Distributed computing is nothing new. The idea of taking a task too big for one computer and spreading it across many machines has been around since the sixties, especially in research, scientific and ...

So the LHC is turned on! And it works great. And we're still alive. I'm not gonna beat that horse today. (See Ars for snark) But a good IT angle here. LHC is really only possible because of the growth ...

“Edge computing also means less data travels long distances, lowering the load on main servers and networks,” says Neel ...

To deal with the computing demands of the LHC experiments, scientists have created the world's largest, most international distributed-computing system. Developers of this intricate and innovative ...

A new technique for 'scheduling' energy in electric grids has been developed. It moves away from centralized management by tapping into the distributed computing power of energy devices. The approach ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Grid computing is an overnight success that has been ...

The difference between distributed computing and concurrent programming is a common area of confusion as there is a significant amount of overlap between the two when you set out to accomplish ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Grid computing appears to have sped through all the phases of a new technology's life cycle at this week's OracleWorld conference, inspiring both breathless exuberance and sober ...

Considered one of the largest grid computing projects in the world, J.P. Morgan Chase Investment Bank’s pioneering effort to combine seven separate financial risk management systems to share computing ...

Oracle aims to pick up the tempo on its grid computing beat this week by unveiling the latest version of its flagship database, an iteration the company believes is primed to enable grids for ...