Network Computing: A Key Technology Supporting Global Resource Sharing and Collaboration

Author: Francine Berman
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Publication Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book provides a new and comprehensive description of grid computing activities worldwide, including the development and application of grid technologies. It offers detailed descriptions from the perspectives of advocates in various fields. As a technician who has been tracking the field of grid computing since its inception, the author also provides an in-depth introduction to the rapid growth of grid computing and many exciting activities currently underway. Grid computing is an infrastructure for computing and data management that provides electronic support for an increasingly globalized society. Just as the Internet provides a virtual platform for accessing information, grid computing integrates networks, communication, computing, and information to provide a virtual platform for computing and data management. Through grid computing, users can access remote computers and enable various networked resources (including computers, data documents, scientific instruments, etc.) to collaboratively solve specific problems. Fundamentally, large-scale grids are distributed, heterogeneous, and dynamic. Regardless of geographical differences, grids can highly efficiently provide almost unlimited computing power, storage capacity, and access to various tools, equipment, and visualization devices. To fully utilize these capabilities, it is necessary to develop complex software and service systems. The authors of this book delve deeply into grid computing, describing its immense potential and complexity from the perspective of those working to turn the vision of grid computing into reality. This book describes the new developments in grid computing and serves as a "must-read" reference for computing and engineering researchers, physicists and statisticians, engineers and mathematicians, as well as strategists in the fields of peer-to-peer computing and high-performance computing. Over 50 chief information officers worldwide believe that they have already invested in grid technologies in 2003. Are you willing to fall behind? Can you afford to fall behind?