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ComputerWeekly: IBM Says Users Show Grid is Commercially Viable

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 29, 2004

[ 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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