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IBM & CERN openlab for DataGrid Applications

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-got-your-application-right-here dept.

Jules V.D. writes "CERN and IBM today announced that IBM is joining the CERN openlab for DataGrid applications to collaborate in creating a massive data-management system built on Grid computing.IBM's innovative storage virtualization and file management technology, will play a pivotal role in this collaboration, which aims to create a data file system far larger than exists today to help scientists at CERN understand some of the most fundamental questions about the nature of matter and the Universe."

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  1. Isn't IBM's Grid PS3 technology? by SirDaShadow · · Score: 0, Troll

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't we going to get a taste of IBM's Grid technology on Sony's spanking new Playstation 3?