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 ...

Cloud computing and Grid computing are the two words that end up confusing many people as they are similar in theory. Cloud computing and Grid computing involves a massive computer network ...

Though still in its early days, grid computing looks to have a promising future -- if vendors can continue to educate IT departments about its benefits. To date, few European businesses have ...

Despite its shining promise for establishing elegant, integrated, and cost-effective distributed environments, grid computing has yet to win over skeptical enterprise IT executives and reach ...

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, ...

Most companies have scores of servers and desktop systems that sit idle much of the time. What a waste! Why not put those unoccupied processors to use on some of your biggest computing problems? The ...

Just before I start writing, I look at the colorful blocks and jagged lines of the SETI at Home screen saver that runs on my workstation. SETI at Home is a distributed computing application that ...

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 ...

IBM unveils services for grid and autonomic computing that will ideally let large institutions run their most complex applications more efficiently. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET ...