grid infrastructure in comment and analysis
The CIO shopping list
Comment Bottom of the tech shopping list for CIOs this year are open source, grid/utility computing and RFID. Linking in with the governance theme is IT infrastructure library (Itil), which remains high on the CIO agenda, with 40 per cent of respondents... [26 Mar 2008]
Virtualisation gets trendy
Comment Virtualisation is now involved in the most trendy fields in the industry including data centre automation, utility computing, green computing, security, business continuity, blades, grid and SOA. Grid computing is also an example of resource... [15 May 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Grid's a 'no-brainer'
Comment As virtualisation is accepted into the heart of the infrastructure, grid becomes more of a possibility. As vendors push their service-based offerings, the users find themselves with a highly standardised and virtualised infrastructure - ideal for a... [18 Nov 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Service management
Comment Perhaps this disinterest is unsurprising given the frequent misinformation surrounding these facilities - both virtualisation and grid are terms used in different ways by different vendors and it can be difficult for any end user organisation to... [20 Oct 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: We must simplify SOA
Comment Vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and HP use terms as diverse as 'on demand', 'agile business', 'grid computing' and 'adaptive infrastructure' to describe their visions of utility computing, but the general push is similar, even if the... [23 Jul 2004]
Quocirca’s Straight Talking... What to expect in 2004
Comment Next is utility computing - on-demand, on tap, grid, whatever you want to call it. However, the need to sweat existing assets yet provide a flexible technological infrastructure will drive users towards using such technologies. [02 Jan 2004]
Through the fog... The Functional Infrastructure
Comment We now have to move to a more functional infrastructure - whether this be hidden under the name of the 'The Agile Business', 'Utility Computing', 'Grid Computing' or whatever. So, to create a functional infrastructure, we need a good understanding... [01 Sep 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Linux in utility computing, Ellison the visionary and hotspot models
Comment Blade technology, grid computing, automatic provisioning, SANs, NAS and so forth will play a part but for it to work, and work well, it will require a standard OS - and there's only one candidate - Linux. [22 Jul 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: 2002/2003 straw poll, mobility versus privacy and Platform Intelligence
Comment Grid* Platform Computing, known for distributed resource management and grid computing software, has recently made some announcements that extend its market presence. Platform Federal will develop and customise grid software solutions for the US... [23 Dec 2002]
Schools get broadband over fibre - why can't we?
Comment The London Grid for Learning (LGfL) will be replicated in other parts of the country and is 10 times the size of the well-known higher education academic network, SuperJanet. A broadband fibre network built to connect primary and secondary schools... [16 Jul 2002]
Macs and schools go hand in hand - but is Apple losing its grip?
Comment The National Grid for Learning (NGFL) - the UK government's programme for getting schools wired - was launched last year in a blaze of publicity. It's a great opportunity to observe new trends in educational IT infrastructure. [23 Jul 1998]
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