You know the neurosphere is real when people are making money off it hand over fist.
“Oracle grid customers achieve 150% ROI over 5 years in independent study
Today’s new architecture—grid computing—offers an opportunity to improve your existing IT infrastructure while lowering costs. Oracle’s grid infrastructure pools your IT resources into a single virtual computer that analyzes demand and adjusts supply accordingly. Oracle 10g is the first infrastructure software designed specifically for enterprise grid computing. How much can you save with Oracle Grid Computing? An independent study examining real-world grids found an average Return on Investment (ROI) of 150% over five years among Oracle 10g grid customers.”
http://www.oracle.com/technologies/grid/index.html