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J.C.R. Licklider (1915-1990) - who was often forced to work monotonic data management acitivies during his cybernetic and psycho acoustic researches- had designed the theory of a computer which is the best for the people: interactive, has multimedia system, and easy to use. All of this he did in the ’50s which was the age of computer-giants.  

His plans and dreamlike ideas were always followed by acts, so his associates developed one hardware- and software novelty after another, in his self led research office: the graphic screen, the mouse, split screen video conference, first hypertext based system. In 1963 he suggested the computers’ connection into a network, so research groups can cooperate in a more successful way. The first experimental network started to operate in 1969, launching the evolutionary process which led to the internet.

The PC success story began in the ’80s. Soon born the idea how to assemble a huge computing capacity system from the cheap tools.  In the Grid systems not only PCs can be connected, but bigger machines.

The conception of spaced computational environment assembled from the users’ computers had been introduced by distributed.net (dnet) and SETI@home in the ’90s.

Both projects proved not only that the conception is perfect, but that it works better than predicted. The meaning „Grid-computing” is being used since the 1995 I-WAY experiment, when 17 North American supercomputers were connected for a short time with the help of amazingly fast networks. Several research projects can be traced back to this experiment, furthermore yet more Grid plans are being born, mostly by IBM. From 2000. the financial sources started to rise. Regular global networks doesn’t, but subsystems are already exist, i.e. the european DataGrid.

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„We think that we could only sell about 5 computers worldwide” Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943

 „The computers of the future would weight maybe less than 1,5 tons” Popular Mechanics magazine, 1949

 „There’s no reason why would anyone want to buy a computer” Ken Olson, establisher and director of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977

 

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Econet.hu Plc. have won another proposal

The consortium led by econet.hu Plc. had got significant support in the frames of the 2005. Jedlik Ányos Programme. In the centre of the supported project stands econet.hu Rt’s Global Desktop Grid (GDG) technology, which can be used to efficiently solve tasks what need huge computing capacity. The expendable support exceeds the 100 million forints. This sum of money can be used to employ the technology (which already have big professional responses) outside the closed milieu of laboratories or enterprises.

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Econet.hu Plc. have made a successful proposal

The consortium wherein econet.hu Plc. have participated made a successful proposal which covered the development of Regional University Knowledge Centers in the frames of the 2005.Pázmány Péter Programme. In the supported project the Grid technology -ensured by econet.hu Plc.- gets a prominent role as an application for the tasks which need huge computing capacity. For the development and employment of this technology, the tender’s budget offers way above 10 million forints.

 
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