Cloud computing vs Grid computing To understand the basic and complex differences between cloud and grid computing, we really need to explain both technologies. Here’s how they are defined.

A cloud computing environment may actually be hosted on either a grid or utility computing environment, but that doesn’t matter to a service user.” 2. “Cloud computing = Grid computing.

As with nearly every IT trend, including service-oriented architectures and Web services, just because we're all talking about cloud computing doesn't mean we're talking about the same thing.

In other words, Cloud Computing is for software developers, application vendors, savvy computer users, and corporate IT departments, not for people who use computer applications. Take, for example ...

Globus, operated as software as a service on the Amazon cloud, allows users to move data rapidly and reliably between their desktops, research facilities, commercial clouds and elsewhere, and to ...