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.
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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Another is to allow local people to be able to choose low-carbon local energy sources, rather than being obliged to rely on large-scale electricity grids run on polluting coal.
With the fervor of a convert, he's urging utilities across the country to build data-delivery systems on their power grids.
Higher rates may make it economical for them to sell their spare juice to other consumers despite high transmission costs on utility-owned grids.
Solar grids were constructed on the three atolls, with the last completed earlier this week.
But in reality, most power grids are based on 1950s technology, with sketchy communications and antiquated control systems.
Engineers trying to prevent grids from becoming overloaded on dry land might learn a trick or two from the navy's researchers.
Solar blasts heading toward Earth can stoke up beautiful auroras in the nighttime sky, and wreak havoc on communications satellites and electrical power grids.
We are also working on battery charging stations and smart grids.
It's far more efficient than most national electricity grids, which rely on large central power stations to send electricity exclusively in one direction from the power stations to the final customer.
The emergency procedures are a progressive series of steps that allow ERCOT to bring on uncommitted generation and power from other grids.
When powerful eruptions reach Earth, the charged matter can blow out transformers in power grids as well as tripping electronics on satellites.
That's why many economists embrace intelligent infrastructure spending on roads, bridges, schools, electric grids and rural Internet access as effective stimulus elements.
Smart grids provide real-time information on electricity use, so that consumers and businesses can make efficient energy choices on a truly reliable network.
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The evidence tells us that we need to learn from some early lessons if smart grids are to make a real impact on emissions.
Such a probe would be able to provide an hour's more warning of solar storms, which can disrupt electricity grids and cause other nasty side-effects on earth.
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An attack on U.S. computer networks could knock out power grids, telecommunications, transportation and banking systems in a matter of seconds.
Big tasks will be shared in grids of machines perhaps thousands of miles apart, assembled on-the-fly for a job.
Big tasks will be shared in grids of machines perhaps thousands of kilometers apart, assembled on-the-fly for a job.
But experts say a successful, large-scale attack on U.S. computer systems could hobble electric-power grids, transportation networks and industrial-supply chains.
On November 13th he called for a nine-point European pact on the future of employment, including crash programmes to expand power grids and to festoon the countryside with broadband networks.
On top of that, many of the firms have initiated new production grids that penalize lower and middle producing brokers by reducing their take-home percentages.
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Over time, they were able to develop maps and grids, much like board games, to overlay candidates' political powers and their positions on issues.
But a solar storm has the potential to disrupt the shielding effect, and severe space weather can have harmful effects on a wide array of technological systems, including satellite operations, communications, navigation and electric power grids.
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The company provides hardware, software and services for connecting utilities with devices on a power grid, including advanced metering and faster detection of outages and tools to improve the reliability of electrical grids.
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