Grid computing has been on the horizon for a long time. Some prognosticators say it's the next big thing. But it's SO big, it's daunting for many. This collection looks at the basics of grid as it ...

Cloud computing and Grid computing are the two words that end up confusing many people as they are similar in theory. We explain the differences.

Grid computing has been hailed by some as the new infrastructure for the 21st century, or as the next major computing revolution. Major companies including IBM, HP/Compaq, Sun, and Fujitsu have ...

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 ...

What now drives grid computing, however, is the cost-push of a commodity technology, rather than the demand-pull of problems worth solving at almost any price.

In the long-term grid vision, users will be able to harness grid-computing power even outside their firewalls. Businesses will plug into the grid and tap that power?and pay for it?only as needed ...

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 ...

Computer Science 101 Final Paper: In 400 words or fewer, define the following terms while accurately and concisely describing how they differ from one another: Grid Computing, Utility Computing ...

Once grid computing becomes widespread, companies will be able to pay for supercomputing power by the hour rather than investing in highly expensive mainframes that sit idle much of the time.

IBM today announced plans to develop grid computing as a way to link its global data centers together to better serve customers in the future.