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The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure, 2nd Edition by Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Grid is an emerging infrastructure that will fundamentally change the way we think about-and use-computing. The word Grid is used by analogy with the electric power grid, which provides pervasive access to electricity and has had a dramatic impact on human capabilities and society. Many believe that by allowing all components of our information technology infrastructure-computational capabilities, databases, sensors, and people-to be shared flexibly as true collaborative tools the Grid will have a similar transforming effect, allowing new classes of applications to emerge. -From the Preface In 1998, Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman introduced a whole new concept in computing with the first edition of this book. Today there is a broader and deeper understanding of the nature of the opportunities offered by Grid computing and the technologies needed to realize those opportunities. In Grid 2, the editors reveal the revolutionary impact of large-scale resource sharing and virtualization within science and industry, the intimate relationships between organization and resource sharing structures and the new technologies required to enable secure, reliable, and effici

Who reads The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure, 2nd Edition?

Author

Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman

Publisher

Morgan Kaufmann; Elsevier Science

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781281022691

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Computer Science, Mathematics, Programming