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title: Distributed computing grows
date: "2002-11-01T12:00:00Z"
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wp_id: 1058
description: I observed IBM’s move into on-demand computing under Sam Palmisano, validating my prediction that tech giants would soon aggregate retail computing power for massive distributed projects, similar to early efforts by Google and Intel.
keywords: [ibm, distributed computing, on-demand computing, sam palmisano, google toolbar, grid computing]
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Oh, so [Sam Palmisano made CEO of IBM](http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/business/media/31ADCO.html?ex=1036645200&en=3b897b998085ac9f&ei=5007). Guess that was expected. He wants to focus on on-demand computing (his word for corporatising distributed computing projects).

> Shortly, there will be companies creating this [distributed computing] market -- focusing on aggregating the retail computing power, and using them across several projects. (Google is already trying to do that through its [toolbar](http://toolbar.google.com/), and so is [Intel](http://www.intel.com/cure/).)
>
> -- S Anand, 29 Sep 2002

And now, IBM. I was prophetic :-)