grid infrastructure
The Model of Collaborative Learning GRID to Activate Interactivity for Knowledge Building
White Paper In this paper, the GRID technology is examined as the knowledge management for supporting "collaborative learning" / "collaboration in learning" (CL). RAPSODY-EX (REX) is a distributed learning support environment organized as a learning... [03 Jul 2008]
Life Sciences Solutions: Discovery, Clinical, Sales & Marketing
White Paper With United Devices' Grid MP solutions, life sciences companies can leverage their existing arsenal of clusters, servers, workstations and desktops to build a dynamic processing infrastructure across the distributed enterprise. [03 Jul 2008]
RIKEN Sees Excellent Results With Linux High Performance Computing Clusters Using Intel Xeon Processors
White Paper By utilizing grid technology, RIKEN provides a remote-operating environment and Web-based access for easy usability. The RIKEN Advanced Center for Computing and Communication provides centralized support for all computer systems and network... [03 Jul 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo The site is plugged into the 'super grid', the base level of the national power grid and during shortages is given the same power priority as a hospital. The data centre is being used by a large financial company as a backup to its existing IT... [11 Jun 2008]
SAS Grid 101: How It Can Modernize Your Existing SAS Environment
White Paper Grid computing promises many benefits, including improved performance of applications, higher resource utilization, lower cost of ownership, and flexibility for one's IT infrastructure. Many of the user's are evaluating grid computing to assess its... [31 May 2008]
Perspectives on Grid: Virtualization as a Foundation for SOA Environments - Synergies, Alignment, and the Relationship Between SOA and Infrastructure Virtualization
White Paper In this paper, Matt Haynos provides a cursory analysis of the similarities and differences between grid computing and SOA and infrastructure virtualization techniques. SOA and infrastructure virtualization techniques are highly synergistic. [30 Apr 2008]
Beijing Tobacco Cuts Costs and Improves Resource Use by Adopting Grid Technology
White Paper Beijing Tobacco Monopoly wanted to construct an integrated IT infrastructure that offers high performance, reliability, and availability and enable online information sharing and collaboration. Founded in 1986, Beijing Tobacco Monopoly... [30 Apr 2008]
Perspectives on Grid: An Overview of WebSphere Extended Deployment - Examining WebSphere XD as an Integrated Grid Platform for SOA and Infrastructure Virtualization Environments
White Paper In this paper, one will get an overview of WebSphere Extended Deployment and how it can help the organization realize a dynamic, goals-driven grid infrastructure built on virtualization and which is ideal for SOA environments. [26 Apr 2008]
Insight and Outlook, Part 11: The Resurgence of the Mainframe - Reassess the Mainframe as the Center of Your Business Management System
White Paper Midsize UNIX boxes, grid computing schemes, and server farms made up of dozens of smaller systems seem to dominate today's IT infrastructure. IBM has seen growth in its System z mainframe business for six of the last nine quarters, according to IBM... [26 Apr 2008]
Service Provider Fuels Its Future With Sun Grid Compute Utility
White Paper Virtual Compute Corporation uses the Sun Grid Compute Utility to handle work from its energy industry customers that exceeds the capacity of its own IT infrastructure. The Sun Grid gives Virtual Compute Corporation the ability to quickly and... [16 Apr 2008]
World-Renowned Genome Research Facility Relies on Sun to Provide Cost-Efficient High-Performance Compute Grid
White Paper To achieve higher performance at lower cost, TIGR migrated and consolidated processing for a core genetic sequencing application from a HP AlphaServer Tru64 platform to a high-performance computing grid infrastructure using Sun Fire x64 servers... [16 Apr 2008]
Incentive Programs for Data Center Thermal Analysis, Energy Assessments and Server Consolidation Projects
White Paper Technology advances in IT systems deliver more and more computing power for dollar, but they can also stress the power and cooling infrastructures and, in some cases, the local utility grid. With virtualization offering increased performance per... [16 Apr 2008]
A Methodology for Account Management in Grid Computing Environments
White Paper A national infrastructure of Grid computing environments will provide access for a large pool of users to a large number of distributed computing resources. Providing access for the complete pool of potential users would put an unacceptably large... [10 Apr 2008]
Agent-Based Resource Management for Grid Computing
White Paper It is envisaged that the grid infrastructure will be a large-scale distributed software system that will provide high-end computational and storage capabilities to differentiated users. A number of distributed computing technologies are being... [10 Apr 2008]
Grid Load Balancing Using Intelligent Agents
White Paper Workload and resource management are essential functionalities in the software infrastructure for grid computing. The management and scheduling of dynamic grid resources in a scalable way requires new technologies to implement a next generation... [10 Apr 2008]
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