Livro - The Grid - Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure

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.

Key Features:

- 30 chapters including more than a dozen completely new chapters;

- Web access to 13 unchanged chapters from the first edition;

- Three personal essays by influential thinkers on the significance of Grids from the perspectives of infrastructure, industry, and science;

- A foundational overview of the central Grid concepts and architectural principles.

- Twelve application vignettes showcase working Grids in science, engineering, industry, and commerce;

- Detailed discussions of core architecture and services, data and knowledge management, and higher-level tools;

- Focused presentations on production Grid deployment, computing platforms, peer-to-peer technologies, and network infrastructures;

- Extensive bibliography and glossary.