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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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The New World of Fault-Tolerant Solution
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This paper discovers a new solution for business-critical, 24/7 computing environments that dramatically increases performance, reduces costs and complexities and uses energy efficiently.
Posted: 31 Dec 2008 | Published: 23 Dec 2008
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Podcast: Explaining and Understanding Cloud Computing
sponsored by Infocrossing, A Wipro Company
PODCAST: In this podcast, Jeremy Holck, Infocrossing's Practice Head of Infrastructure Outsourcing Services, discusses current trends in cloud computing, what it means and how it is structured today.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 19 Dec 2008
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Oracle VM and NetApp Storage-Best Practices Guide
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews a virtualization strategy that leverages grid technology to dynamically share resources like servers, storage, and networking. This combination helps reduce power and space requirements.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008
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Oracle Real Application Clusters in Oracle VM Environments
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how to run sophisticated or highly-available applications in virtualized environments by creating a software-based virtualization infrastructure that offers high availability and grid readiness.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008
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Customers Discuss Oracle Database 11g
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WEBCAST: Why are customers switching to Oracle Database 11g? Listen as customers from Mobiltel, Warner Music, 3n, and Dell discuss the features and improvements that made them switch.
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Clustered Storage - From SMB, to Scientific, to Social Networking and Web 2.0
sponsored by Isilon Systems
WEBCAST: This Webcast breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today.
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Podcast: Clustered Storage - From SMB, to Scientific, to Social Networking and Web 2.0
sponsored by Isilon Systems
PODCAST: This Podcast breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today.
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 04 Dec 2008
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The Latest Trends in SaaS and On-Premise Application Integration
sponsored by Cast Iron Systems
WEBCAST: In this program, we'll focus on the latest technologies being used to facilitate communications between cloud-based applications, such as SaaS integration appliances, virtual appliances and cloud-based integration.
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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PODCAST: The Latest Trends in SaaS and On-Premise Application Integration
sponsored by Cast Iron Systems
PODCAST: In this program, we'll focus on the latest technologies being used to facilitate communications between cloud-based applications, such as SaaS integration appliances, virtual appliances and cloud-based integration.
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 26 Nov 2008
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Hyper-Efficient Operations for the Next-Generation Data Center
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WEBCAST: Join Oracle CIO, Mark Sunday, and Oracle Chief Corporate Architect, Edward Screven, as they share best practices for building and operating the next-generation data center using advances in virtualization.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Grid Computing White Paper: Oracle Grid Solutions for the Next-Generation Data Center
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This Oracle white paper describes how businesses of all sizes worldwide are using Grid best practices to modernize their IT operations and increase efficiency, availability, performance, and operational agility.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Mozilla Transforms BI with Pentaho and Vertica
sponsored by Vertica Systems
WEBCAST: Please join this webinar to learn about the business intelligence platform Mozilla Corporation uses to support the management of some of the world's largest collaborative, open-source development projects such as the Firefox web browser.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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eBook - Chapter 1: Choosing Your Server
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
WHITE PAPER: This chapter from Windows Servers and Storage (Revised edition, November 2008) contains information to guide administrators and IT managers in the selection and installation of servers, systems and subsystems.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Published: 12 Nov 2008
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Oracle WebLogic Application Grid
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
DATA SHEET: Read this white paper for in-depth information on how Oracle WebLogic Application Grid provides the data grid, Java runtime, and management features to meet demanding requirements.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Storage for High-performance Computing
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: The storage and server cluster installed at The University of Texas at Austin is a lesson in how to do HPC. Storage requirements for HPC go beyond massive capacity, and include the use of high-performance file systems.
Posted: 23 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2008
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The New World of Fault-Tolerant Solutions Podcast
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
PODCAST: Listen to this podcast and discover a new solution for business-critical, 24/7 computing environments that dramatically increases performance, reduces costs and complexities and uses energy efficiently.
Posted: 22 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 22 Oct 2008
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Putting the Green in Green IT: How Distributed Computing Delivers Dramatic Cost Savings, as Well as Green IT Benefits, by Leveraging Existing Resources and Curbing Data Center Growth
sponsored by Univa UD
WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses how distributed computing technologies like grid infrastructures enable companies to avoid datacenter growth and contain power and cooling costs. The payoff is extremely beneficial for both the company and the environment.
Posted: 20 Oct 2008 | Published: 18 Oct 2008
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The New World of Fault-Tolerant Solutions
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: NOW available on-demand the HP webcast entitled "The New World of Fault-Tolerant Solutions" Download for invaluable information on benefits of using a blade solution for business-critical, 24/7 computing environments
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Virtualization: Clouds on the Horizon - Managing Virtualized Data Centers Now and in the Future
sponsored by Akorri
WHITE PAPER: Virtualization technology is revolutionizing IT, it has taken root in large, medium and small enterprises throughout the world, and we are only just beginning to fully grasp the transformational potential of this technology.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008 | Published: 07 Oct 2008
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EMA Research: Virtualization & IT Management: Trends, Forecasts & Recommendations
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
ANALYST REPORT: This report outlines the important findings of a survey of 627 respondents involved with virtualization, compares the results with previous EMA research, examines the trends in virtualization and forecasts the future for virtualization management.
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 | Published: 24 Sep 2008
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Infrastructure Concerns for High Performance Applications
sponsored by Agilysys-Sun Technology Solutions
WHITE PAPER: Grid computing is the preferred high performance data processing architecture in many companies, but storage response issues and added hardware increase costs and complexity. Read this white paper to learn about a storage techniques for high performance.
Posted: 16 Sep 2008 | Published: 16 Sep 2008
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Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best Of VMworld" Approach
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a completely new approach to availability for virtual machines-an approach recognized with the Best of VMworld 2007 - New Technology award.
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 | Published: 08 Sep 2008
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Oracle RAC Performance Quadruples on HP Cluster with Dolphin Express
sponsored by Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the advantages of using SuperSockets with Dolphin Express to build scalable, high performance and highly cost-effective Oracle RAC clusters with industry standard servers and Dolphin components.
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 | Published: 19 Aug 2008
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Top 20 Global Pharma: Replacing Platform™ LSF® with UniCluster Express
sponsored by Univa UD
CASE STUDY: UniCluster Express from Univa UD is a fully integrated, community-enabled open source cluster software stack with unrestricted support for all its components.
Posted: 14 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 2008
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How to: UniCluster & Amazon EC2
sponsored by Univa UD
WHITE PAPER: This document summarizes experiences with deploying Univa UD UniCluster Express within the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). UniCluster Express is a cluster tool-stack capable of deploying fully configured and integrated set of technologies.
Posted: 14 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 2008
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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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