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Research finds SOA and grid computing synergistic
According to recent research from the Oracle Grid Index, companies are increasingly making a correlation between grid computing and service-oriented architecture (SOA) methodologies. According to the Index, over 90 per cent of companies that are comm... News | 07 Apr 2005
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IBM: Awareness of autonomic computing on the rise
Many IT professionals see autonomic computing as a hardcore technology too confusing to grasp. But IBM says awareness and infiltration of self-managing computing are on the rise. News | 09 Mar 2005
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EGA expands but is gridlocked with big vendors
The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA) will announce today the addition of five new members, including Unisys and Univa. However, key vendors such as Microsoft, BEA and IBM are still reluctant to join, which could hinder EGA's widespread adoption. News | 01 Mar 2005
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Globus toolkit evolves towards Web services
In an effort to better align grid computing with commercial software, the upcoming 4.0 release of the open source Globus Toolkit will improve its support for the latest Web services standards. News | 10 Feb 2005
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Analysts glowing over SOA, on-demand linkage
Last week's SOA announcements from IBM have analysts thrilled about the prospects in store. Article | 26 Apr 2004
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Grid and Web services to converge
The two big computing ideas of the twenty first century, grid computing and Web services, were brought closer together by a recent announcement at GlobusWorld. Peter Abrahams elaborates in this IT-Director.com column. Article | 28 Jan 2004
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Utility computing loves Linux
Veritas Software Corp.'s director of Linux strategy, Ranajit Nevatia, gives his blessing to the marriage of utility computing and Linux. At LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York this week, Veritas will announce that it's padding its utility comput... Article | 21 Jan 2004
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Utility computing: Catalyst for Web services?
Imagine a world where companies aren't slaves to endless cycles of refreshing their expensive enterprise products. Businesses would simply plug into scalable self-healing grids that automatically monitor usage and bill accordingly. And similar to a m... Article | 07 Mar 2003
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IBM grid computing - revisited
What's really intriguing about IBM's latest series of grid announcements is that instead of focusing on the technical intricacies, this time IBM has focused on how grids can be used. Article | 03 Feb 2003
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Grid computing gaining hold
Most of us have heard of the SETI@home project (harnessing spare PC compute cycles donated by casual PC users to power the complex computations required to investigate extra-terrestrial life) but far fewer of us understand that the same technology ca... Article | 26 Nov 2002