However, the vast amount of data needed to operate today’s grid requires the scale and speed of cloud computing to gather, analyze and derive the necessary insights for a more modern grid.

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 ...

Orchestrating the power grid is alot like orchestrating data in a cloud-computing infrastructure. Both involve matching usage with (processing) power, and delivering service anywhere, anytime ...

Grid Computing Planet An Internet.com portal on grid computing. Find news, feature stories, a list of frequently asked questions and information on grid computing projects here.

Years before Amazon Web Services launched in March 2006, there were a slew of grid computing startups and incumbent system ...

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 ...

A leading figure in the European grid research community has criticised the technology industry for exaggerating the current capabilities of their grid computing products. Mark Parsons, the ...

Charles Schwab's new Linux-based grid computing system, developed with help from IBM, includes only 12 servers now. But starting next year, the discount brokerage plans to tap into thousands of ...