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There has been much coverage in the press recently over two architectural approaches to technology: grid computing, where hardware assets are virtualised so that applications can share resources, and service oriented architectures (SOAs), where discrete items of functionality are created that are brought together on the fly to meet the business' process needs.
At Quocirca, we've been tracking both approaches for some time, and our view is that grid computing and SOAs fit together, hand in glove.
The trouble is, our research shows that there are differing views from with IT professionals, and that much work is required to educate users on what both grid computing and SOAs bring as value to an organisation.
Firstly, let's look at grid computing. Quocirca has carried out the Grid Index survey for Oracle on a six-monthly basis for over two years, and we have seen continued growth in understanding of grid technologies, in the capability for grid to be layered on an organisation's existing IT infrastructure, and of actual grid adoption.
Where other surveys have shown that grid is not high many organisations' radar, we find that our respondents, once grid is explained to them, find that an advanced cluster approach to grid-enabling specific areas of functionality makes sense.
That their organisation will also gain an upswing in hardware utilisation (most companies make less than 15 per cent overall utilisation of their hardware assets in a standard infrastructure) and that the better flexibility of a grid enables the organisation to be more flexible makes this approach even more appealing.
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