Research lead
The largest European research project in Grid Computing BEinGRID, has published a booklet of case studies and background information to show businesses how they can be more efficient and reduce IT costs using distributed computing.
In the past few years computer architectures have shifted from stand alone systems with manually managed applications towards dynamic, virtual, shared environments. BEinGRID (Business Experiments in GRID) was set up to support this development by fostering the adoption of Grid technologies across the EU and stimulating research into associated business models.
Grid technology offers benefits such as better utilisation of IT resources, security enhancements and increased flexibility from global access to resources through standard web-browsers. In the manufacturing sector, Grid Computing can speed up interactions between designers, specialised research groups and suppliers, by providing quick access to share relevant data and high-performance computing resources.
Despite such benefits, the commercial exploitation of Grid solutions across the European Union is being held back by a lack of reference cases. BEinGRID has set up a number of pilot applications across a broad spectrum of European business sectors, including media, financial, logistics, manufacturing, retail and textile sectors.
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