Grid- und Utility Computing

Compute resources - they must be available and accessible whenever you need them, 24x7. Many organizations are faced with resource utilization issues - they need vast amounts of compute power, but only at certain times. The rest of the time, resources are underutilized. Compounding this problem is the increased dependence on computationally intensive processing, which is now filling every square inch of data centers - imposing a substantial real estate/energy expense burden. This is true in many industries, including financial services and energy, where large batch jobs, such as risk/portfolio analysis and seismic processing, are run on a project basis.