Grid Computing News : GridGain Gains Grid Traction

GridGain Systems has released version 2.0 of its open-source Java grid computing platform. The company bills GridGain 2.0 as powerful, easy to use and built for enterprise use. "GridGain demonstrated that when grid computing is done right, it will be used by a wide range of applications," GridGain founder Nikita Ivanov said in a statement. "Fundamental concepts of grid computing such as data and processing parallelization are extremely appealing to enterprise developers. GridGain employs these fundamental concepts that make grid computing a simple reality that can be easily harnessed right now." New features in version 2.0 include advanced MapReduce implementation; better early and late load balancing capabilities; automatic and dynamic data partitioning and processing co-location; native support for data caching products such as JBoss Cache and Oracle Coherence; advanced scheduling management; and improved runtime metrics, monitoring and management.... read more