Businesses in Asia will soon be able to draw on commercial, pay-per-use grid-computing services, as part of a government-driven initiative to promote grid adoption for purposes beyond research. The three service-provider groups appointed by Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) will activate on-demand access to computing power and software applications, as well as storage and archiving, from 1 November, the companies told ZDNet Asia.
Singapore to Offer Commercial Grid Computing
October 30, 2008