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The 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher
News There are various grid projects around the world analysing weather data, collaborating on other scientific and academic projects but none match the scale and sustained throughput of the LCG. The Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (LCG), a super... [15 Jul 2008]
Cloud computing - the data centre of the future?
News Providers use virtualisation extensively and grid computing software. Because these providers are optimised for large-scale hosts, they could eventually serve corporate customers, Forrester said. Cloud computing, the notion of outsourcing hardware... [11 Mar 2008]
Second Life software goes open source
News Linden plans to eventually make the server software that powers its grid open source software as well, Ondrejka said, though he added the company will proceed cautiously and gave no deadlines. He said: "We do think that in the long run, Second Life... [09 Jan 2007]
Grid seeks bird flu cure
News Ying-Ta, whose lab participated in Grid, added: "This will free up medicinal chemists' time to better respond to instant, large-scale threats. Scientists in the UK and Asia have deployed a computing grid to find a potential cure for Avian flu. [05 May 2006]
World's biggest grid seeks secrets of the universe
News Because of the scale of processing needed, grid is the best way to go, explained John Gordon deputy director of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils e-Science Centre at RAL. [24 Nov 2005]
Physicists put huge computing grid through its paces
News By 2007, this will have increased 10-fold as the grid gears up for full-scale operation. UK particle physicists have started the next phase of testing for the world's largest computing grid. The tests aim to improve the grid being built to process... [21 Sep 2005]
Gates: The "software as a service" age is here
News And Sun Microsystems is focusing its Sun Grid offering on infrastructure services, such as computing power and storage, although it intends to work through partners to offer software. The scale economics of doing big server farms so you can do... [14 Sep 2005]
Broadband through your electric: Europe wants more
News The EC wants Europe to put more effort into grid. Only it's not grid computing that's catching the Commission's eye - it's the electricity grid. The European Commission is pushing its 25 member states to look a lot more closely at supplying... [11 Apr 2005]
'Get involved in grid' urges UK government
News Grid computing is just one of the technologies the UK government says, in its latest report, should receive more support and funding. The government has cited grid computing as an example of technology that should receive more public funding as... [17 Dec 2003]
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