Corey Klaasmeyer defines grid computing and contrasts it with cluster computing. This article also leads the reader through a simple Globus Toolkit 4 grid service implementation.

The new release purportedly provides improved behavior for applets in Safari and increased stability for desktop Java applications. It also includes all the improvements from Java 1.4.2 Update 1.

Recent Posts of Significant Interest (Java Security, XML, Cloud Computing) how-to Feb 19, 2011 6 mins Core Java ...

On top of that, on average, Java loses to C++ by about 15%, especially when apps can be compiled for mass-scale computing (use profile-guided compilation, etc).

Apple supports old version Because the transition to Java 1.4.1 represents an architectural change to the underlying Java implementation on Mac OS X, some technologies built on Java 1.3.1 will not ...

Connecting the 'DevOps, Agile and Java cloud native applications' dots A concise definition of both DevOps and cloud native computing is elusive, but Cisco's Ken Owens presents a unified theory that ...

Nearly a year after it announced a partnership with IBM to push Java computing to the edge of the Internet, Akamai is unveiling a new service that will enable customers to run WebSphere-based ...

NEW YORK--Wall Street on Java Technology conference speakers acknowledged the maturity of the Java development environment last week, but users and vendors demonstrated that they are still pushing the ...