Figure 16. Compute Grid leverages the principles of utility computing and enables datacenters to provide batch as a service.

图16 .计算网格利用效用计算的原则，并支持数据中心将批处理作为服务提供。

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This type of "utility" or "cloud computing" GIS will become increasingly popular for delivering GIS applications, especially where consistency of application and service is important.

对于表达GIS应用来说，这种“公共设施”或“云计算”类型的GIS将会变得越来越流行，尤其是在应用和服务的一致性上，它是很重要的。

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This enables computing power to become a utility: it is generated somewhere on the network (" in the cloud ") and supplied as a service.

利用网络上某处(在“云”之中)的资源，计算能力将会变成一种应用程序并像一般服务一样提供给用户。

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As computing becomes a utility type service, cloud providers will be extensively more capable than any local staff.

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This liquefaction of hardware, in turn, will allow computing to become a utility, and software a service delivered online.

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Major software companies, including Oracle, IBM, Google and even Amazon.com, are all beginning to offer their own forms of utility computing applications, such as software-as-a-service and rented storage and processing power.

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