The Hindu Business Line : `Grid computing picking up pace'

L to R:- Mr. Roger Scott, Vice-President, Technology Sales Consulting,Oracle Corporation, Asia-Pacific Division, and Mr. V.G. Sundar Ram, Senior Director, Database Presales, Asia-Pacific, at a Oracle OpenWorld Press Conference in Mumbai on Monday.

Mumbai , Jan. 9

WITH an increased awareness of technologies, Indian companies are leading the world in perceptions of shifting towards a `Grid IT environment', with about 48 per cent of the organisations polled in an Oracle survey stating that they had already opted for or were in the process of embracing grid technology.

Grid computing refers to pooling of IT resources into a single set of shared services for all enterprise computing requirements.

"The report reveals that India leads the world's perceptions of moving towards a grid IT environment with 60 per cent of the organisations polled stating that grid-based IT infrastructure is inevitable or very probable. Moreover, nearly half (48 per cent) of organisations polled have already made or are in the process of embracing grid technology," Mr Sundar Ram, Senior Director, Database Technologies, Oracle Asia-Pacific, said at a conference on the eve of Oracle OpenWorld event here.

The results of the latest Oracle Grid Index research indicates an increased awareness of enabling technologies such Services Oriented Architecture and Blade Servers, he added.

The Grid Index maps the grid computing maturity based on three underlying indices - foundation readiness, knowledge and interest and adoption lifestyle. India's Oracle Grid Index moved from 2.9 to 4.44, registering the fastest grid index growth worldwide (52 per cent).