Remote working has always been there; but in the aftermath of the pandemic, it has largely supplanted the traditional in-office work. Since employees are working from different corners of the world, ...

The technology affects all IT fundamentals -- available computing power, applications, and the way businesses collaborate. The idea of Grid computing-using the Internet to integrate and harness the ...

In a sort of digital interpretation of the adage, “Waste not, want not,” the basic idea of grid computing is to use the computational power of idle PCs and harness those heretofore wasted cycles to ...

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 ...

According to Gartner, if the concept of grid computing meets widespread acceptance, it could forever alter the role of service providers. In an interview with TechRepublic, Bernhard Borges, managing ...

A leading figure in the European grid research community has criticised the technology industry for exaggerating the current capabilities of their grid computing products. Mark Parsons, the commercial ...

One in five companies may deploy grid technology during the next two years, according to a survey of some 550 database administrators and developers by Evans Data Corp. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Evans ...

A research effort to help combat AIDS using the computational power of the IBM-backed World Community Grid has been developed. The computational power puts this grid amongst the top 10 supercomputers ...

Security experts on Wednesday recommended that IT administrators clearly identify and understand the security risks associated with large-scale grid computing deployments. During Ziff Davis Medias ...