grid data in news
RSS grid data in newsThe 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher
News The Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (LCG), a super high bandwidth network, will channel about 15 petabytes - 15 million gigabytes - of data from the LHC to about 5,000 scientists in 500 institutions every year for at least 10 years. [15 Jul 2008]
Geographic database opens doors to private sector
News Information contained on the system includes addresses, postcodes and national grid references, as well as a unique property reference number for each individual property. A national geographical electronic database is now available for commercial... [30 Apr 2008]
Cloud computing - the data centre of the future?
News Providers use virtualisation extensively and grid computing software. Cloud computing looks very much like the instantiation of many vendors' visions of the data center of the future; it's an abstracted, fabric-based infrastructure that enables... [11 Mar 2008]
Red Bull F1 racing up the grid
News Using grid technology, workstations left idle by staff when they leave work can also be incorporated to boost power for the complex data analysis required to develop the car's aerodynamics. The Red Bull Formula One (F1) team is using grid computing... [07 Mar 2008]
IBM to use DNA to shrink chip size
News The nanotube grid, conceivably, could function as a data-storage device or perform calculations. Once the nanotube array has been constructed, the laboratory-generated DNA molecules could be removed, leaving an orderly grid of nanotubes. [21 Feb 2008]
National ID Scheme an "essential defence"
News Byrne added the national ID system will become as much a part of the fabric of public life as the railways in the 19th century or the national grid in the 20th. Since the tech was rolled out, more than 4,000 visa applicants have been found to be... [19 Jun 2007]
Cost and energy benefits driving virtualisation
News Combining multiple grid computing farms and adding virtualisation is also on the agenda. Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at investment bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, added: "We are looking to leverage virtualisation... [04 May 2007]
How Formula One takes tech to the extremes
News The intensive development work and data telemetry and analysis needed to stay at the sharp end of the grid during the season creates unique demands and relies on having the best IT infrastructure possible. [14 Mar 2007]
Grid boosts efforts to fight malaria
News In the four months the Wisdom grid was up and running, more than 140 million compounds were processed and a total of 2,000GB of 'useful data' was generated. The main bulk of the UK's contribution came from GridPP - a particle physics grid, built as... [15 Feb 2007]
Investment bank races apps around the grid
News If you can utilise hardware across the data centre you will find you have an abundance of hardware you can use for grid computing. He said processor-intensive or data-intensive applications are the best suited to grid, which uses a 'follow the moon... [25 Jan 2007]
Fears over "suicide hackers" Down Under
News While the risk will be high that they will be caught, they will accept that as a fact of life for 'the cause' and be prepared to go to prison for 30 years because they stopped a banking system working or a power grid taken down or took down the... [28 Sep 2006]
Cost and complexity fears hold back grid computing
News Early adopters of grid computing include universities and large pharmaceutical companies, which pool the computing power of a cluster of servers to process large amounts of data. Fewer than one in 10 businesses is planning to adopt grid computing... [31 May 2006]
Grid seeks bird flu cure
News The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (Pparc) said on Thursday that it put up a grid computing project, which was originally designed for particle physicists to perform data searches, for an international effort aimed at locating... [05 May 2006]
Satellite tech to map cables under UK roads in 3D
News The Department of Trade and Industry is providing £900,000 of funding with the remainder coming from project partners including BT, National Grid Transco, Ordnance Survey, Thames Water and Transport for London. [22 Mar 2006]
Sun Grid set to go live, says Schwartz
News Ultimately, Sun believes most computing will happen on generic grid assemblies rather than in customised data centres. Sun Microsystems plans to open its much-delayed public Sun Grid this week or next, letting people use PayPal to buy processing... [22 Mar 2006]
