Not all computing tasks are created equal, and the same goes for computing systems. Corporations and other organizations will be best served by systems that are designed to perform particular jobs or are flexible enough to adapt to them — one of the core principles of engineering. In techie jargon, these are “workload optimized systems.” Consider some real-world scenarios: An application for managing resource planning in a factory requires different computing capabilities than one for analyzing the turnover rate among mobile phone customers.
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The Future Enterprise, Part 3: Technology Designed to Fit the Job
Posted by: Steve Hamm October 15, 2011 05:00 AMNot all computing tasks are created equal, and the same goes for computing systems. Corporations and other organizations will be best served by systems that are designed to perform particular jobs or are flexible enough to adapt to them — one of the core principles of engineering. In techie jargon, these are “workload optimized systems.” Consider some real-world scenarios: An application for managing resource planning in a factory requires different computing capabilities than one for analyzing the turnover rate among mobile phone customers.