Grid Computing

Introduction

In the last several years "Grid Computing" has become the Holy Grail of the computing world. Meanwhile, Science Tools' has continued on providing scientific solutions to the community. Recently, however, we have become aware that our primary offering, The BigSur System™ contains within it the world's only turn-key grid computing solution. Imagine our surprise when we began to investigate "Grid" and discovered that there exists today only a vague goal and no functional systems that even begin to approach the promise of all that hype. We have been delivering on the promise of grid since before the expression "grid computing" existed. In the following materials you will find an analysis of the grid world as it is today and some commentary that discusses how we fit into its framework.

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