Cloud Computing is a Utility Service…Sort Of.

Although we often use the term “commodity” or “utility” to refer to the growing trend of computing in the cloud, where services are purchased by the amount of resources used (CPU, memory, disk, etc.), there is no standard way to measure this usage. Part of the issue is that there isn’t a “cloud services agency” like you might find in water and power usage and, as such, no standard mechanism like a watt or a gallon. This makes it very difficult for a consumer to get an apples-to-apples compari...