A new group committed to evangelizing grid computing formed this week, with its inaugural roster boasting such high-tech heavy hitters as Oracle, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NEC, Fujitsu Siemens and HP. But despite the group’s support from so many big names, neither IBM nor Microsoft has joined this alliance thus far. This may pose a problem for the organization’s future, several analysts said.
IBM, Microsoft Eschew New Grid Group
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. April 22, 2004 08:51 AMA new group committed to evangelizing grid computing formed this week, with its inaugural roster boasting such high-tech heavy hitters as Oracle, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NEC, Fujitsu Siemens and HP. But despite the group’s support from so many big names, neither IBM nor Microsoft has joined this alliance thus far. This may pose a problem for the organization’s future, several analysts said.