Grid computing is a natural evolution of distributed computing. For compute-heavy applications such as scientific calculations, grid computing has delivered strong cost savings. Yet for more data ...

Grid computing describes the ways to make several machines work together to efficiently tackle computing jobs. The main benefit of grids is to allow multiple applications to share otherwise ...

Though grid computing can benefit compute-heavy applications, bottlenecks between grid applications and databases can negate its advantages. In this article, Christopher Keene explains how to ...

Sun, Oracle and AMD unveil a grid applications showcase in Singapore to try to drive regional adoption of the technology.

Charles Schwab & Co. this week went live with a grid computing system and said it has already improved performance by an order of magnitude on the first investment management application that’s ...

What now drives grid computing, however, is the cost-push of a commodity technology, rather than the demand-pull of problems worth solving at almost any price.

Clearly, Grid computing will evolve over the next 10 years into a mainstream IT infrastructure for business applications, but the hyperbole surrounding it today is creating unfair expectations. On ...

Right now, many applications simply don’t lend themselves to grid computing?especially those that depend more on data handling than CPU power, such as most accounting, CRM and ERP apps.

For UPS, grid computing is not about how to get more horsepower for demanding workloads; it’s about consolidating, streamlining and using technology to get an edge on the competition.

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