With grid computing, Europe may have an 18-month lead in deploying the advances in practical ways. <br /><br />While the US is beginning to respond to a report in February from the NSF advisory ...

As a result, grid has become a centerpiece of the “utility computing” marketing drive taken up by nearly every vendor.

For enterprise software engineers that want to cut their teeth on Grid computing development, a new release by Charles River Media, Inc. “Grid Computing for Developers” might be worth taking a ...

Only one in five IT managers surveyed by analyst firm IDC understood grid computing with most respondents failing to see its value as a technology alternative that has any relevance in the real ...

Grid computing is a powerful form of distributed computing wherein a network of loosely coupled and geographically separated computers, typically of different computational powers, work together ...

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Grid computing to date has largely been the terrain of academics and start-ups. But established tech companies are now nudging the concept toward the mainstream business world.

For example, some observers say grid computing is just a fancy new name for the well-established concept of distributed computing.

When I think of grid computing, for some reason I think of my waffle iron. In addition to being grid-shaped, it makes high-performance waffles — nice and crisp with perfectly shaped ridges just ...