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The Indian company, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, today announced launch of Grid computing practice and said that it had established an alliance with a US-based leading secured grid solutions provider, United Devices Inc. Satyam will offer consulting, design and implementation, conversion and maintenance in Grid computing. "We have established a grid computing facility in Chennai (India) and are in the process of collaborating with leading product vendors to reach our business. We are also discussing partnerships with other leaders in the world", Director, Consulting and Enterprise Solutions, Satyam Computer, Mr G B Prabhat said here. Satyam had made substantial investments in setting up grid computing facilities and developing prototypes, he said, adding the Chennai facility will have strength of around 100 people in the next couple of years. Grid computing is the new age technology that helps an organization maximise the utilization of its computational resources. The key application sectors which can use this practice include life sciences, government, financial services, geo-sciences and manufacturing. Satyam has developed half a dozen prototypes for these application areas. "We will soon have customised grid computing tools for various application areas," Mr Prabhat said.