Here are some areas where utility computing will help in 2004, according to technology researcher Summit Strategies:
Business and business process guidance, to help companies define their business objectives and the processes best suited to achieving them;
IT architectural, integration and process services, to help companies adapt their IT environments to be more responsive to business needs and accommodate dynamic computing principles;
Virtualized, pooled IT infrastructures that improve the cost-effectiveness, availability and flexibility of IT environments;
Automated, policy-based management tools and standardized, repeatable, best-practices management processes that provide comprehensive management from individual IT elements, up through the business-process level;
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