Grid computing has long held potential for some types of computing tasks--typically those that don't require as much communication between one task and another.

This may seem like an obvious distinction, but a lot of coverage seems to gloss over the distinction between two aspects of support for grid or cloud computing: Making software run at all on many ...

Grid computing captured imaginations by creating 'Net-based virtual supercomputers out of hundreds of thousands of existing computers. But like many big ideas, grid computing is fraught with ...

Grid computing hooks up to open standards Analysis: The development of a global system of distributed computing will take no little time and involves many novel concepts.

Discovering new types of particles can only be done by statistical analysis of the massive amounts of data the experiments will generate — which is where the LHC Computing Grid project comes in.

Big Blue is reaching out to several new types of customers with offers that link groups of computers and storage systems to tackle difficult computing tasks.

Grid Studio is on a mission to give discarded tech a second lease on life by transforming it into a work of art. Here's how.

Grid Computing, The New Commodity Date: August 25, 2009 Source: ICT Results Summary: Researchers have created a platform for trading computing resources that allows the selling and buying of ...

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 ...