Nanyang Poly, Oracle set up grid computing center The new center will equip polytechnic students with grid computing know-how to develop industry applications.

"Grid computing, which allows users to access the computing resources of many different machines distributed around the world, has been invaluable to science.

Slated to be ready by early 2008, the national grid infrastructure will give enterprises on-demand access to grid computing on a pay-per-use basis.

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The concept of "grid computing" was created in the late 1990s by researchers at Argonne National Labs and other places. Like many revolutionary concepts in IT, including the World Wide Web and ...

But like most good ideas, actually putting grid into practice is proving hard work. So hard, in fact, that many vendors have fudged the definition of grid to encompass technologies they can offer now, ...

Grid computing is the concept of using computers in the way that utilities use power grids to tap the unused capacity of a vast array of linked systems. Users can then share computing power ...

The main parts of the grid computing system will be housed in data storage facilities set up around the nation as the grid grows, Hollebeek said.

Oracle aims to pick up the tempo on its grid computing beat this week by unveiling the latest version of its flagship database, an iteration the company believes is primed to enable grids for ...