Defining grid computing is like throwing darts at a dragonfly. That’s because there are as many definitions for grid computing as there are people to ask about it. For example, some observers ...

Corey Klaasmeyer defines grid computing and contrasts it with cluster computing. This article also leads the reader through a simple Globus Toolkit 4 grid service implementation.

"Grid computing, which allows users ... He points, for example, to the emerging integration of grid computing with cloud computing in which storage as well as computational resources are distributed.

Cushmaro’s organization began using grid computing back in 1999 for overnight batch jobs, work that wasn’t particularly time-sensitive and could make good use of otherwise wasted CPU cycles.

A new report by The 451 Group suggests that the traditional per-CPU software licensing model is throwing a wrench in widespread adoption of grid computing. Because grids consume computing ...

When I think of grid computing, for some reason I think of my waffle iron. In addition to being grid-shaped, it makes high-performance waffles — nice and crisp with perfectly shaped ridges just ...

More hype than reality, grid computing is at this point little more than a marketing message from the major vendors looking to sell server management software. Of the IT managers Nucleus ...

That's the message the backers of grid computing technology are sending to smaller businesses, and the numbers seem to back them up. A February report from Insight Research Corp. predicts that ...

Grid computing to date has largely been the terrain of academics and start-ups. ... For example, the computing capacity of a large American bank may be largely unused overnight.