By then Priory was convinced that the traditional utility business model no longer worked.
By the time he took charge, Priory was convinced the traditional utility-business model no longer worked.
Both Hewlett-Packard 's (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) Utility Data Center model and Sun Microsystems ' (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) N1 approach stress filling computers with the heaviest possible workloads--a change from the standard model of buying new servers when they run at 30% of capacity, for fear of hitting the occasional spike in activity.
When Ford Motor redesigned its popular Escape utility vehicle for the 2013 model year, fans of the boxy predecessor lamented its curvy new shape.
Sun Microsystems is betting big on utility computing, a new model that would make processing time available to businesses on demand, much in the same way they buy utilities like gas and electricity.
MySQL's lighter-weight database system may also fit into Sun's ambitions of becoming a major player in "utility computing, " a model of information technology infrastructure that pipes in software applications, processing and storage over the Internet rather than from a company's own data centers.
Northrop Grumman traditionally followed a conservative business model similar to that of a utility in which declared dividends did not change at all from year to year regardless of business conditions.
Many would defend utility theory (as well as other aspects of their standard model of behaviour) as a useful approximation, pointing out that exceptions to approximations can always be found.
But she points out that on Honda's more recently revamped CR-V compact utility vehicle, Bluetooth hands-free technology is available on the midprice LX model.
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Dubbed "the Model T for the 21st century, " the funky-looking utility vehicle boasts biodegradable materials--from the corn-based tires and roof to the seats stuffed with soy-based foam.
The Everio GX series model GZ-GX1 takes an entirely different approach to styling, emphasizing its utility as an image acquisition tool.
Markowitz built a diversified portfolio model that assumed that the portfolio structure would be located on the frontier point that would yield maximum utility.
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