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The Grid: Core Technologies

Maozhen Li, Mark Baker
ISBN: 978-0-470-09417-4
Paperback
456 pages
May 2005, ©2005
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  • Provides a solid introduction to the technologies that underpin the Grid for newcomers to the field with sufficient detail for the academic market.
  • Systematically explains OGSA (Open Grid Service Architecture), Web Service technologies (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI), GMA (Grid Monitoring Architecture), Grid Portals, Grid Workflow, etc.
  • Compares available technologies and puts them into context.
  • Introduces Globus 3 the latest release of the most widely used toolkit in building Grid systems and compares it to Globus 2.
  • Covers Grid portal tools such as Java CoG, GridPort, Ninf-G and Portlets.
  • Tackles hot topics such as Grid security (GSI – Grid Security Infrastructure), resource management, the development of Grid portals and workflow management.

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