New basic computing principles for the data processing center

Today, application service providers face enormous challenges and rising costs for managing and operating a growing number of heterogeneous systems and computing landscapes. Limitations in the architecture of traditional computing environments force IT decision makers to reorganize computing resources within the data center, as continuous growth and customer demand can no longer be delivered by simply integrating new hardware systems. The operational concept of Adaptive Computing, combined with virtualization technology, offers new possibilities to make data centers more efficient and to manage IT resources collectively instead of running single units. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.