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 ...

Being middleware, BOINC isn’t nearly as well known as some of the grid computing-based volunteer projects – like SETI@home and Rosetta@home — that exploit it. But the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for ...

Grid computing's goal of sharing resources is still a plan for many corporate customers; the question is how to get there most effectively. Depending on who describes it, grid computing has grown from ...

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

IBM last week announced an initiative to expand its grid computing offerings from its traditional niche in academia and research to commercial enterprises. Under the plan, IBM will deliver 10 separate ...

A top executive at the computer giant offered a glimpse of the company's strategy during a keynote at the recent PC Expo conference in New York, noting that several technologies, including Linux, will ...