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.

There are always several factors to take into account when choosing between edge, fog and cloud computing. While each solution’s goal is the same, their capabilities are not.

If I said, “tell me everything you know about grid computing in 10 seconds…” you’d almost certainly mention IBM, maybe Oracle and Sun, you’d probably say “clusters” and if you’re a ...