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  • Oracle enters the grid

    commentary A great leap for computer-kind or a small marketing step?

  • Oracle plots grid computing consortium

    An executive with the database software maker says the company is building a consortium of industry players to help create standards for commercial use of grid computing.

  • Dell on a debunking mission

    Models of utility computing promoted by Sun, IBM and Hewlett-Packard need a "reality check", said a senior Dell executive.

  • Sun offers business-friendly grid software

    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.

  • Top strategic technologies for 2005

    Determining which new or existing technologies align with the business goals and are ripe for exploitation can be a difficult undertaking. As a starting point, Gartner has selected ten top strategic technologies for 2005.

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  • Microsoft gets on the grid

    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.

  • HP girds for grid storage campaign

    Hewlett-Packard is attempting to revitalise its sagging data storage division by announcing new products and plans centered on the idea of a storage "grid."

  • Oracle enters the grid

    commentary A great leap for computer-kind or a small marketing step?

  • Cranking up corporate clock speeds

    Concepts such as utility computing, Web services and business process management shouldn't be considered in isolation but rather as components of the real-time enterprise (RTE).

  • Sun offers business-friendly grid software

    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.

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Reviews (16)

  • Office politics: Microsoft Office XP vs Sun StarOffice 6

    Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed­â€"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity marketâ€"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?

  • D'oh and un-d'oh: 4 disaster recovery solutions

    Everyone needs backups, but how do you recover a server quickly? We look at some of the options available for snapshot backup and other disaster recovery techniques.

  • Quantum deep

    Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?

  • Autonomic transmission

    In an industry that loves buzzwords, autonomic computing continues to attract attention. Can the promise of self-managing IT systems ever be met, and how will businesses change if that happens?

  • What next for the Internet?

    Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

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