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June 22, 2006 | Comments: (0)

Oracle's Grid Survey Not Real Telling

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Oracle recently announced results from the fourth Oracle Grid Index.

I'm not going to say a whole lot about it, although the previous Grid Index reports have been met with little fanfare. I'm not sure why as they are quite detailed and their data collection techniques appear sound.

What I do find interesting are some of the numbers that look at the Global Trends in Grid Computing, especially in light of recent talk regarding North America trailing Europe in Grid adoption and usage. This study differs with that opinion.

However some of the text from the above article make me wonder how fresh this data is. I'm not sure that this is the fault of the study itself, after all the data shows what the data shows, and as I mention above, their collection techniques have been sound in the past.

But when I hear things like "The latest research confirmed that Grid Computing is a maturing technology and highlighted the rise of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) in maximising the business benefits of Information Technology (IT)" and "All regions show positive movement in the awareness, understanding and adoption of Grid Computing" my first reaction is to whack the side of the CD player because it sounds like the disc may be skipping.

Posted by Greg Nawrocki on June 22, 2006 07:18 AM

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