In the Grid Game

Ascential (ascential.com): Enterprise Integration Platform that supports data integration grids.

Avaki (avaki.com): Avaki Data Grid creates a unified catalog of data across a network.

DataSynapse (datasynapse.com): GridServer lets customers move existing applications to grid environment.

Dell (dell.com): Partnered with Platform Computing (see below) to provide grid-enabled systems for CPU-intensive computing purposes.

Enterprise Grid Alliance (gridalliance.org):

Group formed by Oracle, HP and others to create enterprise-oriented grid standards.

Global Grid Forum (ggf.org): Standards body that creates and publishes grid computing standards.

The Globus Alliance (globus.org): Group offers open-source development kits based on Global Grid Forum and Oasis. Will likely include other standards.

Hewlett-Packard (hp.com): Utility Data Center provides rapid reallocation of computing resources. Works on a variety of corporate grid products and services.

IBM (ibm.com/grid): Grid is a central part of IBM’s autonomic computing model. Numerous products and partnerships in place.

Oracle (oracle.com/grid): Released Oracle 10g database early this year. Built-in support for grid computing resources.

Platform Computing (platform.com): Software that consolidates computing resources and provides an architecture for grid-enabled applications.

SAP (sap.com): Currently piloting a project to grid-enable SAP applications.

Sun Microsystems (sun.com): N1 Grid engine combines grid and clustering.

United Devices (ud.com): Offers enterprise grid software and hosting service for grid-on-demand.