Gridget > February 27, 2007

Reports from the front in Financial Services Grid Computing

 [Powers Unfiltered] […] http://powersunfiltered.com/2007/02/12/reports-from-the-front-in-financial-services-grid-computing/  …In our experience, the bias Marc describes is strongest in IT, which has been taught for years that grid computing means Linux and UNIX almost by definition.  But the developer community is different, and often more in touch with the scalability requirements of specific applications.  These are the hearts and minds Digipede and Microsoft are winning ”” because adapting applications to the grid needs to be easier, and that’s our strength.  Developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio to develop their applications (.NET, COM, or anything else) find the Digipede Framework SDK provides the most natural approach available for adapting their applications to a grid…. […]

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"Ten Lessons from Finance for [Grids]"

[manasclerk's The Power Struggle] In Peer-to-Peer Computing: Evolution of a Disruptive Technology, Ramesh Subramanian and Brian Goodman (editors), pp. 244-264 (Chapter 11).

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Posted at 01:06 PM

February 27, 2007

Reports from the front in Financial Services Grid Computing

 [Powers Unfiltered] […] http://powersunfiltered.com/2007/02/12/reports-from-the-front-in-financial-services-grid-computing/  …In our experience, the bias Marc describes is strongest in IT, which has been taught for years that grid computing means Linux and UNIX almost by definition.  But the developer community is different, and often more in touch with the scalability requirements of specific applications.  These are the hearts and minds Digipede and Microsoft are winning ”” because adapting applications to the grid needs to be easier, and that’s our strength.  Developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio to develop their applications (.NET, COM, or anything else) find the Digipede Framework SDK provides the most natural approach available for adapting their applications to a grid…. […]

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Posted at 01:09 PM

"Ten Lessons from Finance for [Grids]"

[manasclerk's The Power Struggle] In Peer-to-Peer Computing: Evolution of a Disruptive Technology, Ramesh Subramanian and Brian Goodman (editors), pp. 244-264 (Chapter 11).

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Posted at 01:06 PM

February 23, 2007

PC Blade Daily Links 2007-02-21

[ PC Blade Daily - Practical News and Views on Centralized Computing] “Along with the need for hardened security, government agencies need flexibility, speed, uptime, and mobility. This has led a range of agencies (especially those related to defense) to adopt PC Blade solutions.”

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Posted at 01:40 PM

Grid Computing: Centuries of Work in a Matter of Months

[ PC Blade Daily - Practical News and Views on Centralized Computing] Before we return our focus to healthcare IT and the upcoming HIMSS conference, we wanted to cover another meeting of the minds that recently took place:

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Posted at 01:38 PM

February 20, 2007

80 cores ”” so developers, whatcha gonna do with ”˜em?

[Powers Unfiltered]  The New York Times reminded everyone this week what many of us already know — that pretty much all new improvements in processing speed will come from more cores.  In this article by John Markoff, Intel prepares a demonstration of a single chip with 80 cores.  (We’ve been hearing about this for many months, but apparently now it’s ready to show off.) 

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Posted at 04:10 AM

IBM's Patterns for Enterprise Grids

[Magmasystems Blog] An IBM Redbook on patterns for grid computing. Labels: Grid Computing...

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Posted at 04:06 AM

February 10, 2007

PC Blade Daily Links 2007-01-23

[ PC Blade Daily - Practical News and Views on Centralized Computing] “GMP wants to centralise its PC resources in the data centre to eliminate data breaches that can occur from a traditional PC, such as data ‘walking out’ of the trading floor.”

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Posted at 05:22 AM

HP and Digipede in the 425

 [West Coast Grid] The fund's IT and development staff were faced with growing demands from traders and analysts for higher throughput in trading analytics and risk management applications. Using Digipede's unique object-oriented grid development approach, the fund was able to adapt its applications to the grid quickly and efficiently.

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Posted at 05:21 AM

February 07, 2007

Jim Gray Missing at Sea

 [West Coast Grid] fter several days of traveling, most of it without internet access, I just turned on Feedburner to sync for the first time in a few days.

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Posted at 05:22 AM