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IBM plans to take a distributed computing concept from the theoretical realm and make it a corporate reality.
commentary A great leap for computer-kind or a small marketing step?
Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.
Looking to blunt the success of Linux in high-performance computing, Microsoft is ramping up its commitment to create a "Cluster Compute" version of Windows that better fits data-intensive computing grids.
SPECIAL REPORT Currently more an academic curiosity than a commercial venture, grid computing will eventually affect enterprises -- as long the concept survives the hype.
commentary A great leap for computer-kind or a small marketing step?
Sun Microsystems has upgraded its top-end "grid" software, a product that lets teams of computers collectively tackle calculation problems, making it more suitable for businesses that need strict control of their computing resources.
Researchers build full Itanium support into software that can be used to assemble supercomputers out of clusters of Linux computers.
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