Using cloud computing, utilities can often reduce operating expenses and help alleviate the burden of maintenance performed by IT personnel. Security, Business Policies And New Hybrid Approaches ...

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 ...

Grid computing, which had already caught the attention of IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc., is now being targeted by another major hardware vendor: Compaq Computer Corp. The three server rivals this ...

Data replication is a cornerstone of modern distributed computing, crucial for ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and rapid data access in both cloud and grid environments. Contemporary ...

The appeal of grid computing to the scientific community, financial services companies, the pharmaceutical industry and other compute-intensive users is strong and growing, according to those on ...

Orchestrating the power grid is alot like orchestrating data in a cloud-computing infrastructure. Both involve matching usage with (processing) power, and delivering service anywhere, anytime ...

Specifically, the survey found that 5.2 percent have adopted utility computing, 3.5 percent plan to do so in six months, 4.9 percent this year and 6.4 percent in two years.