Cloud computing and grid computing are often mistaken for one another, but the fact is that they’re nowhere close to the same thing. This article explains both systems, and how they differ from one ...

Grid computing captured imaginations by creating ‘Net-based virtual supercomputers out of hundreds of thousands of existing computers. But like many big ideas, grid computing is fraught with ...

This may seem like an obvious distinction, but a lot of coverage seems to gloss over the distinction between two aspects of support for grid or cloud computing: Making software run at all on many ...

Researchers have created a platform for trading computing resources that allows the selling and buying of standardized computing resources. In the process, they could make computing a utility like ...

People don’t talk much about grid computing much these days anymore, but most application teams th at require high performance from their infrastructure are actually addicted to grid computing -- ...

The concept of grid computing has been a hot topic for some time, and as the year has unfolded the future application of grids is becoming more clear. Sandial Systems’ Director of Technical Marketing ...

Derivatives can be a magic wand for money managers. Used properly, these complex financial contracts help maintain profits by keeping a handle on risk. But pricing them is the key. For derivative ...

IBM aims to take the lead in distributed computing by creating the world's largest networked computing grid for scientific applications: the World Community Grid. The WCG is like the many distributed ...

Big Blue is reaching out to several new types of customers with offers that link groups of computers and storage systems to tackle difficult computing tasks. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...