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Upsurge in the adoption of Grid Computing

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BANGALORE: A recent survey conducted by the research firm Evans Data Corporation on set of database developers reflects a 75% increase in adoption of Grid Computing, in 6 months. Thirty seven percent of database developers are implementing or planning to implement a grid computing architecture.







Because of the rapidly growing sizes of databases capacity is a major issue, which most of the database sites are facing today.

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According to Joe McKendrick, Evans' database analyst, "while we're still in the infancy of grid computing, the technology looks very promising for database sites struggling with capacity issues." "We just can't keep throwing more hardware at the problem. Data warehouses, for example, will only keep getting bigger. Companies can't afford to keep upgrading their systems and hardware to support these massive repository and associated tools. Grid computing offers an intelligent way for companies to better redeploy IT systems existing within their enterprises," he added.

In related data, 34% of companies are focusing their database development work on Business Intelligence platforms, including OLAP, data mining, and real-time analytics, an increase of nearly 30% in the past year. One out of three database developers planning to use grid technology indicated that Business Intelligence software is the expected target for the new computing architecture. The study also found that the recent increase in IT budgets mean more database developers and managers are concentrating on Business Intelligence software.







Other findings of the survey indicate that 93% organizations are providing real-time access to analytic data. Forty four percent of database developers are in the process of migrating to a 64-bit database within next year, and there is an upsurge in the Mobile database development projects by sixty percent.















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