ComputerWeekly: IBM Says Users Show Grid is Commercially Viable

[ Thanks to Matt for this link. ]

"IBM announced a range of government and corporate customers for its grid technology, as IT managers and researchers gathered last week at a major grid conference in Brussels, Belgium.

"Auto industry manufacturer Karmann has rolled out a grid implementation based on a Linux cluster of 116 IBM eServer xSeries x335s. It is being used to accelerate business processes including engineering simulation, design and crash test analysis..."

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