To provide a universal open standard for single sign-on with decentralised authentication and open authorisation from multiple providers. To provide an open standard for network identity spanning all network devices.
Microsoft just cannot seem to find the discipline to keep features and fixes separate," said Directions on Microsoft analyst Michael Cherry. The update introduces a new control for managing middleware and can be used to hide access to five...
Programmers writing the software underpinnings for grid supercomputing software have begun an overhaul to make the software more business-friendly. It provides the power of web services, in terms of standard ways of describing and discovering and...
Grid computing has sped through all the phases of a new technology's life cycle at this week's OracleWorld conference, inspiring both breathless exuberance and sober reassessment in the course of just four days.
The words on the lips of many attendees at this year's CA World event in Las Vegas were 'grid', 'utility' and 'on-demand'. Conference attendees were told the 'get what you need and pay for what you use' computing model of on-demand and the...
Though still in its early days, grid computing looks to have a promising future - if vendors can continue to educate IT departments about its benefits. Few European businesses have implemented grid computing to date.