Because of the huge expense of computers in the 1960s and 1970s, mainframes and minicomputers were time-shared machines, and ...

The concept of "grid computing" was created in the late 1990s by researchers at Argonne National Labs and other places. Like many revolutionary concepts in IT, including the World Wide Web and ...

Grid Computing Planet An Internet.com portal on grid computing. Find news, feature stories, a list of frequently asked questions and information on grid computing projects here.

Years before Amazon Web Services launched in March 2006, there were a slew of grid computing startups and incumbent system ...

Orchestrating the power grid is alot like orchestrating data in a cloud-computing infrastructure. Both involve matching usage with (processing) power, and delivering service anywhere, anytime ...