The partners are labelling the project the Smallpox Research Grid, illustrating the gradual broadening of the term 'grid'. Grid' is now used to describe a range of systems, from loosely connected groups of thousands or millions of PCs to a...
Butterfly uses a "grid computing" approach, in which multiple servers work together as a virtual supercomputer, seamlessly shifting processing tasks among individual machines. IBM, which provides servers, physical space and software for the...
Office politics and other social issues are a bigger problem than technology when it comes to the adoption of the grid philosophy of pooling computing resources, according to a study released earlier this week.
IBM, one of the loudest advocates of pooling computing resources with grid technology, has secured half a dozen new customers. Big Blue announced on Wednesday that the new customers will join IBM's stable of about 100 companies that have bought...
Grid computing is much more widespread in businesses than first thought, new research has found, but arguments over who should pay for it could well be stymieing growth in adoption. Analyst house Quocirca's latest Insight report into grid computing...
Fewer than one in 10 businesses is planning to adopt grid computing because of concerns about cost, complexity and security, according to a survey of IT managers. Out of the 100 IT managers quizzed, 88 per cent said their board of directors don't...