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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Special Features:
RECENT SURVEY IDENTIFIES MOST
INFLUENTIAL GRID JOURNALISTS
In a recent survey conducted by Portland, Ore.-based Grid Strategies Inc,
users and vendors of the rapidly growing computing paradigm known as Grid
computing, were asked to name the journalists they believe will be most
influential in communicating the potential of Grid computing to the global
business community.
With dozens of companies indicating they are working on major media
campaigns
centered around Grid computing for 2004 and into 2005, the respondents have
named the following journalists (in alphabetical order):
- Alan Beck, Editor-in-Chief, GRIDtoday
- Peter Coffee, Technology Editor, eWeek
- Martin LaMonica, Senior Reporter, CNET News.com
- Steve Lohr, Technology Business Reporter, New York Times
- John Markoff, Senior Writer, New York Times
- Jim Middlemiss, Contributing Editor, Wall Street & Technology
- Aaron Ricadela, Senior Writer, Information Week
- Ed Scannell, Editor-at-Large, Infoworld
- Stephen Shankland, Senior Writer, CNET News.com
- Patrick Thibodeau, Reporter, Computerworld
Seventy percent of the respondents indicated it is more important to
develop
a
media strategy designed to communicate a business case for Grid computing than
a technical case.
Web services, utility computing, .NET, CPU harvesting and distributed
computing are just a few of the technologies that fall under the Grid
computing umbrella. Gt04 -- a premiere enterprise Grid computing conference
targeting industrial and commercial users -- will gather experts, and outline
strategies and road maps for Grid deployment. For more information, visit
www.gt04.com.
Grid computing is here!
Grid computing has been evolving in the scientific and technical computing
communities for decades, but recent developments of technology, software and
perhaps most important, industry standards, have brought this promising
approach to distributed computing into the mainstream.
Companies such as Charles Schwab, CreditSuisse First Boston, Eli Lilly,
Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley, Novartis, UBS and Wachovia were quick to
see the potential of Grid computing and have already adopted Grid computing
initiatives resulting in significant IT cost savings and dramatically improved
productivity. Yet, widespread commercial adoption of Grid computing faces
significant barriers as market hype and political issues leave many companies
at odds on how or even why they should adopt a Grid computing strategy.
Many analysts predict Grid computing could potentially have as much impact
as
the Internet. Others remain skeptical, taking a wait-and-see attitude.
However, most agree that the next two years will be significant as dozens, if
not hundreds, of new companies enter the fray looking for a piece of the Grid
computing pie.
One common belief among vendors and users alike is the importance of the
media
in influencing the global business community and creating a realistic
expectation for what Grid computing can deliver. With this in mind, and with
the first major conference to focus on the commercial applications of Grid
computing -- Grid Today 2004 (Gt'04), May 24-26 in Philadelphia,
www.gt04.com -- just a few weeks
away,
Grid Strategies in
conjunction
with GRIDtoday magazine, conducted the random sample survey of hundreds of
vendors, users and their public relations agency representatives throughout
the Grid and HPC computing communities.
"It's quite understandable that so much emphasis is being placed on Grid
computing," said Mike Bernhardt, CEO of Grid Strategies Inc. "This is a
computing paradigm that will not technically cross the chasm for another year,
and the marketplace is buzzing with enthusiasm and, unfortunately,
confusion. Many organizations are still struggling with the business case for
Grid computing. When the key players in Grid computing meet in Philadelphia
at Gt'04, there will be as many people asking 'why' they should implement a
Grid computing infrastructure as those asking 'how to get started.'"
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