ZDNet Australia looks into collaborative research and development work going into grid computing, and speaks to some of the key local players in this extremely promising arena.
Oracle continued its bullish optimism for its Linux strategy at its OpenWorld customer event in Melbourne today, revealing that 90 per cent of new Australasian customers had deployed its database on the operating system over the last 12 months.
Sun Microsystems has upgraded its top-end "grid" software, a product that lets teams of computers collectively tackle calculation problems, making it more suitable for businesses that need strict control of their computing resources.
IBM, one of the loudest advocates of pooling computing resources with grid technology, has secured a half-dozen new customers.
Cloud computing, the notion of outsourcing hardware and software to Internet service providers, is showing the classic signs of disruptive technology -- it's not good enough for the masses yet, but it has clear potential to shake things up.
SAP's Geraldine McBride and Oracle's Leigh Warren, leaders of two of the world's biggest enterprise software companies, go head to head.
Sun Microsystems has upgraded its top-end "grid" software, a product that lets teams of computers collectively tackle calculation problems, making it more suitable for businesses that need strict control of their computing resources.
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Social issues are a bigger problem than technology when it comes to the adoption of the "grid" philosophy of pooling computing resources, according to a study.
Established in 1996, alphaWorks is a web community for developers to preview and collaborate on emerging technology from IBM's research labs and turn them into commercial products. The IT giant claims much of alphaWorks's activity is aimed at developing new software types and standards -- particularly around open source principles.
Hewlett-Packard has begun a push to merge the supercomputing world of "grid" computing with its own business-oriented products.
Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.
Sony moves ahead with development of the next version of its video game console. Right now, distributed computing is the name of the game.
Intel says its processors are behind efforts to find new breakthroughs in life sciences research and healthcare in a number of countries.
IBM's continuing development of its Project eLiza initiative to create self-managing systems could make it a star-date to remember.
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