Nicholas Carr's "Big Switch" discusses this idea
in some depth- he compares
the current situation in IT to electric power generation in
the early part
of the century. He predicts a similar transformation in
understanding
computing power and IT from a service produced and provided
within the
enterprise to a utility which can be accessed and used from
a grid, when
needed, and paid for at various rates depending on the
client. Amazon
already is marketing its' massive processing surplus through
its EC2 cloud.
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