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- Live Webcast: Virtual Service Oriented Grids: Transforming the Enterprise
- One of the most powerful features of computing grids is the capability to identify and allocate resources needed to build and run applications on demand and in almost real time, without months of negotiation or waiting for the hardware procurement cycle to facilitate it. While most discussions...
- Tags: Webcast, Grid Computing, Grid, Intel Corp., Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- Webcasts 2008-04-22
- KME Group Provides Faster, Easier Access to IT Systems and Data for Greater Efficiency and Agility
- Formed in 1995 through the merger of Europa Metalli S.p.A. Italy, Trefimetaux S.A. France and KM-kabelmetal AG Germany, KME is one of the world's largest producers of copper and semi-finished copper alloy products, with an output of about 630,000 tons per year. The challenge was to improve information-sharing across all...
- Tags: Copper, Microsoft Access, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Portals, Network Technology, It service Management, Internet, Networking
- Case studies
- grid computing: Making Inroads Into Financial Services
- Grid computing often combines powerful paradigms such as distributed computing, high-performance computing and disposable computing depending on the application of the technology and the scale of operations. Grids can effectively create a virtual supercomputer out of existing servers, workstations and even PCs to deliver processing power not only to a...
- Tags: Financial Service, Processing Power, Grid Computing, IBM Corp., Network Technology, Utility Computing, It Management, Networking, It service Management
- White papers
- Getting Down to Business With Enterprise grid computing
- Grid computing brings order to this chaos in the middle tier. Originally used for large-scale scientific and research computing, the grid computing model increases reliability, scalability, and manageability in the middle tier, all while reducing costs. A grid computing infrastructure turns information technology IT resources-computers, storage, and applications-into a single...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers
- Samsung Life Insurance to Save US$20.8 Million Over Four Years With grid computing
- Samsung Life has led the Korean insurance industry for the last half century. The ever-increasing quantity of customer-related data meant Samsung Life had to expand its IT systems. The company realized it needed an open environment system that would allow its major businesses to interoperate with external sources such as...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Environment, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Grid Computing, Life Insurance, Samsung Life, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
- Case studies
- CNPC BGP Reduces Costs With Oracle grid computing
- CNPC BGP Inc. BGP is one of the world's leading onshore geophysical service providers. The company faced the challenge of creating a single interface for all applications to ensure safety, efficiency and stability of the company's IT infrastructure, facilitating a quick transition from SMP servers to a clustered grid server...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Grid Computing, CNPC BGP, BGP, Blade Servers, It Management, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Databases, Servers, Networking, Hardware, It service Management, Software, Management, Data Management
- Case studies
- IBM Case Study: NTT Data
- The challenge of NTT was to move NTT DATA cell computing from theory to reality through a large-scale, grid computing testing project designed to make the technology commercially available. NTT implemented a PC-based grid computing infrastructure, which utilizes IBM eServer pSeries server, IBM eServer xSeries server, IBM DB2 information management...
- Tags: NTT Corp., Grid Computing, IBM Corp., PC Grid System, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Servers, It service Management, Networking, Hardware
- Case studies
- Cell Computing - Using grid computing in Business
- NTT DATA is a leading system integrator in Japan. The company provides various services to many government offices and private industries, mainly focusing on system constructions and data communication services for such offices and financial institutions. While Internet and mobile phone use grew explosively in Japan, NTT DATA began to...
- Tags: NTT Corp., Grid Computing, Computing, Cell, IBM Corp., NTT DATA, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- Case studies
- Grid Technology Center
- Oracle 10g allows companies to begin evolving their IT toward a grid computing model. From storage, to databases, application servers, and applications, Oracle's new technology addresses the requirements of grid computing. Read our technical white papers on grid computing to learn more.
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Grid Computing, Oracle Application Server 10g, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers
- IBM Grid Offering for Engineering Design: Aerospace Industry
- Aircraft companies face great pressure to reduce IT investments and increase return on investment ROI, requiring them to maximize the use of their existing infrastructures many departments and partners-are inherently complex. Grid computing is a services-oriented architectural approach that uses open standards to enable distributed computing over the Internet, a...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Aerospace, IBM Corp., Aerospace & Defense, Roi/Tco, Manufacturing, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies
- grid computing / Sun Ray Solution Helps Bournemouth University to Reduce Costs and Increase Performance
- Bournemouth University's School of Design, Engineering & Computing undertook a major project to refresh the computing infrastructure within its UNIX-based teaching environment, in order to reduce running costs and improve the overall learning experience for students by increasing the performance and availability of the resources in each lab. However, when...
- Tags: Software Engineering, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Grid Computing, Sun Ray, Bournemouth University, Performance Management, Development Tools, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, It service Management, Networking
- Case studies
- Alchemi: A .NET-Based grid computing Framework and Its Integration Into Global Grids
- Microsoft's .NET Framework has become near-ubiquitous for implementing commercial distributed systems for Windows-based platforms, positioning it as the ideal platform for grid computing in this context. This paper presents Alchemi, a .NET-based grid computing framework that provides the runtime machinery and programming environment required to construct desktop grids and develop...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft .NET, University Of Melbourne, Grid Computing, Integration, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers
- grid computing: Enabling a Vision for Collaborative Research
- This paper provides a motivation for Grid computing based on a vision to enable a collaborative research environment. The vision goes beyond the connection of hardware resources. It is argued that with an infrastructure such as the Grid, new modalities for collaborative research are enabled. The paper provides an overview...
- Tags: University Of Chicago, Vision, Grid Computing, Strategy, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Management, It service Management, Networking
- White papers
- MercadoLibre Moves to grid computing to Handle Booming Internet Business, Sees Benefits of $5.1 Million Over Five Years
- Since opening its doors in 1999, MercadoLibre.com's online sales have been growing at a blistering pace with Web traffic surging 30% or more per month in recent years. The explosive growth, however, put a strain on the MercadoLibre's mainframe-based computer system, leading to site outages and slowdowns that threatened to...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Internet, Benefit, Grid Computing, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Servers, Enterprise Software, Databases, Hardware, Sales, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Ohio Savings Bank Adopts Enterprise grid computing, Projects Payback in 17 Months and ROI of 165%
- Founded in 1889, Ohio Savings Bank has grown from a savings and loan with a single branch office in Cleveland and $20,000 in assets to one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders. In 2004, Ohio Savings began grappling with the effects of a growing business that was stressing its IT...
- Tags: Ohio Savings Bank, Oracle Corp., ROI, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- Case studies
- Success Story - Deutsche Bank's Securities Custody Reporting System
- Deutsche Bank's Securities Custody System is one of the earliest successful examples of commercial grid computing. The Bank needed to expand the reporting capabilities for its Global Custody business, which included account holdings and activity for over $50 billion in securities. Their existing Custody Reporting System was DOS-based, with no...
- Tags: Database, Deutsche Bank AG, Grid Computing, Back-office, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- Case studies
- Novell Case Study: Seoul National University
- Seoul National University SNU is South Korea's premier and largest national university, as well as a leading research center, with more than 30,000 students and 1,700 full-time faculty and 1,400 staff members. SNU is striving to become South Korea's hub for grid computing, taking advantage of networked computers to handle...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Seoul National University, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Open Source, Servers, It service Management, Networking, Hardware
- Case studies
- MSDN Webcast: Advanced .NET Programming for grid computing (Level 200)
- This webcast discusses practical applications and best practices for implementing grid-enabled software. Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and the Digipede Network, it shows how to take existing applications that run on single machines and adapt them to run on a grid - a network of many Windows servers or desktops...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Grid Computing, Microsoft Corp., Programming, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Development Tools, Digital Media, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- IBM Grid and Grow Offering: A Solution for Competitive Business
- It's no wonder companies are looking to utilize new, proven technology such as grid computing to achieve a competitive advantage. The future of their business depends on finding the most comprehensive IT solutions from committed industry leaders. Grid Computing offers incredible benefits, but many customers are challenged with how to...
- Tags: Grid Computing, IBM Corp., Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- Case studies
- IBM Case Study: Royal Dutch/Shell
- Royal Dutch/Shell is a global leader in the oil exploration and production business. It wanted to build a re-usable software toolkit that works as a wrapper around existing applications creating a Grid-enabled infrastructure for their seismic interpretation applications. Shell implemented Grid Computing platform for summarization and scientific modeling applications, based...
- Tags: Software, Open Standard, Grid Computing, Modeling, IBM Corp., Royal Dutch/Shell, Research & Development, Utility Computing, Tools & Techniques, It Management, Network Technology, Servers, Business Operations, Management, It service Management, Networking, Hardware
- Case studies
