Peer-to-peer or grid computing has been around for quite a few years now. Corporate enterprises have shown little interest, but the scientific community has embraced it as a means to enable its ...

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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 ...

In the past several years, scientific and information technology publications have either encouraged or debated the use of grid computing. Major hardware and software companies have tried to take ...

Data-intensive research fields such as physics and life science will soon benefit from grid computing technology, a new method for analyzing massive amounts of data demonstrated in Australia for the ...

Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Advanced Micro Devices have unveiled a grid applications showcase in Singapore in a bid to drive regional adoption of the technology. The Business Grid technology showcase ...

The mysteries of dark matter, multiple dimensions and even the conditions following the Big Bang could be solved with the help of the world's biggest computer grid — a big chunk of which is being ...

Advanced Cluster Systems (ACS) hopes to bring grid computing into the business mainstream with its new Math Grid Toolkit, a system for adapting Wolfram Research’s gridMathematica Workgroup Clusters.

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, ...

Our nation’s economy, security, and the health and safety of our citizens depend on the reliable delivery of electricity. The power system in the United States consists of more than 7,300 power plants ...

What is a grid? It’s more difficult to answer this question today than it was in 2002, because commercialization of the technology has resulted in many products and implementations that are labeled ...