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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 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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ScaleOut StateServer v4 for Linux or Windows -- Distributed Caching for Server Farms and Grids
sponsored by ScaleOut Software
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Download ScaleOut Software's products free for a 30 day period. ScaleOut StateServer enables organizations to deliver scalable performance and high availability for Java Web and grid computing applications running on Linux or Solaris.
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 | Published: 09 Sep 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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The New World of Fault-Tolerant Solutions
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: A special live HP mediacast event entitled The New World of Fault-Tolerant Solutions is scheduled for Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. EST.
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 technique for high performance...
Posted: 16 Sep 2008 | Published: 16 Sep 2008
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With Dashboards - Formatting and Layout Definitely Matter
sponsored by Corda Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn the best practices for dashboard formatting and layout. It also discusses nine dashboard design problems and solutions.
Posted: 12 Sep 2008 | Published: 11 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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The Benefits of Clustered Storage
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Clustered storage combines multiple arrays or controllers to increase their performance, capacity or reliability. In many cases, it's a cost-effective way to meet today's storage needs.
Posted: 23 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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SUN'S REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE FOR ORACLE 11g GRID
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Sun's Reference Architecture for Oracle 11g Grid is a portfolio of Sun and third-party products designed to reduce the risks, uncertainty, and costs associated with implementing an Oracle database.
Posted: 16 Jan 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Scaling Storage with Clustering
sponsored by Isilon Systems
VIDEOCAST: In this Videocast, storage expert Greg Schulz breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject.
Posted: 02 Jan 2008 | Premiered: 09 Sep 2008
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Storage Grid Pushes the Envelope
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: When a prominent storage vendor built a 1,000 node storage test grid, it learned plenty of lessons, and a lot of what it learned can be applied to architecting enterprise storage systems.
Posted: 18 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Innovate Faster with Oracle Database 11g
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Information technology has matured to the point that the global economy almost completely depends on the ability to electronically share information. Learn how with Oracle Datbase 11g and enterprise grid computing busisess is now free to innovate.
Posted: 15 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Oracle Database 11g High Availability
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, we will review the common causes of application downtime and discuss how technologies available in the Oracle Database can help avoid costly downtime and enable rapid recovery from unavoidable failures.
Posted: 15 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Scaling Storage with Clustering
sponsored by IBM Software Group
PODCAST: In this Podcast, storage expert Greg Schulz breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject.
Posted: 31 Aug 2007 | Premiered: 31 Aug 2007, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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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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