grids in news
RSS grids in newsEC backs tech for green future
News The Commission is promoting the intelligent use of tech to improve efficiency in buildings, lighting and power grids in order to make significant inroads into reducing Europe's carbon footprint. The European Commission (EC) is backing the use of... [15 May 2008]
EC pumps cash into grid research
News Between 2002 and 2006 the EC invested around €130m in grid research on a variety of projects, including pay-as-you use grids which will be made available to every European with a computer. The European Commission has launched 23 new research... [19 Sep 2006]
Grid seeks bird flu cure
News It evolved to work within a larger grid computing project known as Enabling Grids for E-sciencE that lets scientists share resources and involves PCs at 11 research labs and universities. Scientists in the UK and Asia have deployed a computing grid... [05 May 2006]
Grids and anti-terror bio-sensors get funding boost
News Grid computing in healthcare and anti-terrorist bio-sensors are some of the innovative projects taking part in a £90million government funding programme. They are among the 160 successful entrants to the Department of Trade and Industry's... [25 Nov 2005]
Open source nuclear bunker guards finance data
News The underground building has a fully-meshed telecoms infrastructure and is wired up to two electricity grids. I've been driving around here for 20 years," he tells me, "and I never knew about this place. [25 Oct 2005]
Trust issues blight bank use of on-demand grids
News Grid computing holds out the promise of high capacity computing at low prices, connecting up under-utilised processors to make better use of resources. And vendors have been quick to offer an on-demand version of grid, effectively offering to rent... [04 Oct 2005]
Grid held back by legacy systems and budget worries
News Ancient computing systems and worries about yet another new technology are holding back the UK's adoption of grid computing, according to IECNet - the government-funded initiative pushing for more grids in business. [10 Aug 2005]
Sun boss scorches rivals and open source
News McNealy claims companies should look to use grids of virtual computers for their processing needs and hosted applications instead of the current situation where businesses spend millions on bespoke technology. [09 Jun 2005]
Pay-as-you-go grids for all: Europe says you're worth it
News Pay-as-you use grids available to everyone in Europe with a computer or PDA could be on their way. Reding said that, while grids may be immature, they are already giving early adopters "clear benefits". [01 Jun 2005]
Grids bogged down by heaps of hype
News He claimed a number of companies are using grids to increase competitive advantage but are unwilling to talk about it so they can retain the upper hand over their competitors. A leading figure in the European grid research community has criticised... [20 May 2005]
Grids get corporate groupies
News The consortium will try to steer an open source software package called the Globus Toolkit, which helps universities, companies and other customers run software on large groups of networked computers called grids. [24 Jan 2005]
Grids go green
News Researchers claimed on Monday that grid computing may be the answer to managing the increasing number of renewable energy sources that could eventually be integrated into the UK's power network Brunel University and Imperial College London are part... [18 Jan 2005]
Grid researchers go commerical
News The key reason to use grids is to get more bang for the buck - by letting multiple applications share formerly separate resources or by automatically juggling priorities. The researchers who spawned the idea of grid computing will launch a company... [13 Dec 2004]
Big Blue announces big grid projects
News Grids have been used for years in academia and research-related fields, but grid formations are also effective in commonplace commercial applications, such as data analytics and design and engineering, said Ken King, vice president of grid... [17 Sep 2004]
Grid gets €52m to become business' next big thing
News The European Union has decided to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to the latest computing trends - it's putting €52m into grids. The idea behind the grant is that universities and research institutions can come together to research... [09 Sep 2004]
