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 ...

Picture this scenario: At 2:37 a.m. during a storm, lightning strikes a distribution feeder line in rural Wisconsin. A massive power surge races through the distribution network. Instead of triggering ...

What if computing resources could be shared in the same way that content is shared on the world wide web? Users on the web don't need to know what system or software a website runs on - this is what ...

Sun puts University on the Top 500 List of High Performance Computing Grids worldwide Dubai, UAE, March 19, 2008: Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) has deployed one of the most advanced super grid ...

NEC Corporation is to provide Mazda Motor Corp. with an experimental grid computing system that will undergo testing in 2005, the companies said today. If the tests are successful, NEC hopes to become ...