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Grid Computing
Hi everybody. I am interested in building a computer grid as part of my 3rd year Project. Can anyone please guide me in the right direction or if possible tell me what I need to actually build a grid, How to go about building one? Well basically I need a...
Tags: malikasimthegreat@..., grid computing
Discussion threads 2007-10-22
Grid computing
Physicists in the UK have shared their computers with biologists from around the world to create a grid computing network spanning more than 27 countries. In an attempt to help find drug compounds which could help to fight malaria which still kills more than a million people each year...
Tags: grid computing, News, SETI
Blog posts 2007-02-19
PS3 and Processing Power within!
It seems that gaming consoles' makers are racing to pack more CPU power just to serve of the demanding graphics and the near-realistic feel and look of simulated reality-games. I've always wondered about the possibility to recycle this CPU power by applying some of the basic parallel computing concepts.Such argument...
Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Dr. Al Olaimi
Discussion threads 2007-01-27
How to build a grid?
Hi all, I'm very curious and excited about the Grid technology. Currently, there are quite a number of organizations that make use of the Grid to facilitate their projects. I'm doing a research and by the end of the year, my research mates and I are supposed to build a...
Tags: client software, FightAIDS@Home, globus, grid, grid computing, Grid Technology, kimberlytay@..., linux, PC, software
Discussion threads 2006-09-16
Here's one for y'all...
Hey everybody, Good morning to you and Greeting from Germany.!. :-)Has any-one checked out the Discussion over at: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=200710&messageID=2091617 ? Now, I have a question, could you make a Discussion Topic, Thread, in the discussions catagories for this? (ok, would you Please.!. ; ) You could call it...
Tags: Network technology, dawgit
Discussion threads 2006-09-12
On-demand computing was hype: Grid computing delivers
Grid Computing?I have tried to keep up with IT trends but I am not so clear on this concept.Is there a flow-chart or a more in-depth explanation of what "Grid Computing" is?I apologize for my ignorance, but it is a correctable condition.Thanks
Tags: AndeAnderson, computing, grid, grid computing, it management, on demand, on-demand, on-demand computing
Discussion threads 2005-08-30
Sun plugs software into the grid
Sun Microsystems' internal IT department has begun testing a handful of ERP applications on the Sun Grid, which the company intends to offer to customers next month. Sun is betting on its new software-oriented outsourcing services to drive server and software sales through utility computing.Do you think utility computing will...
Tags: erp, grid computing, it management, software, Sonja Thompson, sun grid, Sun Microsystems Inc., utility computing
Discussion threads 2005-08-24
On-demand computing was hype: Grid computing delivers
Mark Vernon reports on Bank of America's implementation of global grid computing. Why is it better than the on-demand model of utility computing? He weighs in with this analysis. A couple of years back, there was much talk of utility computing—that is, access to computing power that...
Tags: Mark Vernon, Utility computing, IT Management, Network technology, grid computing, Andy Sturrock, Bank of America Corp., grid, on-demand, on-demand computing, Financial Service IT Newsletter, Bank, Sturrock, It service Management, Networking
Technical articles 2005-08-16
Will computing flow like electricity?
Will computing flow like electricity?article rootWill computing flow like electricity?Can we expect to see a large-scale shift to utility-like computing services? According to a queried group of IT executives, hosted services, or utility computing, will indeed become more common, and corporations will take advantage of new technologies, such as Web...
Tags: computing, computing flow, grid computing, information technology, IT Executives, it management, Sonja Thompson, utility computing, virtualization
Discussion threads 2005-06-17
Appistry Application fabric
I saw an interesting article on David Berlind's ZDNet blog. Has anyone heard of this vendor or had experience using their application fabric software? It almost seems too good to be true.http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1385Appistry: Why buy Xeons when Wal-Mart Pentium 4's will do? -Posted by David Berlind @ 12:45 am San Francisco...
Tags: Appistry, application servers, enterprise applications, Flavin, grid, grid computing, Intel Xeon, linux, software
Discussion threads 2005-05-19
Fathers of grid computing form start-up
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Tags: Strategy, Univa, Globus Toolkit, grid, grid computing
Technical articles 2004-12-13
IBM steps up grid partner plan
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Tags: IT Management, Utility computing, Network technology, grid computing, grid, IBM Corp.
Technical articles 2004-12-15
IBM steps up grid partner plan
IBM set to lead the packI believe we've only scratched the surface of the potential for grid computing. IBM is setting the pace and will certainly gain/maintain dominance in the field of grid enabled hardware. I'm surprised more software writers aren't creating apps and other software to support...
Tags: AcesKaraoke, grid, grid computing, hardware, IBM Corp., partnership
Discussion threads 2004-12-15
Hub spoke at Oracle's OpenWorld
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Tags: Utility computing, IT Management, Oracle Corp., Phillips, data hub, customer data hub, PeopleSoft Inc., grid computing
Technical articles 2004-12-07
Grids girded for growth
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Tags: grid, International Data Corp., grid computing
Technical articles 2004-07-09
Grid computing: A skeptic's perspective
Spearheaded by such large corporations as IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems, and Oracle, grid computing has become the latest, greatest thing in information systems architecture—at least from the marketing perspective. According to the public relations departments in those and other stakeholder organizations, grid computing is going to solve capacity and performance...
Tags: Utility computing, IT Management, Network technology, Mark Kaelin, grid computing
Technical articles 2003-11-03
Assessing the impact of Linux on grid computing
By George WeissIs grid computing synonymous with Linux? Such may be the perception generated from the open source effort to produce a set of specifications for a universal grid architecture known as the Open Grid Services Architecture OGSA. However, closer examination reveals that the specification assumes no specific operating system...
Tags: Gartner  , grid computing, Linux, Open Grid Services Architecture, open source
Technical articles 2003-05-05
Grid computing and Web services: What's the connection?
According to Gartner, grid computing and Web services will converge and supply consultants with a plethora of new opportunities, possibly within the next five years. Find out where the two technologies will meet and what it may mean for your firm.According to Gartner, if the concept of grid computing meets...
Tags: IT Management, Utility computing, Network technology, Beth Blakely, grid computing, Web service, Web
Technical articles 2002-07-19
Grid computing is slow to take off
If these poll results are any indication, most organizations don't have a need for the high-power computing that grid computing could provide. Less than 10 percent of respondents currently use the technology.
Tags: IT Management, Utility computing, Network technology, Elisabeth Nelson, grid computing
Technical articles 2001-12-04
Grid Computing Now! - Grids and Systems Management
Since the onset of "Open" systems a couple of decades ago, and the resulting industry convergence on a few approaches to networking and device sharing, there has been a steady move away from relatively homogeneous, proprietary computing environments towards more heterogeneous, stovepipe infrastructures. Compound this with a high rate of...
Tags: Quocirca, Grid Computing, Grid, Systems Management
White papers 2007-10-01


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