-common scenario--and one that's causing some businesses to re-evaluate their heavy reliance on Microsoft products.
A year-and-a-half after Bill Gates declared that trustworthy computing had become Microsoft's No. 1 priority, the software bugs keep coming. The latest vulnerabilities involve the Remote Procedure Call service in Windows, making it possible for a malicious hacker to take control of a target system, introduce an infectious worm, or launch a denial-of-service attack. A week earlier, Microsoft issued five other warnings, four involving the omnipresent Office applications suite. For the year, the tally stands at 39.
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