Cloud and Grid Computing- Are they same?

After having several discussions with people regarding cloud and grid computing, I have come to know one thing for sure that there is a lot of uncertainty regarding the distinction as well as the similarity between 'Grid' and 'Cloud' computing. Therefore, I think I should write my two cents about what I know of this topic. In this blog, I will touch upon what a 'Grid' and 'Cloud' is, how they fundamentally differ from each other and then moving on to briefly discussing the evolution of Cloud from Grid.

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Launching Karachi Economist

MediaXpress Inc is all set to launch Karachi Economist, a new service that will provide easy and open access to high-quality multilingual academic output in a single, cross-searchable portal. “A wonderful treasure trove of easy-to-find resources”.

Karachi Economist will support free markets, globalization, free immigration, and will only accept the propositions of Keynesian economics which deemed more "reasonable".

Their primary focus will be on World Business Politics and Economics, but they will also runs regular sections on science and technology as well as on books and the arts. They will support increase in government health and education spending and also their "stimulus" plans for economic development during recession. With roots in classical liberalism, Karachi Economist will disfavor any government interference in either social or economic activity.

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