4 stages of grid computing

Grid computing is all about scaling out the enterprise IT infrastructure without having to invest scads of money in high-powered systems. But companies don’t typically through their mission-critical business applications on a grid all at once. Songnian Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Platform Computing, understands the enterprise motivation well, having worked with myriad grid computing customers over the years. Zhou sees companies adopting grid in four steps. He talks with Beth Schultz, New Data Center editor, about those steps, including the business goals, challenges and benefits to be gained in each. (25:57)

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