Data replication is a cornerstone of modern distributed computing, crucial for ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and rapid data access in both cloud and grid environments. Contemporary ...

Such were the roots of cloud computing as we have come to know it. In that sense, cloud is a trip back to the future... For example, no one talks about minicomputers anymore, even though for the ...

Recently I had a few discussions with people looking at leveraging the cloud. They were looking at extending their own compute farm by establishing a VPN to a public cloud and borrowing computing ...

BOSTON — Among the people on hand here for the GridWorld conference today was Randy Manchester, Linux systems manager at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Manchester is ...

What if computing resources could be shared in the same way that content is shared on the world wide web? Users on the web don't need to know what system or software a website runs on - this is what ...

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 ...

Licensing models and grid computing are about to collide. Don’t take my word for it, though. Read what Larry Ellison said to me when I interviewed him last month. “You will see an alternate pricing ...

Picture this scenario: At 2:37 a.m. during a storm, lightning strikes a distribution feeder line in rural Wisconsin. A massive power surge races through the distribution network. Instead of triggering ...