Grid Computing Blog

Grid Computing in Las Vegas

Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:22:54 GMT

I'll be running the session on grid computing at Enterprise IT Week at the CDExpo in Las Vegas...

IBM's Continues Grid Push

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:35:45 GMT

Couple of articles on IBM's Grid Computing activities. This one talks about the recent addition of grid computing capabilities to IBM's Websphere product. Computerworld has a short interview with Tom Hawk who is the general manager running the grid...

Grid Momentum Builds in Japan

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:51:57 GMT

United Devices today announced a distribution agreement with Sumisho Electronics, an IT integrator in Japan. Sumisho expects to sell at least 2000 licenses this year. The majority owners of Sumisho are Sumitomo Corporation (62%) and...

Grid Looking Glass Index - Week Ending 7/19/2003 - 310.62 Up 8.7%

Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:57:38 GMT

The historical GLG Index stats and index explanation is here. The graph is here. Key Event: New York Times Article on Grid Computing on June 15, 2003 helped push the index up this week. See graph by clicking

Could your computer be a criminal?

Thu, 17 Jul 2003 23:27:40 GMT

A very interesting story on MSNBC about a new set computer programs that will hijack end user PC's to serve up porn, steal credit card information and even relay spam.

Size Matters says the US Congress

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:01:29 GMT

Grant Gross has an interesting article in ITWorld on yesterday's hearing conducted by the Science Committee of the US House of Representatives on...

Back to The Future - Thoughts from Supernova 2003 Series (Part I of III)

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 05:01:25 GMT

Simon Phipps, who carries the title of Chief Technology Evangelist at Sun Microsystems, noted in his talk at Supernova that many technologies don't get it right the first time around and...

New York Times Covers Grid Computing

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 01:54:12 GMT

New York Times (registration required) not only got a new editor today, but it looks like they just discovered grid computing. Steve Lohr has a piece in the Science section on grid computing. It...

Grid Looking Glass Index - Week Ending 7/12/2003 - 285.75 Up 0.38%

Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:15:43 GMT

The historical GLG Index stats and index explanation is here. The graph is here.

ISV's Need to get on the Grid

Thu, 10 Jul 2003 07:13:46 GMT

This article in CIO Magazine is pointing out that unless ISV's get on board with grid computing - they technology will probably not be able to deliver on its promises. This is a topic that I have highlighted many times - I doesn't matter how good the grid technology is - if there aren't...