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Corey Klaasmeyer defines grid computing and contrasts it with cluster computing. This article also leads the reader through a simple Globus Toolkit 4 grid service implementation.
Grid computing is a hardware and software infrastructure that clusters and integrates high-end computers, networks, databases and scientific instruments from multiple sources to form a virtual ...
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 ...
Grid Computing. Key players Andrew Chien Entropia Peer-to-Peer Working Group Andrew Grimshaw Avaki; U. Virginia Commercial grid software Miron Livny U. Wisconsin, Madison Open-source system to ...
Today’s grid computing implementations are usually based on the Open Grid Services Infrastructure (OGSI) specification. Based on XML Schema Definitions and WSDL, OGSI provides useful tools for ...
Grid computing, which had already caught the attention of IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc., is now being targeted by another major hardware vendor: Compaq Computer Corp. The three server rivals this ...
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.
Grid computing is much more widespread in businesses than first thought, new research has found, but arguments over who should pay for it could well be stymieing growth in adoption. Analyst house ...