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 ...

Our nation’s economy, security, and the health and safety of our citizens depend on the reliable delivery of electricity. The power system in the United States consists of more than 7,300 power plants ...

The concept of “grid computing” was created in the late 1990s by researchers at Argonne National Labs and other places. Like many revolutionary concepts in IT, including the World Wide Web and ...

Ian Foster is widely considered the founder of grid computing, the precursor to cloud computing. Foster is the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science at the ...

The Enterprise Grid Alliance, which includes several top vendors trying to accelerate the use of grid computing by big businesses, Monday said it has published its first paper on the unique security ...

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 ...

Cloud computing has taken the world by storm, and for good reason. It’s a meaningful, effective way to provide software and computer resources to people around the globe. Hence, enterprises and ...