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Grid Computing

ALSO CALLED: Computational Grids, Cluster Computing, and Grid Control
DEFINITION: Grid computing (or the use of a computational grid) is applying the resources of many computers in a network to a single problem at the same time - usually to a scientific or technical problem that requires a great number of computer processing cycles or access to large amounts of data. A well-known  … 
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Scaling Storage with Clustering
sponsored by Isilon Systems
VIDEOCAST: In this Videocast, storage expert Greg Schulz breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject.
Posted: 02 Jan 2008 | Premiered: 09 Sep 2008
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Next Generation Grid-Enabled SOA: This is Not Your MOM's Service Bus
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
PODCAST: This podcast from David Chappell, co-creator of the Enterprise Service Bus and noted industry author and speaker, presents a breakthrough design for SOAs that deliver continuous availability and linear scalability for services and applications.
Posted: 30 Nov 2007 | Premiered: 07 Dec 2007, 09:00 EST (14:00 GMT)
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Scaling Storage with Clustering
sponsored by IBM Software Group
PODCAST: In this Podcast, storage expert Greg Schulz breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject.
Posted: 31 Aug 2007 | Premiered: 31 Aug 2007, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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GRID COMPUTING DEFINITION (continued): …  example of grid computing in the public domain is the ongoing SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @Home project in which thousands of people are sharing the unused processor cycles of their PCs in the vast search for signs of "rational" signals from outer space. According to John Patrick, IBM's vice-president for Internet strategies, "the next big thing will be grid computing."

Grid computing requires the use of software that can divide and farm out pieces of a program … 
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