Grid computing has moved out of the laboratory and into a wide variety of commercial applications. No longer the exclusive tool of researchers seeking to harness enough compute power for massive computational challenges such as weather modelling or weapons test simulations, today Grids are being deployed in more traditional commercial computing applications.

"Grid Computing: A Vertical Market Perspective 2006-2011", examines Grid technology, the players, and its industry-specific applications, offering segmented forecasts through 2011. In addition to an aggregated spending estimate for Grid computing, this report forecasts spending in 14 vertical industries and four geographic regions. Revenue is also segmented by the sharing organisation, and by the type of resource shared.