Cloud computing and grid computing are often mistaken for one another, but the fact is that they’re nowhere close to the same thing. This article explains both systems, and how they differ from one ...

Adding renewable energy and energy storage capacity brings an added layer of complexity to traditional electrical grid systems. Balancing supply and demand of energy for power systems, even under ...

Picture this scenario: At 2:37 a.m. during a storm, lightning strikes a distribution feeder line in rural Wisconsin. A massive power surge races through the distribution network. Instead of triggering ...

Charles Schwab & Co. this week went live with a grid computing system and said it has already improved performance by an order of magnitude on the first investment management application that’s ...

Grid software maker Platform Computing releases a module that enables Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program to use the power of a grid computing system. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Breast cancer treatment and research are getting a big boost from a new grid computing system that will link hospitals, doctors and researchers as they seek new ways of fighting the disease. The ...

Office politics and other social issues are a bigger problem than technology when it comes to the adoption of the "grid" philosophy of pooling computing resources, according to a study released ...

NEC Corporation is to provide Mazda Motor Corp. with an experimental grid computing system that will undergo testing in 2005, the companies said today. If the tests are successful, NEC hopes to become ...

The University of Pennsylvania's National Digital Mammogram Archive taps emerging open grid standards to exponentially boost breast cancer treatment Hospitals and medical facilities everywhere ...