Ian Foster is widely considered the founder of grid computing, the precursor to cloud computing. Foster is the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science at the ...

Our nation’s economy, security, and the health and safety of our citizens depend on the reliable delivery of electricity. The power system in the United States consists of more than 7,300 power plants ...

GSCAI Cloud Computing sets a new industry benchmark by delivering green technology solutions at scale. The platform empowers ...

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Energy costs must really be getting to Google. In addition to its recently announced forays into geothermal energy and floating data centers, it’s also partnering with General Electric Co. to work on ...

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 ...

One in five companies may deploy grid technology during the next two years, according to a survey of some 550 database administrators and developers by Evans Data Corp. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Evans ...

Ireland hosts one of the world's fast-growing clusters of data centers, but is running headlong into the difficult ...

For the last decade, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has promoted his pet idea that traditional application software was destined for obsolescence. He was a few years early, but Benioff understood ...

Getting ready for artificial intelligence in K–12 schools entails pursuing a hybrid cloud infrastructure and adhering to ...