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- IBM Case Study: NTT Data
- The challenge of NTT was to move NTT DATA cell computing from theory to reality through a large-scale, grid computing testing project designed to make the technology commercially available. NTT implemented a PC-based grid computing infrastructure, which utilizes IBM eServer pSeries server, IBM eServer xSeries server, IBM DB2 information management...
- Tags: NTT Corp., Grid Computing, IBM Corp., PC Grid System, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Servers, It service Management, Networking, Hardware
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- Developing Grid Computing Applications, Part 2: Introduction to a Grid Architecture and Toolkit for Building Grid Solutions
- A Grid solution is created to allow applications to share data and computing resources as well as access them across multiple organizations in an efficient way. Each Grid solution can be configured as two kinds of Grids: physical and logical. This paper introduces the concept of Grid solution architecture and...
- Tags: Solution, Grid Computing, IBM Corp., Grid Solution, Outsourcing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2002-12-03
- Developing Grid Computing Applications, Part 1: Introduction of a Grid Architecture and Toolkit for Building Grid Solutions
- Grid computing provides a framework and deployment platform that enables resource sharing, accessing, aggregation, and management in a distributed computing environment based on system performance, users' quality of services QoS, as well as emerging open standards, such as Web services. This is the era of Service Computing. This paper introduces...
- Tags: Web Service, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2002-11-20
- InstantGrid: A Framework for On-Demand Grid Point Construction
- This paper proposes the InstantGrid framework for on-demand construction of grid points. In contrast to traditional approaches, Instant-Grid is designed to substantially simplify software management in grid systems, and is able to instantly turn any computer into a grid-ready platform with the desired execution environment. Experimental results demonstrate that a...
- Tags: On-demand
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- Cell Computing - Using Grid Computing in Business
- NTT DATA is a leading system integrator in Japan. The company provides various services to many government offices and private industries, mainly focusing on system constructions and data communication services for such offices and financial institutions. While Internet and mobile phone use grew explosively in Japan, NTT DATA began to...
- Tags: NTT Corp., Grid Computing, Computing, Cell, IBM Corp., NTT DATA, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
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- Introduction to Grid Computing With Globus
- This paper is intended to give readers interested in the technical aspects of grid computing a hands-on introduction using the Globus Toolkit. This will include a discussion of the first basics of grid computing, applications to be run on the grid, and various grid products and architectures that are currently...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2003-09-01
- GRIP: The Evolution of UNICORE Towards a Service-Oriented Grid
- The UNICORE Grid system implements a vertically integrated Grid architecture providing seamless access to resources within different organizations. The software is developed and deployed by companies, research - and computing centres and projects throughout Europe. The UNICORE Forum promotes the UNICORE software and interfaces, and makes it available for download....
- Tags: Software, Evolution, Architecture, UNICORE Forum, Tools & Techniques, Management
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- Should We Compare Web and Grid Services?
- Earlier work in the areas of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA and Grid computing resulted in the Open Grid Services Infrastructure OGSI specification, which defined Grid services as an extension of Web services. As a result, people often try to understand the relationship between Grid and Web services or even compare between...
- Tags: Web, Iowa State University, Web Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- White papers 2005-09-30
- A Throughput-Intensive Compute and Storage Grid Using SAS Grid Manager
- The time has come when a $2,000,000 SMP UNIX server can be replaced by a $200,000 grid of even greater performance, reliability, and fault tolerance. This paper will discuss the considerations made in selecting the key grid components: grid node hardware, network infrastructure, and storage strategy. These must be optimized...
- Tags: Performance, Storage, SAS Institute
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Grid Computing and SAS
- Organizations today are under pressure to find ways to make the most of the IT resources they already have. In many industries significant improvements to the bottom line have been realized through grid computing. Grid computing allows you to link together the processors, storage and/or memory of distributed computers to...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2004-12-01
- A Novel Architecture for Realizing Grid Workflow Using Tuple Spaces
- Grid workflow can be defined as the composition of grid application services which execute on heterogeneous and distributed resources in a well-defined order to accomplish a specific goal. Uncertainties within grid environments pose new challenges for grid workflow management systems such as lacking central control and undedicated resource sharing. This...
- Tags: University Of Melbourne, Workflow, Workflow Engine, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
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- Back to the Future: A New Conceptual Model for Grid Storage White Paper
- Several vendors are promoting their concepts of grid storage. Some rely heavily on virtualization; others look much like a conventional SAN. These implementations raise more questions than they answer. The truth is that the storage grid at this point remains a work-in-progress. This paper looks at the challenges driving interest...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Truth, Storage Grid, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2005-08-01
- XAML Grid
- A Grid control is used to display tabular data in a column and row format. The element of XAML represents a Grid control. This paper discusses how to use Grid control in XAML. The element creates a Grid in XAML, which supports properties similar to other XAML elements.
- Tags: XAML
- White papers 2005-06-02
- Grid Computing: Extending the Boundaries of Distributed IT
- This white paper discusses HP's leadership in developing open grid standards and grid computing technologies. It explains why the company is committed to using industry standards to grid-enable all HP products—from the smallest handhelds, printers, and PCs to powerful storage arrays and supercomputers. Read the paper to learn more about...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2006-10-01
- A Service Oriented Architecture Grid Based Environment for Hyperspectral Imaging Analysis
- This paper outlines the design and implementation of Grid-HSI, a Service Oriented Architecture-based Grid application to enable hyperspectral imaging analysis. Grid-HSI provides users with a transparent interface to access computational resources and perform remotely hyperspectral imaging analysis through a set of Grid services. A HSI analysis toolbox immersed into a...
- Tags: Environment, SOA, Analysis, Grid-HSI, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-09-03
- Grid Computing Update - Cycle IV
- Grid Computing Update Pilots move to Mainstream. The fourth update to Quocirca's Grid Index shows how initial pilots of Grid computing are now moving towards full implementations. However, large-scale Grid implementations, covering an enterprise's total IT infrastructure, are still rare. Organisations are going for discrete cluster Grids...
- Tags: Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2007-01-11
- Service Oriented Architectures for Science Gateways on Grid Systems
- Grid computing is about allocating distributed collections of resources including computers, storage systems, networks and instruments to form a coherent system devoted to a "Virtual organization" of users who share a common interest in solving a complex problem or building an efficient agile enterprise. Service oriented architectures have emerged as...
- Tags: Grid Computing, SOA, Springer Science+Business Media, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Portals, Web Services, Middleware, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet
- White papers 2005-10-18
- Grid Technology Center
- Oracle 10g allows companies to begin evolving their IT toward a grid computing model. From storage, to databases, application servers, and applications, Oracle's new technology addresses the requirements of grid computing. Read our technical white papers on grid computing to learn more.
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Grid Computing, Oracle Application Server 10g, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking
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- Building Scalable, High Performance Cluster and Grid Networks: The Role of Ethernet
- A Grid computer is a hardware and software system that integrates a collection of distributed system components (e.g., computer systems, storage, etc.) making them appear to the user as a single, large "virtualized" computing system. The basic "single system" concept may be applied to the construction of centralized "cluster" computers...
- Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Ethernet, Network, High-performance, Grid, Distributed System, Computer, Grid Computer, Productivity
- White papers 2006-11-01
- SWMS: A Simple Grid Workflow Management System
- Many large scale Grid applications require a complex workflow among tasks. One approach that allows programmers to quickly build these applications is to describe the workflow using workflow language. Then, the workflow engine can be utilized to automate the tasks interaction. The design of efficient workflow system and language is...
- Tags: Workflow, Workflow Management, Simple Workflow Management System, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2005-10-17
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