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The differences between grid, cloud, edge and fog computing

The differences between grid, cloud, edge and fog computing

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Drawing: Scientific photo library via AP Images (PA) years before completely revolutionized cloud computing where and how we could access technology, there were regional, national and even global “grids” processing huge data sets for researchers, without requiring heavy machinery in each of their labs. But if grid computing was the precursor to commercial clouds operated …

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CES preview: The tech world gears up to gather in Vegas for the annual show

CES preview: The tech world gears up to gather in Vegas for the annual show

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The CES show symbolically kicks off the new year for tech, providing a blueprint of what to expect over the next 12 months and beyond. The 2023 event, however, can be defined by what happened in the months leading up to it: a series of layoffs, hiring freezes, real estate consolidation and twisting of hands …

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Amazon's cloud unit faces cost-sensitive customers as economic fears rise

Amazon’s cloud unit faces cost-sensitive customers as economic fears rise

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Amazon Web Services has been its parent company’s biggest growth engine for most of the past decade, taking business with some of the world’s largest technology vendors. But as companies face the most discouraging economic environment since the 2008 financial crisis, those massive checks they send to AWS for their technology infrastructure are coming under …

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