So grid computing will play into our vision of computing as a utility.” While companies like IBM would build the large-scale grids, Turek says that many users will want to set up grids of their own.

Grid computing to date has largely been the terrain of academics and start-ups. But established tech companies are now nudging the concept toward the mainstream business world.

Grid Computing Key players Andrew Chien Entropia Peer-to-Peer Working Group Andrew Grimshaw Avaki; U. Virginia Commercial grid software Miron Livny U. Wisconsin, Madison Open-source system to ...

The government has cited grid computing as an example of technology that should receive more public funding as part of an action plan to boost innovation among UK businesses. The trade and ...

Charles Schwab's new Linux-based grid computing system, developed with help from IBM, includes only 12 servers now. But starting next year, the discount brokerage plans to tap into thousands of ...

Grid computing is a hardware and software infrastructure that clusters and integrates high-end computers, networks, databases and scientific instruments from multiple sources to form a virtual ...

Technology watchers believe grids will eventually become a staple of mainstream computing. Although some progress has occurred among enterprise data centers, that vision remains largely unfulfilled.

IBM plans to take a distributed computing concept from the theoretical realm and make it a corporate reality. "Grid" technology, which distributes computing jobs and databases across numerous ...

The technology, in forms such as IBM's Grid Computing Initiative or Sun Microsystems' Grid Engine Project, would allow companies to optimize their use of computing power from machines hooked to a ...

Microsoft will have its hands full with its Bigtop grid computing as it challenges technologies with years of history and powerful supporters.