In this snapshot look at a recent key development, Robin Bloor and his team consider which the concept of 'grid computing' and an IBM initiative However, this project is slightly different in that IBM is hoping to learn a great deal about the...
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...
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...
The program, called the Secure N1 Grid, will cost $1 per processor per hour to use, President Jonathan Schwarz is expected to announce at a New York event designed to curry favour among Wall Street customers.
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...