Another barrier would be scaling the process so that the self-assembled nanoscale data grids could be stamped onto a surface automatically.

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GigaSpaces, an Israeli company founded in 2000, creates software for data analysis and processing on grids of computers, where each server tackles one part of large problem.

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Will encourage companies to have better data security, especially for power grids, water systems, and other core critical infrastructure.

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With the fervor of a convert, he's urging utilities across the country to build data-delivery systems on their power grids.

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Secondly, Cisco Extended Memory technology allows each blade server in a cluster to support more than twice as much memory as a conventional two-socket server, which makes it easier to construct grids that process terabytes of data in memory.

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The great symbol of American mobility is morphing into a network device, a data-generating green machine plugged into a matrix of power grids, cloud computers and social media.

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Ordinary databases and grid may be too slow, but ScaleOut Software stores data in memory on server farms or uses distributed caching on compute grids, to eliminate bottlenecks and reduce latency.

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High demand and aging delivery grids have forced some utility companies to restrict the amount of power delivered to a data center.

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One of the fundamental challenges of the grids that GigaSpaces operates in is the management of a large pool of servers, the data processing jobs they are assigned, and the results they return.

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