ZDNet: Germany to Plug in National Grid

“The German government on Wednesday is expected to launch a
multiyear effort with IBM to use grid computing for advanced
research.

“Called the Deutschland Grid, or D-Grid, the initiative involves
linking several machines together to tackle complex computing tasks
for scientific research.

“The German minister of science, Edelgard Bulmahn, is expected
to announce the D-Grid plan in Berlin at a meeting of the Global
Grid Forum, a grid computing standards body, according to
IBM…”

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