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 ...

Picture this scenario: At 2:37 a.m. during a storm, lightning strikes a distribution feeder line in rural Wisconsin. A massive power surge races through the distribution network. Instead of triggering ...

Breast cancer treatment and research are getting a big boost from a new grid computing system that will link hospitals, doctors and researchers as they seek new ways of fighting the disease. The ...

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

The University of Florida has bought a lower-end IBM z800 mainframe along with 32 Intel servers to use in grid computing. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

Charles Schwab & Co. this week went live with a grid computing system and said it has already improved performance by an order of magnitude on the first investment management application that’s ...

Adobe Systems has signed a deal with GridIron Software that will enable its video effects software to tap into spare computing power on a network. Under a licensing agreement announced on Monday, ...

Adding renewable energy and energy storage capacity brings an added layer of complexity to traditional electrical grid systems. Balancing supply and demand of energy for power systems, even under ...