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Web Services Grid
GRID COMPUTING, ONCE the purview of the scientific research community, is making inroads into the business community as both Sun Microsystems and IBM reveal plans to integrate the technology into their Web service offerings.
As mentioned in "Getting on the Grid," (News &Analysis, Oct. 4,2001), the goal of grid computing is to be able to "share storage and processing power while collaborating on large computing tasks." However, aside from the research community, the strategic applications of this technology initially seemed limited. But grid computing's business value became more apparent with recent announcements by IBM and Sun that grid computing is vital to their Web services strategies.
Sun Open Net Environment (ONE) and Grid Engine...