For Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals

High Performance And Grid Computing Don't Generate Broad Interest

Marketers Should Lead With Business Value, Not These Tech Themes

by Frank E. Gillett, March 11, 2008

Global enterprise buyer interest in grid computing grew slightly in 2007, but the growth was mostly in Asia Pacific, with nearly flat interest in North America and a decline in interest in Europe. For the first time, we also asked buyers about high performance . . .

For Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals

SMB Server Buying Trends: North America 2006 - Server Virtualization Is Hot, Grid Is Not  (132 KB PPT)

by Frank E. Gillett, May 4, 2007

This Data Charts document looks at server buying trends for small and medium-size businesses; server virtualization was hot, grid was not.

Global Compute Grid Adoption Is Nearly Flat

Awareness Grows, But It Doesn't Consistently Translate To Interest

by Frank E. Gillett, October 13, 2006

Unlike server virtualization, which hit 92% awareness and 40% adoption in North American enterprises, compute grids have achieved 81% awareness and only 8% adoption. European enterprise awareness and adoption is similar to North America's, while Asia . . .

Grid Groups Will Merge Efforts To Ease Confusion

Forrester Believes That The EGA And GGF Talks Will Lead To Unification In 2006

by Frank E. Gillett, January 20, 2006

The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA) was formed in 2004 because of the belief that the Global Grid Forum (GGF) was not serving the needs of firms that wanted to apply academically developed grid technologies to conventional IT problems. Now the two organizations . . .

Which Industries Are Using Compute Grids?

A Comparison Across Major North American Industry Groups

by Michael Speyer, Frank E. Gillett, October 17, 2005

In the past, firms have reported strong interest in grid technology, but when Forrester asked specifically about compute grid use, beyond Web server farms or standard application clusters, we found that only 5% of enterprises are using the technology. . . .

Compute Grid-Enabled Apps Are On The Rise

Firms Are Using Distributed Computing Techniques To Gain Efficiencies

by Frank E. Gillett, August 4, 2005

Compute grid technology looks like a great way to save on compute costs and get better business results — but there's no universal killer application for grid. To figure out which applications might benefit from compute grid strategies, firms must work . . .

Univa Will Help Some Compute Grid Users But Won't Ease The Software Parallelization Challenges

by Frank E. Gillett, January 24, 2005

The Globus Toolkit is a six-year-old open source standards-based set of tools for sharing compute and data resources across tasks and organizations. Now the creators of the Globus Toolkit have launched Univa, a startup focused on providing commercial . . .

Decoding Grid Technology

How To Understand Grid In Relation To Organic IT And Utility Computing

by Frank E. Gillett, January 20, 2005

Hype about grid technology has grown, with new standards bodies and informational Web sites joining grid pioneers from the late 1990s. Grid has many meanings and claimed benefits, so how are users supposed to figure out what it means for them? Forrester . . .

Network Appliance Unveils Its Storage Strategy

NetApp Uses Its gFiler To Morph Virtualization Into Grid Storage

by Bob Zimmerman, December 20, 2004

Grid storage seems to be a natural complement to grid processors, but it really is the next evolutionary step in configuring and managing storage in the data center and across the enterprise. It's not free and, in a heterogeneous storage environment, . . .

The Grid Is Not Complete Without The Data

Grid Storage Is A Necessary Adjunct For Grid Computing

by Bob Zimmerman, August 17, 2004

Once you have decided that grid computing best fits an application architecture, the critical decision is how to feed data to a computing system in which the next process may execute anywhere. Nascent grid storage technology is emerging to control and . . .

Grid Gets Big, But The Term Is Confusing

Firms Use "Grid" To Mean Organic IT, Utility, On Demand, And More

by Frank E. Gillett, May 18, 2004

Forrester surveyed 149 large companies in North America to learn about their knowledge and use of grid technologies. Firms are confused about what "grid" means — but they are implementing various types of grid technologies, with 37% of firms reporting . . .

Softricity SoftGrid - Emerging Microsoft Thin Client Alternative

by Richard Fichera, November 12, 2003

While Softricity has all the risks of a small company, its solution seems to answer a compelling need for efficient desktop operations around widely deployed enterprise applications with an interesting hybrid of traditional thin and fat client computing.

The Next High Concept - Grid Computing

by Lou Agosta, October 2, 2003

Grid computing is not is a killer application that enterprises need to go out and get. Caution and selective debunking are clearly appropriate. Yet grid computing will drive technology innovations and, ultimately, redefine the limits of the possible.

Grid Computing: A More Specific Definition, A More Specific and Conservative Assessment

by Colin Rankine, September 29, 2003

We believe that grid computing solutions will capture well under 10 percent of the commercial server marketplace in the next five years.

Oracle 10g: Limited Grid Functionality, But Highly Improved Manageability Features

by Noel Yuhanna, September 29, 2003

Although Oracle¿s vision of grid looks promising, it still has some challenges ahead, including support for load balancing and resource pooling features across heterogeneous servers.

Executive Q&A: Grid Computing

by Galen Schreck, Charles Rutstein, June 11, 2003

The initial hype around grid computing has faded, but executives still wonder about its application to their companies. With vendors like IBM and Platform Computing now touting their capabilities, it's time for executives to get realistic about grid's . . .

Is Capacity Planning Obsolete? Grid Computing Not the Complete Answer

by Jean-Pierre Garbani, May 6, 2003

Not all applications can scale gracefully to multiple servers or multiple processors. This alone should maintain capacity planners in business for some time.

IBM E-Business On Demand Update: Grids for Specific Applications Today, More in the Future

February 11, 2003

As these offerings mature and are deployed more widely, IBM and its partners will get an opportunity to complete the development of this technology so it will be applicable to a broader range of application workloads.

Grid Computing Needs A Vendor Boost

by Andrew Parker, David Metcalfe, Frank E. Gillett, October 18, 2002

Today, enterprises test grid computing for specialized R&D tasks. Firms will benefit from using commercial grid software for workload management and low-cost supercomputing. But vendors must tackle grid computing's limitations to drive adoption.

Defining Grid Computing

by Adria Ferguson, August 8, 2002

Grid computing is an extremely promising technology, but there are still many security, technology and standards issues that must be overcome before it will be a product ready for commercial markets.

Sun Grid Engine Enterprise Edition 5.3 Provides Flexible Rules and Strict Policy Enforcement

by Stacey Quandt, June 10, 2002

Enterprise customers considering grid computing should look for products that support enterprise grids. Also look for companies that have partners for service and support, academic partnerships, support standards and an exiting installed base.

HP Highlights Security of Utility Data Center for Grid Computing — A Study of Context and Vision

by Stacey Quandt, May 16, 2002

HP is essentially repackaging its UDC as an enabler of grid computing. HP is using the relatively recent UDC product and combining it with the emerging concept of grid computing in order to tie this to its 20-year-old vision of service-centric computing.

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

The Next Big Thing: Profound Changes Coming in the Way We Work

by Stan Schatt, March 6, 2002

The Next Big Thing: Grid Computing

by Stacey Quandt, March 4, 2002

Giga believes that 2002 and even 2003 will be dominated by companies using cluster and campus grids and it will take until 2005 for the use of global grids to accelerate.

The Globus Project A Framework for Grid Computing

by Stacey Quandt, January 7, 2002

Giga recommends that only clients with loosely or tightly coupled clusters running commercial applications, such as bioinformatics, crash simulation, genomics and business intelligence, consider the potential advantages of using the Globus Toolkit.