True grid: a look at what parts of grid computing are ready for prime time implementation and what parts are definitely not. (Strategic Outlook). From: Internet World | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Zipperer, John | COPYRIGHT 2002 Penton Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Make the work easier. That's the promise of grid computing, and that's what Cognigen Corp. wanted. Cognigen performs data analysis of large data collections for pharmaceutical companies as they go through the FDA approval process for new drugs. It had been using two Sun 450 servers, on which it could run four jobs. The scientists using the system could not queue their jobs, so they were constantly logging in to see if there were open CPUs--something that each of them was spending u...