Nimsoft new cloud services allows customers to pay for cloud computing the way they pay for electricity, based on how much they use. Tomorrow Nimsoft plans to announce a new feature that makes it easier for cloud-computing vendors to meter the amount of services they sell. The feature, which will be added to the company’s Nimsoft On Demand and Nimsoft Monitoring Solution software, will be turned on by the end of the month.

Nimsoft cloud technology lets customers access data and applications via the Internet, to lower their costs and provide security. “Over the next 12 to 24 months we will see more companies deliver pay-as-you go solutions,” Gary Read, who founded Nimsoft and now runs CA’s Nimsoft business unit, said in an interview. Islandia, N.Y.-based CA acquired Nimsoft in March for $350 million, adding to its growing portfolio of cloud-computing services.

Dennis Callaghan, a senior analyst at The 451 Group said something that really hit me, he said Metering is the wave of the future.” I really like this because it helps us to realize that we are really are metering the wave of the future!  Metering cloud server electricity usage will be the deciding factor in saving companies money.