Cloud computing and Grid computing are the two words that end up confusing many people as they are similar in theory. We explain the differences.

Because of the huge expense of computers in the 1960s and 1970s, mainframes and minicomputers were time-shared machines, and capacity was often rented out under a utility model. Such were the roots of ...

However, the vast amount of data needed to operate today’s grid requires the scale and speed of cloud computing to gather, analyze and derive the necessary insights for a more modern grid.

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

By introducing private cloud management capabilities, armed with standard host repurposing tools, any types of grid deployments can go from being static to dynamic.

Like the electrical grid in its time, a ubiquitous cloud will permit customers -- including federal agencies -- to take advantage of pooling, economies of scale and comparative advantage to ...

David Pallmann shows how to perform grid computations on the Azure cloud computing platform. In Part 1 he presents a design pattern, while Part 2&3 will contain a concrete code example.

What does grid computing actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Itron's Nick Tumilowicz asserts a need for an integrated approach to grid management that processes and acts on real-time data at the edge.

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 ...