grid in comment and analysis
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Grid's a 'no-brainer'
Comment In just three years' time, grid computing has gone from obscurity to mainstream acceptance, says Quocirca's Clive Longbottom. Cost is perceived similarly - not just the cost of implementing a grid infrastructure but of gaining corporate support and... [18 Nov 2005]
The Bloor Perspective: IBM and grid computing
Comment In this snapshot look at a recent key development, Robin Bloor and his team consider which the concept of 'grid computing' and an IBM initiative However, this project is slightly different in that IBM is hoping to learn a great deal about the... [25 Nov 2001]
Is there more to grid than aliens and the weather?
Comment Two news stories today highlight some current question marks about grid computing. It turned out to be a piece about the esteemed Met Office's strides to harness grid computing to forecast complex environmental conditions. [12 Sep 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Procurement outsourcing, ROI and the PS2 grid
Comment Grid games? The concept of grid computing has received much attention over recent months, as vendors such as IBM and Sun have attempted to move this new technology out of the academic world into everyday commercial use. [17 Mar 2003]
Leader: Open systems, open minds
Leader Physicists will be the first to benefit from the world's biggest computing grid, being built to help process the vast amounts of data which will flow from CERN's particle smashing experiments. But with this grid - because of the huge amount of... [24 Nov 2005]
Mark Linesch
AS Profile Paving the way for grid computing The adoption of grid computing is on a sharp incline - no doubt due to the work of Mark Linesch and the Open Grid Forum. Head of the forum for two years, Linesch is leading the effort to enable real-world uses of... [25 Sep 2006]
Ian Foster
AS Profile Ian Foster, known as 'the father of grid', makes a return to the Agenda Setters list this year, albeit at a reduced placing - from 23 last year to 44 this year. Best known for his early work in grid computing, Foster remains an influential figure... [23 Sep 2005]
Leader: Appeal to CIOs' business sense
Leader Grid. So what is RFID doing right that grid isn't? Datamonitor analyst Richard Clifford says there's too much focus on buzzwords and not enough on what grid can actually do for the business that's mulling over dipping into its IT budget. [28 Apr 2005]
Seizing power: Richard Baguley has been on the ground in California since the lights starting going out
Comment It is the result of a deliberate decision by the organisation that runs the California electricity grid. The origins of the California power crisis have been well documented, but the gist is a combination of increasing demand, a lack of new power... [04 Apr 2001]
Leader: Grids - get your house in order first
Leader It seems this fear of the abuse of shared resources has held some financial firms back from grid-computing time shares. CIOs need to recognise the potential power of their network and use the spare capacity, not for the sake of using it but to... [04 Oct 2005]
Will's Web Watch: How to attack spammers in your sleep
Comment It represents a coming full circle for the grid model or at least an ironic evolution of sorts. Seen originally as a way for academic research to garner vast power, grid computing has become a principle used and abused by the cyber-criminals. [30 Nov 2004]
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]
It's not easy being green
Comment The National Grid leads to further losses of nearly eight per cent of the remaining power through resistive heat dissipation, and further inefficiencies at substations and distribution to local points of usage account for yet more waste. [25 Jul 2007]
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]
The Bloor Perspective: Mobile ringtones, power blackouts and corporate governance
Comment Meanwhile Midwest ISO was having trouble with its "state estimator", a computer program that reports on whether the electricity grid is in trouble. Computer systems within the North American energy grid are supposed to be secure and a failure of... [01 Dec 2003]
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