The Grid and Cloud Computing

The technology of "Cloud Computing", currently being used by many web hosting service providers is now being projected to not only be a local thing, but a worldwide effect that will stand on top of the current internet infrastructure. The main difference between the internet and this new "grid" idea is that NOT only can we share information like the conventional internet technology, but we would also be able to combine and share computing resources, effectively making a super super duper computer with exceptional capabilities. Currently this technology is in use in small confined environment and with its own required software and machinery which is not compatibleusually with another external system. Scientists from EU-funded resources calling the project, g-Eclipse are now working in a way where everyone will be able to connect to it and make their own contribution to the grid. Most likely it will be an easy to use Windows like interface and be available almost anywhere. While this may be many years into the future, the idea lends a far greater potential then we could possibly imagine.