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.

Cloud computing doesn't really come from the sky. Much of it is actually delivered via underground and undersea cables. It's called 'cloud computing' because when engineers diagram their corporate ...

Cloud computing is foundation of numerous computing research areas such as HPC, virtualization, utility computing and grid computing. Grid computing is a structure of distributed computing that ...

This phase requires acquiring general knowledge about cloud computing architectures, security, new IT operations, and the benefits and advantages to be expected. 3. Build a cloud-computing foundation.

Grid computing is also called "peer-to-peer computing" and "distributed computing," the latter term first coined in the 1970s, which had no relationship to this concept. See distributed processing ...

The basics of distributed computing. Any time a workload is distributed between two or more computing devices or machines connected by some type of network, that’s distributed computing. There are a ...

Cloud computing lets businesses scale, innovate, and offer global services. Netflix's adoption of AWS is one impressive example.

IBM plans to take a distributed computing concept from the theoretical realm and make it a corporate reality. "Grid" technology, which distributes computing jobs and databases across numerous ...

Intel appears to have concluded that the primary barrier to joining the volunteer computing grid isn't necessarily the ease of use, but rather the public awareness.

Academics are investigating the potential of distributed computing to increase the efficiency of renewable forms of energy Written by Andrew Donoghue, Contributor Jan. 17, 2005 at 10:10 a.m. PT ...