With the prices of equipment, labor soaring and with the underutilization of company data centers, new forms of access to services have emerged. Since many companies need a data center service provider but can’t afford to have an in house data center, or it makes no sense to invest so much in building a data center of their own, pay per use (or pay as you go) services have become very popular.
Cloud and Utility Computing Revealed
July 29, 2008