SAP, Europe’s largest software firm, has announced that it is to invest EUR 2.2 million in a new research center to be located in Belfast. Invest Northern Ireland has offered a Start programme package of EUR 1.3 million towards the establishment of the centre, which will focus on carrying out leading-edge research in the emerging field of grid computing. (read more).

SAP seems to sense the potential of grid technology in back office business area. Many major vendors have already jumped to early adopt grid technology. However, there is only solution in data grid. Computational grid or grid computing is very popular in scientific area but never heard in business sector. This is a good start next to SAP NetWeaver platform.

The outcome of this center might be a solution capable to integrate anything and to distribute computational task on wide-area network.

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