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IBM: 'Grid' not hot air



http://www.jp.dk/itogc/ncom:aid=2038452/

Shortened version, translated.

Contrary to statements by Carly Fiorina and the consulting company Gartner, IBM dismisses any notion of Grid not being ready for the world market.

IBM insist that they already have 100 customers for the Grid technology and have resently gotten 10 more - including T-Systems, a division of Deutche Telecom as well as IN2P3 of France, NLI Research Institute and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

IBM is to deliver Grid-technology to Morgan Stanley and Hewitt Associates.

The promis behind the technology is an increased use of existing IT systems by increasing use of existing IT systems, by making it possible to spread 'heavy' computing over hundreds of servers at the same time.

Oracle has announced that it will have a Grid based version of its database software on the market by the end of the year.
Oracle is also heckling IBM for their system, which demands heavy consulting from IBM Global Service.

IBM has answered by claiming that Oracles Grid products are little more than the company's Cluster-technology in a new wrapping...

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